Is Bush a Racist?
No, but William F. Buckley, Jr. revisits an observation first made ten years ago.
Either we share a common language and a common rational apparatus or we do not. It is a very very scary thing when three-quarters of one ethnic group flatly disagree with three-quarters of another ethnic group about the structure of rational arguments. It is simply wrong to suppose that the white majority believed O.J. to be guilty because he was black. It is simply undeniable that the black majority believed him innocent because he was black. And — remarkably — those figures remained static throughout those endless months of testimony.We see the same now regarding Katrina response. Scary? Perhaps, but sadder still.