We're the Only Ones Who Can Use That Word Enough

The co-chairman of the state legislature's judiciary committee wants a full review of allegations that a judge charged with drunken driving last month angrily hurled epithets at police officers during her arrest, called a black state police sergeant nigger and told officers she was a state judge.

See, if an entitled "Only One" of color* uses it, "the community" stays low-key. I can imagine a situation where a different judge doing the same thing would prompt a special media op for Al and Jesse, along with incensed crowds demanding the career, if not the head of the offender. Instead, the media is pretty quiet on this one.

What I actually find more offensive is the presumption that because she's a judge, she deserves some special consideration. That she's also a racist moron just confirms she is the type of person who thinks her position in government exalts her over the rest of us.

[Via Ron W]

* Just out of curiosity: Why is "person of color" acceptable but "colored person" is deemed offensive? I suspect it's the same reason race fluffers are hailed as civil rights champions, and gun owners are portrayed as racists--that is, it serves an agenda.