White Candidate for Georgia Governor Basically Does MLK Blackface
Bless her heart; she’s trying.
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It’s not Stacey Evans’ fault that her campaign may just be a stalking horse for white Georgia Democrats who fear a black gubernatorial nominee. It’s not her fault that she’s up against Stacey Abrams, who is running to be the first black woman governor in America, who is a former legislator, lawyer and author who’s been praised on Samantha Bee’s Full Frontal and in Cosmopolitan and Glamour magazines.
Nope, Stacey Evans has every right to run her unseasoned campaign to the best of her ability. What she does NOT have the right to do is violate the black church during Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday by putting herself in MLK blackface then blaming her black opponent. In Georgia, we’ve officially moved from the “Bless your heart” stage to “What were you thinking?”
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This is arguably the most tone-deaf and racially offensive commercial since Kendall Jenner solved racism with a Pepsi. The commercial has been roundly dragged, not just for being racially offensive but for demonstrating the worst kind of Democratic white progressive virtue signaling. Do white Democrats still think you can show up at black events, shake a few hands, clap out of rhythm and wrap up the black vote? You’re running against Stacey Abrams, not Roy Moore; you have to step your game up, Mrs. Evans. Heck, Ben Carson even spoke at Ebenezer that day, so clearly just showing up at church doesn’t mean you’re a first-round pick in the racial draft.
Even worse, the campaign filmed the service without parishioners’ consent, and plenty of people were surprised to see they’d been used like props. Of course, the film quality is so bad they might’ve confused Evans’ campaign team for WorldStar. However, the crusted top of this mayonnaise sandwich is the final image, where MLK is superimposed onto Stacey Evans’ face like she downloaded the “MLK Me” app.
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More: https://www.theroot.com/white-candidate-for-georgia-governor-basically-does-mlk-1822414210
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Please say she did not do this.
