Is Debbie Wasserman Schultz a Racist?

The Chair of the Democrat National Committee, Congressman Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida has consistently criticized her fellow Congressman from Florida, Alan West. West, who happens to be African American, seems to be singled out each time by Wasserman Schultz when she decides to talk negatively about Republican representatives from Florida. Indeed, in the latest flap, when West responded to a tirade from Schultz that accused West basically of throwing seniors under the bus, Schultz brought out a group of female Congressmen to feign outrage that West would speak to her in such a manner. West had told Shultz that if she had something to complain about with regard to his actions, she should speak to him directly. Oh, how heinous!

So here we have it. Wasserman Schultz is attacking West repeatedly, but she is not attacking the other Florida Republican representatives, all of whom happen to be white. In plain English, Wasserman Schultz is singling out West because of his race. She has done it before and she continues to do it. Indeed, during the last campaign, she called West crazy, an epithet that she reserves for a black man.

I think that there ought to be an outcry calling upon Wasserman Schultz to apologize for her conduct. Then she should be sent to receive diversity training. Just because she is in congress and chair of the DNC does not excuse Wasserman Schultz for her conduct.