As you read this article try not to focus on what was said by representative Joe Mitchell, instead ask yourself ‘why would he feel empowered to say it’?
Then imagine what would be the media response if this was said in reverse race order, from a white state representative to a black constituent?
ALABAMA – A black member of the Alabama legislature uncorked a racist tirade in an email this week to a constituent who urged him not to embrace new gun control laws – copying his incendiary language to every member of the state legislature.
Joseph Mitchell, a Democrat who has represented parts of the city of Mobile since 1994 and ran for re-election unopposed in 2010 and 2006, castigated a voter named Eddie Maxwell, a Jefferson County man whom he correctly presumed was white. (more…)










