Leonard Pitts Jr. concludes this column:
Language — spoken language especially — has a way of making naked the implicit biases and unspoken assumptions of its users. That’s what happened here.
In a few poorly considered words, Cassidy managed to otherize women he says he means to support. Small wonder race is frequently an argument, but seldom a conversation. What’s most frustrating here, you see, is not that the senator gave offense.
It’s that he has no idea why.
https://triblive.com/opinion/leonard-pitts-jr-sen-bill-cassidy-still-doesnt-know-what-hit-him/
