What is the fruit of racism?

Trent Lott is your new “minority whip.” The irony of that statement rests in the truth behind the label. Trent Lott is a racist who wants a return to segregation. I say this without reservation or doubt.

Now some people think there’s nothing wrong with that. There’s a lot of people who will say things behind closed doors they’d never say publicly.

Again, it’s not extraordinary that people have private ways of speaking, but we should try to understand what one another means if we can, in the interest of having better dialogue instead of violence. But you have to judge the tree by its fruit, the words cannot contain the wisdom.

Jerome Doolittle has some reminders of what Trent Lott represents.

Update: Jerome’s link apparently moved: Lest we forget.