THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED | 2002-03-23

What happened in the above incident was this

Fox sent through well-dressed American white people with those suitcases full of weapons. The guards, almost every one of whom was black, did not bother to check them.

Jesse Jackson said, "I hate to admit it, but when I hear footsteps behind me on a dark street, I am relieved if I turn around and see it's a white man."

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the real world works. Well-dressed white people who look all right do not get checked nearly as much. That is not Evil. That is simply good sense.

The fact is that in the real world, you use your eyes and your experience. In other words, out here in reality, prejudice rules. It keeps us alive.