~Chicago Tribune
“Race always percolates just below the surface of American politics, but in this election year it is bubbling up more and more.” This is the first sentence of Timothy McNulty, the Chicago Tribune’s Public Editor, response to the outrage that has arisen due to Kathleen Parker’s May 14 column, “Getting Bubba”. In her May 14 column, Kathleen Parker issued a thinly veiled defense of racism in which she uses the phrase “full-blooded American” to refer to John McCain while reminding everyone of Barak Obama’s mixed heritage.
