The Definition of a Backhanded Compliment

It's about time somebody stood up to all those whiners who want white people to apologize for slavery. But wait, he had a good comparison to make, too! The Viriginia lawmaker, Frank Hargrove, said white people apologizing for slavery would be the same as asking Jews to apologize for killing Jesus. And Christians don't do THAT every day! So get over it, black people! And Jews, we're watching you around our Messiahs, so don't think we don't remember!

By the way, as a Jew I would like to apologize for killing Christ, but the thing is, I only helped do so in an administrative capacity. I filed a few forms.

By the way, Hargrove had some racist company:

Journalists don’t know the meaning of a “holiday.” No matter whether it’s Christmas or Easter, there’s some lonely reporter pumping out copy for tomorrow’s newspaper. But roaming the halls of the Capitol, I’ve heard more than one disgruntled comment about Montana’s Legislature working on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a federal holiday

“No one in the Negro caucus objected,” Senate Minority Leader Corey Stapleton joked.

(Uh, for those that don’t know, there are no black lawmakers in Montana.)

This reminds me of an absolutely true story about my first job in television. The production company got a contract for a show featuring the rise of black athletes, and the network executive came in and said to the owner and the editor-in-chief, "I'm sure you'll put one of your best black producers on the show." And the editor-in-chief said to the owner, "I guess this is Leon's big chance."

Leon was the janitor. They had no other black employees.

This ties into the whole "Is America ready for a black President" thread, I guess...