PC Update

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D, Nevada) is at the center of a political firestorm. It has been revealed that during the last presidential campaign, he commented that the country was ready for a "light-skinned African-American" who spoke without a "negro dialect." Reid was an ardent Obama supporter, so he obviously had no malicious intent. Whether or not his opinion was factually/historically accurate (judging by the results of the 2008 election, it apparently was), what makes his statement so egregious--so offensive--that he was required to apologize to Mr. Obama? Get a grip, people!

Senator Reid's controversial remarks were not about candidate Obama's race, they were about the American electorate's preferences and prejudices.