Self-Censorship

Ya gotta love it when a prominent minority person says things which clearly reveaal he or she experiences racial and other prejudices. It helps prove COTTonLINE’s contention that racial prejudice is a normal part of the human experience, absolutely not limited to persons of European ancestry (aka “whites”).

POLITICO reports California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia has made anti-Asian comments.

California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, the prominent #MeToo activist now under investigation for groping and sexual harassment of former legislative staffers, was reprimanded by former Assembly Speaker John Perez in 2014 for making racially insensitive comments against Asians.

Perez confirmed to POLITICO Saturday that he had to “strongly admonish” Garcia after she made comments against Asians in a closed-door Assembly Democratic Caucus meeting in 2014 — the same year in which she also acknowledged using homophobic slurs aimed at Perez, the first openly gay Speaker of the California State Assembly.

Homophobia and anti-Asian bias? Garcia is a “poster child” for the ubiquity of prejudice. Of course she is less fond of it when the prejudice is directed at Hispanics or women (i.e., who she is).

All of which doesn’t make Garcia a monster. She’s an out-of-the-closet normal human being who, unlike most politicians, isn’t especially skilled at self-censorship.

As a conservative who survived 30 years in the ultra-liberal university environment, I did a lot of self-censorship. It is, obviously, no longer required of me.