Subscribe to Breaking NewsWithers: Some Republicans just can’t let go of race
, contributing editor, 365Gay Blog 10.16.2008 4:08pm EDT
Some Republicans need to be dope-slapped daily when it comes to race. A local California GOP operative named Diane Fedele , with women of color in her group, thought it would be funny to email folk a food stamp “coupon” with Barack Obama’s face on it. And what surrounds his visage? A bucket of chicken, spare, ribs, a pitcher of Kool-Aid, and one slice of watermelon.
I’m surprised she didn’t include crack. Here is what Fedele said when told the flyer was slighlty racist:
“I didn’t see it the way that it’s being taken. I never connected. It was just food to me. It didn’t mean anything else.”
It was just food to me. That’s funny.
I think the sold school term is it is rich… and ignorant
Let the ladies know what you think; I did!
ChaffeyCommunityRWF@cfrw.org
Tell Diane Fedele how you feel about Racism in 21st Century America…
Chaffey Community Republican Women,
Federated P.O. Box 974
Upland, CA 91785
Diane Fedele (President) diane1354@mindspring.com
Phone: (909) 981-0493
Fax: (909) 982-6880
As a result of Nixon’s southern strategy, the South’s most ardent segregationists (mainly George Wallace’s followers) moved into the Republican Party in droves. That’s how the GOP became a majority party. So, it’s not surprising that some Republicans are racists (and homophobes). What’s surprising is how open, uninhibited, and unashamed they are about it.