Racism lives in Memphis
Written by Alex on August 6th, 2008You heard it here:
Rep. Steve Cohen, a white congressman from a mostly black district, is linked to images of the Ku Klux Klan in a TV ad for his top African-American opponent in Thursday’s Democratic primary.
The ad for challenger Nikki Tinker juxtaposes pictures of Cohen, a statue of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and a hooded Klansman while asking, “Who is the real Steve Cohen?”
Cohen, a former state senator with a long record as a civil rights supporter, was elected in 2006 and is the first white member of Congress from Memphis in more than three decades.
More here. And this isn’t all. Other fliers and ads have openly attacked Cohen’s Jewish faith. One local minister stated his views quite clearly:
Rev. Robert Poindexter, one of the ministers, said of the congressman, “He’s not black and he can’t represent me. That’s just the bottom line.”
Sickening. Harold Ford Jr., who represented this district until last year, should come out and denounce this despicable behavior.
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This will most likely get zero coverage from the MSM. Truly disgusting though.
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Um, great post. Great great post. Wow.
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Is that sarcasm? Welcome back to the blog.
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There is more racism in black America than in the rest of the population combined.