So former senator Lieberman has a son and the son is running for a US senate seat in GA as a Dem
and well, he wrote a novel, a really, really bad novel.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-democratic-senate-candidate-wrote-a-book-filled-with-racist-tropes_n_5f2cd06ac5b6e96a22b03e3e?vdc
Benno characterizes Lucius not only as cheerful and obedient, “like my pup” and a “damned good slave,” but as having a supernatural ability to communicate with animals and insects, and to give Benno the power of comprehension by holding his hand. In fact, Benno claims, Lucius believes that Black people evolved along with the rest of the animal kingdom and sit at the top of the food chain, and white people evolved separately. Because they evolved along with the rest of the animals, he explains, “the Negro is connected in like a soul way to all those critters and all those animals he’s passed on through.”
Depicting Black people as having a closer connection to the animal kingdom and as having mystical powers they can impart to white protagonists is a textbook example of the magical Negro trope, in which Black characters are portrayed as vessels for wisdom or supernatural powers that can provide enlightenment or aid to white protagonists.
Woodall specifically pointed to the portrayal of Lucius as a magical Negro as “troubling.”
“If this is his imagination, if this is how he constructs a world, where he’s a white savior and he needs a magical Negro to help save him, I would urge him to reconsider his place in this world,” Woodall said.
Lucius’ own words, as performed by Benno, are written in a broad, stereotypical dialect. In one scene, Benno describes him making conversation with the moon: “‘How is you up there, Mistuh Moon?’ ... And then maybe he’d say something like ‘What did da sun say to da moon? No ... that’s not right, Mistuh Moon. Mistuh Sun said “wake up!” to da moon.’ And then he’d quietly laugh again. ‘Gotcha, Mistuh Moon. I gotcha on dat one.’”
way way more at the above link
OK so if you had Joe Lieberman's son pens a racist novel and runs for the senate on your bingo card you win. Simply amazing. On a positive note if he withdraws we might get a Democrat in for the second slot against Loeffner.
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