“I’ve probably been called the N word more times in the last two-and-a-half years than most — a hundred people combined.”
— Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, quoted by WSB-TV.
Tommy Tuberville Relents
“Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), facing a barrage of criticism over a Monday night television interview in which he refused to say white nationalists are racists, relented Tuesday afternoon, acknowledging to reporters on Capitol Hill that they in fact are,” the Washington Post reports.
Said Tuberville: “White nationalists are racists.”
Tommy Tuberville Triples Down
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Tuesday told ABC News that white nationalists shouldn’t all be labeled as “racist” while also insisting he opposes racism — tripling-down on controversial comments that have drawn criticism from Democratic leaders and head-scratching from some of Tuberville’s Republican colleagues.
The Messenger reports Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) condemned white nationalism when asked about Tuberville’s comments: “White supremacy is simply unacceptable in the military and in our whole our country.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“I’m not sure exactly what he was trying to say there. But I would just say there’s no place for white nationalism in our party.”
— Sen. John Thune (R-SD), quoted by Punchbowl News, responding to Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) refusal to admit white nationalism was racist.
Exchange of the Day
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) was interviewed by Kaitlin Collins on CNN:
TUBERVILLE: My opinion of a white nationalist… it’s an American. If that white nationalist is a racist, I’m totally against them.
COLLINS: White nationalist is racist.
TUBERVILLE: That’s your opinion.
Quote of the Day
“With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces ‘colorblindness for all’ by legal fiat. But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life.”
— Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in her dissent to today’s Supreme Court decision curtailing affirmative action.
Big Majority Say Racial Discrimination Is a Big Problem
A new Monmouth poll finds 80% of Americans believe racial and ethnic discrimination is a problem in the United States, including 61% who say it is a big problem.
Just 21% say it is not a problem.
The Post-Racial Republicans
Ron Brownstein: “Scott and Haley have leaned into the criticism from Obama, highlighting it to raise their profile in a Republican presidential race where each has attracted just single-digit support in national polls.”
“But in responding to Obama, they have demonstrated how difficult it has become for any GOP leader—especially one who is not white—to challenge the party consensus that the nation has transcended discrimination against minorities and women.”
Texas Is Now Plurality Hispanic
The Texas Tribune reports Texas is now 40.2% Hispanic and 39.8% non-Hispanic white.
Black Americans More Upbeat
“An overwhelming share of Black Americans think the U.S. economic system is stacked against them and a slim majority believe the problem of racism will worsen during their lives,” according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll.
“Nonetheless, nearly half of Black Americans say it’s also a ‘good time’ to be a Black person in the country, up from 30 percent in 2020 when the U.S. was gripped by political divisions during Donald Trump’s presidency and from 34 percent last spring after a white supremacist killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo grocery store.”
Biden Calls White Supremacy ‘Most Dangerous Threat’
President Biden declared white supremacy “the most dangerous terrorist threat” to the American homeland, using a speech to graduating students at a historically Black university to elevate a debate that has already become central to his campaign for a second term, the Washington Post reports.
Trump’s Racial Attacks on Prosecutors
Jill Lawrence: “With his trademark self-owning projection, Trump has attacked all three black prosecutors investigating him as ‘racist.'”
“In his post-arraignment Mar-a-Lago rant, he referred to Willis as ‘a local racist Democrat district attorney in Atlanta who is doing everything in her power to indict me over an absolutely perfect phone call.’ James, he added, is ‘another racist in reverse.’ He spared Bragg that particular word that night, but he had already called him an ‘animal’ and warned of ‘potential death and destruction’ if he were to be charged. He was back at it Sunday night with a Truth Social post that started, ‘Just like New York, the Racist District Attorney in Atlanta…'”
Elon Musk Accuses Media of Racism
Elon Musk accused the media of being racist against whites and Asians after U.S. newspapers dropped a white comic strip author who made derogatory comments about Black Americans, Reuters reports.
‘Dilbert’ Creator Wants Whites Away from Blacks
“Pro-Trump Dilbert creator Scott Adams, who has previously claimed he’s been a victim of racism in Hollywood and corporate America, went on a racist diatribe this week, labeling Black people as a ‘hate group’ and saying that White people should ‘get the hell away’ from them,” the San Jose Mercury News reports.
Ohio Teacher Quits After Showing Racist Image
“The teacher who supervised the announcements at Bexley Middle School resigned Friday — one week after a racist image was shown during the school’s morning announcements,” the Columbus Dispatch reports.
“The image of an orangutan eating a watermelon appeared on a green screen background after a historical fact was shared Feb. 3 as part of Black History Month.”
Hispanic Lawmakers in Connecticut Seek to Ban ‘Latinx’
A group of Hispanic lawmakers in Connecticut has proposed that the state follow Arkansas’ lead and ban the term “Latinx” from official government documents, calling it offensive to Spanish speakers, the AP reports.
Black Americans Much More Likely to Face Tax Audits
“Black taxpayers are at least three times as likely to be audited by the Internal Revenue Service as other taxpayers, even after accounting for the differences in the types of returns each group is most likely to file, a team of economists has concluded in one of the most detailed studies yet on race and the nation’s tax system,” the New York Times reports.
“The findings do not suggest bias from individual tax enforcement agents, who do not know the race of the people they are auditing. They also do not suggest any valid reason for the I.R.S. to target Black Americans at such high rates; there is no evidence that group engages in more tax evasion than others.”
“Instead, the findings document discrimination in the computer algorithms the agency uses to determine who is selected for an audit.”
Elaine Chao Responds to Trump’s Racist Attacks
“Over the past several months, the leading Republican presidential candidate has launched a series of racist attacks on the wife of the Republican Party’s Senate leader, a woman who once served in his Cabinet,” Politico reports.
“But while former President Donald Trump’s taunts at Elaine Chao — demeaning her as ‘Coco Chow’ or a variation of Mitch McConnell’s ‘China-loving wife’ — have been mostly met with silence from fellow GOP officials, the main target of them is now speaking out.”
Said Chao: “When I was young, some people deliberately misspelled or mispronounced my name. Asian Americans have worked hard to change that experience for the next generation. He doesn’t seem to understand that, which says a whole lot more about him than it will ever say about Asian Americans.”
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