It's More Than Kind of Racist

Ahab points us to a completely out of touch opinion piece at the Philadelphia Inquirer.

But we should never forget that in the late 20th century, ultra-Christian, antistatist and white-supremacist groups flourished in the states of the Pacific Northwest - called by many the "Great White Northwest" - the very region that Sarah Palin and her family call home.

The thing is, the author doesn't understand the term "diversity". Making statements like this proves it:

Although home to tens of thousands of native peoples, Alaska is not much different in terms of diversity from the other states of the region. African Americans live in areas near important military installations in Anchorage and Fairbanks and almost nowhere else.

Ok, so the term "diversity" only applies to African-American peoples? Since when? Since the term "racist" only applies to European-Americans, I guess. (I can hyphenate with the best of them, I tell ya).

I find it funny that an educated person like Catherine McNicol Stock can write such a biased, racist piece and have it published in a major paper.

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