Dope of the week - Delores Davis
I'm just hearing about this now...remember the story of Rosa Parks? Well, here we go again - what a dope! This time, Ms. Davis (a white school bus driver in Shreveport, LA) reportedly told some black kids that they had to sit in the back of the bus as the front was for the white kids.
The NAACP is up in arms about it, and I think rightfully so. There is no reason that this should be happening nowadays. Generally, I am skeptical about overt racism being reported for the simple reason that any attempt to do would be quickly be found out, and the person or group committing this crime had to be rather simple-minded. I guess I get a twofer in this story.
Often, I believe, that when race is brought to the forefront and used as a club, it is generally a time to turn over and go back to sleep. One such example is the alleged Duke rape case of the mostly white lacrosse players assaulting a black stripper to “dance” for them. The morality part of this aside (and I think it was wrong for this activity to happen regardless of the races involved). What seems to be coming out in the blogs and MSM is that the case appears to be so full of holes and the stories just from the alleged victim so contradictory, the charge of “race” seems to be collapsing on its face. I really do take Dr. King's words to heart that until we ALL stop seeing race, racism will continue to be there.
However, not so here in this case. If turns out to be true, I hope they throw the book at Ms. Davis. I certainly am very interested to see how the whining and dodging is going to be tried in this case (e.g., lawyers stretching or manufacturing a “reality”).
(H/T: Neal Boortz)
