The Tampa Bay Times reported Saturday on a cache of old Facebook posts by mayoral candidate and City Councilmember Robert Blackmon that some consider racist and sexist.
Per the Times, “The posts include several references to women as a “bitch” and three generations of women, including a 3-year-old, as “sluts.” They also included comments about Asian people and made light of removing tenants from a building.”
I want to home in one Facebook post in particular (below). This single four-line post is rich with at least a half dozen potential lessons on racial identity and politics that were left unaddressed in the Times coverage. A screenshot of it was depicted in the August 7th article, but without commentary on the multiple offenses it contains.
