Reply #143: She was making the point

[Shell Beau]

that racism isn't what others who don't live in the south believe it is. That all rich white men are in power. She was saying that black and white people are voted into office by the black and white voters of the south. It is a long way from where we were years ago and is something to be proud of. Stop trying to rain out this parade. After all that has been done and how far civil rights has come, it is worth celebrating and worth working harder to keep it progressing.