Am I the only left-wing, liberal zealot in America who thinks that Marilyn Davenport ought not resign her representative seat in Orange County, California for distributing that offensive "Obama Chimp Email"? If so, I have a question for my liberal brethren. Why would we want to sweep under a rug the opinions of a 74-year old woman who had the courage to publicly proclaim her racist attitude, an attitude shared by millions of equally racist Americans who are too cowardly to acknowledge holding similar beliefs and/or too stupid to acknowledge their own ignorance?
It seems to me that latent racism is a far more powerful foe than the overt kind of racism Marilyn Davenport displayed for everyone to see. Her kind of racism speaks for itself. She couldn't even say "I'm sorry" without reading from a prepared statement. Where's the heart-felt remorse in that? And as if that wasn't enough, Mrs. Davenport stated that she assumed that she offended the black people, but in the next breath added that she only viewed the e-mail as political satire. Wow! That kind of stupidity leaves a person breathless.
Latent racism, on the other hand, is racism of a far more devious sort. It always has a cover – an alternate excuse - a justification meant to act as a shield to prevent the brutal sword at racism's tip from being exposed to the light of day, much like what happened to Marilyn Davenport when her email exposed her for the racist that she is. Latent racism allows folks, and especially white politicians, to espouse social policies meant to negatively affect minorities, all the while offering the white majority the luxury of disclaiming any connection to racism's filthy core. I guess it helps them sleep at night.
Davenport claims that her constituents are asking her not to resign, and by darn, I believe her. There's no better testament to how rampant racism still is in this country. Davenport responded to those constituents by saying that out of respect for them, she'll remain in office…which is just another way of saying, "Because I don't respect blacks, I won't resign."
At least she's being honest…which is more than I can say about a lot of other racists!
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