State NAACP President Sees ‘Code Word For Racism’

[ccharles000]

In a state that has a significant black population but only white representatives in Congress, next week’s runoff has racial undertones.

The second-place finisher in the primary in Arkansas’ 2nd district, state House Speaker Robbie Wills, has been promoting himself as a Democrat who’s electable beyond the party base — and more electable than state Senate Majority Leader Joyce Elliott.

Wills, who is white, won 28 percent of the vote on on May 18. Elliott, who is black, won just under 40 percent of the vote — a strong edge, but not enough to win the nomination without having to go through the June 8 runoff.

“To say that she’s not electable that’s a code word for racism,” Dale Charles, president of Arkansas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said in an interview. “She came out on top in a field of five in the primary ... Why all the sudden does the word electability come up?”

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000003676517&topic=Feature

[Rebubula]

1. Well...

...I guess if you have had to deal with real racism for so long...the boogymen are everywhere.

However, this sounds like a red herring to me. Politicians say this stuff all the time...

[secondwind]

2. didn't Hillary use a similar term when she was campaigning? hmmmm.