Ted Rall for September 01, 2008
Transcript:
One black guy has made it. So the Civil Rights movement is over. (A black guy might become president. We're living the dream!) In coming years, we will elect one member of each victimized minority group, thus erasing our national guilt- and their complaints. (Addressing centuries of systemic discrimination is hard. Voting for me is easy!) After Obama, we'll elect a woman, a latino, an asian, a gay guy, a lesbian family, a fat white guy. (The election of the first woman president means we can continue to pay chicks 20% less than guys! (Man: We're all feminists now!) The personal isn't just political. IT's practical! (We're a dozen tokens away from collective guiltlessness!)