A Nevada assemblyman who mentioned that African-Americans are being served by an AIDS awareness program that targets minorities is being called a racist for stating the obvious. In an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Assemblyman Bob Beers, R-Las Vegas, reportedly dismissed a program dubbed Fighting AIDS in Our Community Today as a program "dedicated to putting condoms on gay men in the black community."
A fellow assemblyman, Democrat Kelvin Atkinson, said the comment stemmed from Beersâ âracial issues. "To me itâs a racist remark," Atkinson said. "Itâs something that shouldnât be tolerated in our district." Other assemblymen described themselves as âspeechlessâ over the comment, even though the programâs main goal is to provide outreach to the minority community and educate them in an effort to reduce the transmission of HIV.
I spend a good deal of time in Nevada and people there are, well, blunt. If Atkinson doesnât like it he should move back to Los Angeles, where he is undoubtably from. Or he should stop stirring up partisan BS â one or the other. |