Back To The ‘Darkie’ Ages: The New Undisguised Face Of Racism In America

If you believe nakedly racist behavior has been eliminated in government services, read here and wonder what happens the next time an African American calls Southeast Bullitt, Kentucky's fire department in an emergency.

If you believe major national news agencies unlikely to misrepresent the fundamental facts in a case in which a White man kills a Black man, read this story about CNN's reporting on the Ferguson, MO incident.

And if you believe (in your inexplicable credulity) that racism in America has no partisan component, read about the incoming GOP speaker of the Nevada Assembly, who believes Democrats have, in his words, a "master-slave relationship" with "simple‑minded darkies."

Got the picture? Racism, especially in the Deep South but distressingly often in the rest of the country as well, may have abated for a while, but it's back, quite literally with a vengeance. I grieve for my country as I contemplate what might have been, in place of this gratuitous cruelty.

ADDENDUM: Oh, and I didn't even mention NYPD beating the crap out of Black people...