There he was on BET (Black Entertainment Television), Sen. Trent Lott, the reformed segregationist looking for redemption in the ethnic media — perhaps the only place in America where a kind of benign segregation is practiced and revered as marketing strategy.
Despite his record, I couldn’t believe my ears. “I am for affirmative action,” Lott told the BET audience. “And I’ve acted on it! ... I have blacks on my staff!”
That was as close as he got to saying, “Some of my best friends are ....”
He is now the poster boy for “white guilt.” A death bed converter. He’s seen the light.
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