STATEMENT:
The recent disclosure
of Senator Harry Reid's racially insensitive comments
regarding then
presidential candidate Barack Obama have again shown
a glaring double-standard
on how we deal with racial remarks by politicians in
this country.
Senator Reid would
have never
made his remark publicly, but when it was revealed
to the public, there is little outrage from the media
and President Obama
casually accepts his apology because he claims to know
what is in the Senator’s
heart. As a person of color, who has experienced racism firsthand,
I have
found that what someone says behind closed doors, does
most certainly come from
the heart.
Any Republican
making these remarks would be labeled a racist and
quickly asked to resign.
When Trent Lott made similar remarks, President George
W. Bush and his
own party asked him to resign.
This situation is
hypocrisy at its highest and it must stop.
Harry Reid should step down.
Democratic leadership has all to often used the
term racist in an attempt to silence political opponents
and now we see that
these type of conversations are had behind closed doors.
It is time we
get beyond party affiliation and simply look at what
people actually say.
It is time to rise above the double standard.
