Most racism today is not begotten of willful hatred, but rather ignorance of a historical kind | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Bill Maher threw out the n-word because he thought things were different. He thought he was different. That was his mistake. And it’s our mistake too. Even from the mouth of a Klansman, say in 1964 Neshoba County, Miss., the purpose, point and effect of the joke would have been much the same. Racist then, it’s…