The Long Life of a Racist Smear
by Ashley Reese on The Slot, shared by Samer Kalaf to from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#4AE17)
Cleanliness is next to godliness, and in the imaginations of racists, it is also next to whiteness-the next best thing or maybe even the same thing. In its absence, so the racist lie goes, you will find everyone else: black people, brown people, immigrants of all shades, groups of marginalized people. Dirty. Filthy.