Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

It’s in Sanders’ roots

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Apparently, she’s returned to Arkansas as the “White Entitlemen­t Savior.”

She’s picked as the only person who can govern Arkansas. It seems to me Orval Faubus has been reincarnat­ed as a white female. This is “Old South” progress.

In 1938, the fictional character “Superman” appeared to exemplify an American hero. His motto was that he fought for “truth, justice and the American way.” Later they removed “the American way” from the motto, replacing it with “a better tomorrow,” and I can imagine why. America embraced this character because of his motto, even if it wasn’t true. They overlooked that he was a refugee from another planet.

Presently, we have regressive Republican heroes and heroines, apparently fighting against truth and justice to preserve a “white tomorrow.” In Arkansas we now have Sarah. She’s not fictional, she is the epitome of “white entitlemen­t.” Her qualificat­ions are just being Donald Trump’s White House press secretary. I believe her racist roots run as deep as her father’s, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, who said Dred Scott is still the law of the land,

among other racist ideology. Sarah’s DNA reeks of racism; it’s in her Arkansas roots.

In 1975, a song was released called “Wake up Everybody” by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. The lyrics spoke of people waking up and not thinking backward. It speaks of hatred, war and poverty. Not much has changed, just the date. Today, we call it being “woke” because Black folks are woke to this facade of white entitlemen­t masking racist incompeten­ce by people groomed to hate.

This is the best Arkansas has to offer.

DEBORAH SUTTLAR

Little Rock

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