Opinion: Nevada is not South Carolina, but …
By Jon Ralston, Reno Gazette-Journal
Nevada is not South Carolina.
We are not below the Mason-Dixon line. We are no longer the Mississippi of the West. We do not need Gov. Brian Sandoval to demand the Confederate flag be taken down.
We are different. Right?
A few months ago, during a legislative hearing, an assemblywoman named Michele Fiore congratulated colleague Harvey Munford on being the first “colored man to graduate from his college.” Colored.
Fiore later suggested playing the race card was an anachronism because America had elected a black president, thus negating racism. Munford did not protest.