[Vision2020] Parker Column a Racist Tract

[Tom Hansen]

>From today's (May 18, 2008) Spokesman Review with thanks to Duncan 
Palmatier of Moscow.

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Parker column a racist tract

Kathleen Parker tells us ("The value of American-made," May 15) that "full-
blooded Americans," such as "white ... Southerners" (her capitalization) 
who "trace their bloodlines back through generations of sacrifice," can 
sniff out the snootiness of Barack Obama, because his "forefathers" did 
not fight and die for "an America that has worked pretty well for more 
than 200 years" – referring to the "heritage" of the South's treasonous 
confederacy that started our bloodiest war in their effort to perpetuate 
the slavery of African-Americans – but, she assures us, this brand of not-
so-subtle bigotry "isn't about racial or ethnic differences."

Instead, she explains, it is about fearing immigrants, diversity and 
multiculturalism. What a relief! For a minute there I thought I was 
reading one of the most appalling calls to racial prejudice and ethnic 
hatred I have seen in a nationally syndicated column since the 1960s. Ms. 
Parker tells me that, since I am white and have a long American ancestry, 
I will "get" her farcical collection of coded phrases and euphemisms to 
judge Sen. Obama based on his ancestry and skin color.

What I get is that Ms. Parker wrote a racist tract and should be ashamed 
of herself.

Duncan Palmatier
Moscow, Idaho

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Thank you, Mr. Palmatier, for reminding us of what America was and what it 
will hopefully become.

"We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some 
are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they 
all exist very nicely in the same box."

- Author
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