You probably don’t, and that’s a good thing. You see if you do recognize him, your recognizing a doctored image of him, Harold Ford Jr., a Congressman in Tennessee. The photo above is one that was sent Republican Party to dissuade folks from voting for him. The problem with the photo is this:
The photo on the left is a real photo of Ford, the photo in the middle has the color removed, and the photo on the right is the one the Republican Party used in their letter.
I don’t need to go into the ramifications of the motivation behind this. There are still some inherent problems in the south, still some deep racism ingrained in many here in Tennessee.
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River City Mud Bugle » TN GOP Uses Doctored Ford Photo for Fundraising Drive
But when they bring in race, what they’re saying is it doesn’t matter whether Ford is better or not. Don’t vote for him because of his race, which goes against everything that Americans have been taught.
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KnoxNews: Election
“They have darkened Harold Ford’s image to make a racist statement,” Tuke said after reviewing the mailing. “It’s obviously altered.”
Tuke and Jerry Maynard, who is black and the deputy director of the state Democratic Party, said the text of Davis’ letter also contains “code word” references to race.
What are your thoughts?