Carolina Politics Online

An attorney for Rep. Thomas Wright says a state House ethics panel that could recommend the chamber kick the lawmaker out of office is racially biased.

Attorney Douglas Harris told the panel today that Wright is being treated differently than a white House member who was the subject of a joint House-Senate ethics allegation last year. Wright is black.

Wilmington Star

False allegations of racial prejudice such as this are exactly the reason why most people roll their eyes and don’t even care anymore when they hear them made.  The result of this is that when an actual incident of racism occurs that victim suffers because people are less inclined to believe it.

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