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And when asked about it, his response?
"I don't even remember that quote," said Meadows then. "Obviously I distance myself from that."
"That doesn't apply to anything I'm doing now," he added.
The ole, "I don't know what I'm supposed to be sorry about, but 'my bad.'"
I miss the racists of my day. They owned up to it and didn't cry when confronted about it.
How can I be racist!? I have a black person in my family!
(As if that was your choice.)
At least he didn't pull out any of the other, 'get-out-of-being-called-a-racist-cards' that include:
9. Your past proximity to people of color.
"My caterer at my wedding was Arabic!"
8. That one time you did something for a person of color.
"I once let a Chinese person get in front of me in the grocery store line."
7. You dated or married someone who is not white.
"Remember the time I dated that Jewish girl? I can't be anti-Semitic."
6. You’re “woke.”
"Hey, I listen to Beyonce."
5. You’re also a person of color.
"How can I be racist? I'm 19th generation Italian."
4. You’ve been discriminated against, too.
"I didn't get into UCLA because you know, Affirmative Action. So i know how it feels to be discriminated against."
3. You have black people in your family.
"How could I be racist? My son in law is black."
2. You've started a sentence with: "How could I be racist if ..." or "Not to sound racist, but..."
and the big one
1. One of your best friends is black.