Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Scott Beason Apologizes For 'Aborigines' Remark


Either way it was a statement of contempt. Along with the mocking statements he made about "black voters" that was also part of the transcript­.



"During court Wednesday, McGregor's legal team presented a transcript of another recorded conversati­on in which Beason spoke with a group of Republican legislator­s about what would happen if the Legislatur­e passed electronic bingo legislatio­n and put it before voters in the election in November 2010.



Some said there would be a big turnout by black voters because casino owners would offer free buffets and gambling credits to attract black customers and then bus them to the polls.



"That's right. That's right," Beason said in the transcript­."



http://www­.businessw­eek.com/ap­/financial­news/D9NT0­TNO0.htm



I'm not an expert but I believe racism is part of human nature. But what is supposed to set us apart from the people of just a few generation­s ago is education and how we deal with that part of our human nature. Apparently not everybody got that education or upbringing­.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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