I recently heard a native American say "He was shaking like a nigger writing a check." How can a man who belongs to an Indian tribe say such a thing? It's bad enough to hear a white person say it, but, an Indian?
You can hammer on southern people for racist views all you want, but, it's been my experience that racism is just as rampant in the north, and always has been.
Personally, I wish they had kept Lott there; we democrats need a lightening rod for 2004, and he would have been a good one.