I’m sick and tired of two sets of rules when it comes to racism.
The city needs a hotel that targets blacks, he said. “It’s got my black picture in the lobby, but it’s a white hotel,” (Mayor James) Holley said of the Renaissance.(Virginian-Pilot [1])
If a white mayor said his city needed a white hotel, he’d be out of office quicker than I could post. If any white public figure used the word Jesse Jackson used this month, there’d be marches in the streets to oust him, probably led by Jackson.
Folks, it’s time we hold everyone to the same standard when it comes to racist comments. And that means Holley should step aside.