Image via WikipediaIf you don’t call it the R-word is it still racism?
It’s an interesting question posed as House Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn, the highest-ranking black in Congress, is pushing back against a newspaper article that said he blamed most of President Barack Obama’s political problems on racism.
In a May 26 letter posted Monday on the opinion Web page of The State newspaper of Columbia, S.C., Clyburn said he never used the word “racism” in the widely-reported story that touched off a firestorm last week.
“Those who know me know that I have always abhorred the word ‘racism,’” Clyburn wrote. “I never use it. I believe it is a lethal term, and I am offended that my honest responses to a reporter’s clearly designed agenda would be distorted in such a manner.” CONTINUE....
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