Meeting at a former slave plantation to talk about racism?
Gee, Wally… perhaps we should talk about torture at Abu Ghraib or the “Hanoi Hilton“?

GOP talks about racism at former slave plantation
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House Republicans Meet at a Former Slave Plantation to Practice Talking to Black People
The House Republicans are holding their annual winter retreat in quaint tourist village Williamsburg, Virginia, this weekend in order to recuperate and prepare for upcoming legislative battles. Besides partaking in discussions about the debt ceiling and gun restrictions, GOP congressmen and women will also be getting schooled in the fine art of how to have “successful communication with minorities and women.”
One might presume that people elected to high office in America have at least a general understanding of how to talk to and about minorities and women without saying unimaginably offensive things, but one would be wrong. Far too many Republicans have Read the rest of this entry »