re: #26 Decatur Deb

It takes a bit to wrap your mind around it, but the culture-bound yahoo might not be a racist, certainly not in his own mind. He might have worked on a lot of houses, most of which do go to blacks. He might be the most salvageable person in his church and fraternal lodge. This thing of ‘making the new man’ is not simple.

Yunno, I could even accept the notion of him making a joke like that in private and not being a racist. But to do so as a public official in a public setting is totally unacceptable.