Elwin Wilson, Who Apologized for Racist Acts, Dies at 76

Elwin Wilson, a former supporter of the Ku Klux Klan who made repeated apologies late in life for racist acts he committed decades earlier — including the bloody beating of a civil rights worker who later became a member of Congress — died on Thursday at a hospital in South Carolina. He was 76.

In the spring of 1961, the group known as the Freedom Riders arrived at the Greyhound bus station in Rock Hill, S.C., as part of their effort to end segregation in the South. When two Freedom Riders, John Lewis, who was black, and Albert Bigelow, who was white, entered a waiting area at the station that was designated for whites only, they were quickly assaulted by a group of young white men. One of them was Mr. Wilson.

Seeking forgiveness, Mr. Wilson called The Rock Hill Herald in 2009 to say that he was one of the men who had led the bus station beating and that he had committed other violent acts — against, among others, civil rights workers holding lunch counter sit-ins. Only then did Mr. Wilson learn that one of his victims had become a member of Congress.

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White Party (Republican) Representative So Sorry for Calling Latinos Wetbacks

From [HERE] Rep. Don Young referred to migrant workers as "wetbacks" in a radio interview aired in his home state of Alaska on Thursday, but issued an apology late in the day after criticism.

"My father had a ranch. We used to hire 50-60 wetbacks ... to pick tomatoes ... it takes two people to pick the same tomatoes now. It is all done by machine," Young said in the interview.

The lawmaker was speaking about the economy and technology. In an initial apology, he said he did not realize the term was considered offensive.

 In a later statement on Friday, Young called the term "insensitive" and "a poor choice of words." "That word, and the negative attitudes that come with it, should be left in the 20th century, and I'm sorry that this has shifted our focus away from comprehensive immigration reform," he said.

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"People who classify themselves as White, who wish to be taken seriously, and who are righteous and responsible, will only talk about ending White Supremacy (Racism) and replacing it with Justice." [more] According to Anon, there are different types of white people: 

There are whites who:

• are practicing racism against non-whites at a particular moment
• are not practicing racism at that moment but have practiced it at a previous time, or will practice it at a later time
• are not practicing racism at that moment, but say and do nothing to stop those who are
• are not practicing racism at that moment, but have no problem with other whites practicing racism (don’t care)
• are benefiting from the crime of racism even if they are not practicing racism at that moment
• refuse to tell WHO is practicing racism; HOW racism is being practiced; and refuse to help the victims with the information they have
• oppose racism by exposing and opposing whites who practice it [MORE]