Taking one look at the comments on Gov. Jack Markell’s Facebook post announcing Delaware’s apology for slavery speaks volumes about casual racism in the state today.
“People looking at the past, and blaming another race for the problems they have today, is why racism will never go away,” wrote one commentator. Another was willing to back the apology, “[B]ut let the blacks say sorry first being on the top of the list for welfare, food stamps, doing crimes, don’t want to work, 20 kids by age 30, blame others for their problems, etc…”