Carson said that the real racists are the people that point out racial problems. Racist love when a minority reaffirms their point of view, they see that minority as one of the ones that gets it.
Yeeeeeep. The one question in the debate directly concerning racism was aimed at Carson, who stated that we need to stop talking about the things that divide us and focus on uniting people. Basically the same sort of "the democrats are the
real racists!" bullshit we've heard before, but this time from a black guy.
"Ah", the Fox News viewer says, "he must be one of the good ones, I like him!"
I think the only other question regarding racism to any degree was aimed at Scott Walker, and it was more about police action than in general.
Edit: But seriously, when I heard on the radio this morning that Carson was polling second my jaw just about hit the floor. He said absolutely nothing of import during the debate, and had the most hackneyed closing statement I'd ever heard. How anyone could view his debate performance favorably is astounding to me.
Edit: Man, I hate assuming racism in people, it's a shitty attitude to have. It's just this unconscious behavior I see all the time, where they don't think they're racist but still stereotype based on rash generalizations and examples of bad people from certain minority groups. This strange combination of just world and "no true scotsman" fallacies. I work with old conservatives, I deal with this a lot.