Monday, July 27, 2020
Stepping In It
GOP Senator Tom Cotton stepped into a PR controversy when he described slavery as a "necessary evil" during an interview. Cotton tried to say he was reflecting the view of the Founders of the country, but his words were out there before he could explain them away. There is no good way for him to reconcile "Black lives matter" with institution-driven bondage of men, women and children. Even if he was citing history, he should have known the nation is highly sensitive to race issues. It was inappropriate to describe slavery that way. He might have paraphrased his words and still reached the point he was trying to make, but he didn't. And, anyway, there is no dispute that some of Founding Fathers were against slavery at the time the Constitution was drawn -- notably, Franklin, Adams and Hamilton. Slavery has cursed this country with a race issue that might never go away -- even as African-Americans struggle into the middle and wealthy class. It has survived generations of Americans and there is a strong chance it will live through many more.
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