One of the main requirements for today’s Black Republicans appears to be the tricky logic of downplaying racism while simultaneously playing the race card. Scott was clearly ready to perform that number last night. He quickly went viral for his rebuttal to Biden, saying: “I get called ‘Uncle Tom’ and the N-word — by ‘progressives'”! Minutes later he added, “Hear me clearly: America is not a racist country.”
There are two big problems with that take. First, it’s hard to imagine a country where people are calling you the N-word as not being racist. Second, as much as Scott’s pronouncement…