NBC News reporter Kelly O’Donnell asked Darryl Postell, a black man at a tea party rally held Thursday in Washington: “There aren’t a lot of African-Americans at these events. Have you ever felt… uncomfortable?” Postell replied, “No, no, these are my people, Americans.”
O’Donnell’s question wasn’t the only one addressing race at tea parties. Politico asked one white tea party protester about how she could spot an “infiltrator” — a liberal posing as a tea party protester — and she said that more “racially-oriented signs” were a giveaway. “This movement is not about race. My husband and I are an interracial copuple. He’s African American. We don’t make this party about race, we make it about principles.” Video below:
It didn’t occur to me, by the way, to ask Richard if he felt uncomfortable. But maybe that’s because he was right at home:
