Panola County official under scrutiny after social media post
CARTHAGE — A Panola County commissioner's Facebook post about how race is treated in the country has garnered attention from outside East Texas.
Pct. 2 Commissioner John Gradberg created a post this past week in reaction to the rioting in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who died while being transported in a police van after he was arrested.
Gradberg's Facebook post said that people of color have their own colleges, special days and organizations, which is something a white person would not be allowed to do without being labeled racist.
"I have no problem with any other race," Gradberg said. "I copied and pasted a text a friend sent me (into a Facebook post). ... It makes a great point in showing the inequality in how races can handle things."
Read more: http://www.news-journal.com/news/2015/may/05/official-under-scrutiny/
[font color=green]Wait, didn't I just post a story similar to this earlier on DU? Yes, I did-uh-huh.
Will they ever learn? Don't post racist **** on Facebook![/font]