AFA Radio Host: It鈥檚 the Fault of African Americans That White People Are Racist
It鈥檚 sometimes hard to know just exactly what the American Family Association, the rabidly anti-gay group based in Tupelo, Miss., believes. It鈥檚 obviously against the advancement of any rights for the LGBT community, and it clearly harbors substantial fears about a secular government. But when it comes to matters of race? That鈥檚 when things get murky.
This week, on the AFA鈥檚 radio network, American Family Radio, host Sandy Rios went wild with a twisted view of racism after a listener accused her of being a racist. Rios, who is also a Fox News Channel contributor, quickly offered a surprising and completely inaccurate assertion 鈥� that white people have moved beyond racism, except in response to black racism.
鈥淭he American Anglo-Saxon crew really has moved past racism. They did it quite a long time ago. I mean, they did elect Barack Obama 鈥� twice,鈥� Rios said last week in comments reported yesterday by . 鈥淏ut racism seems to be raging in the black community.鈥�
She added, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 causing it is people like Barack Obama and Eric Holder who can鈥檛 say enough and stir the pot enough to create anger and hatred and bitterness.鈥�
This isn鈥檛 the first time the AFA, through its various mouthpieces, has demeaned black Americans or other minorities.
In early 2011, Bryan Fischer, the AFA鈥檚 chief spokesman, called for the U.S. military to ban Muslims and for an end to Muslim immigration to the U.S. He later claimed that because they have refused to accept Christianity. The outcry was so great that the AFA removed Fischer鈥檚 comments from its blog. A week later, , because she had accepted "the superior culture" of the new arrivals to the New World.
AFA staffers鈥� assertions about race don鈥檛 stop there.
Two months after the AFA removed Fischer鈥檚 post about Native Americans, he lambasted welfare programs, singling out African Americans for criticism by stating, 鈥淲elfare has destroyed the African-American family by telling young black women that husbands and fathers are unnecessary and obsolete. Welfare has subsidized illegitimacy by offering financial rewards to women who have more children out of wedlock. We have incentivized fornication rather than marriage, and it鈥檚 no wonder we are now awash in the disastrous social consequences of people who rut like rabbits.鈥�
Surprisingly, the AFA claims that the views of its radio host are not necessarily its own. But as Fischer continues to serve as the group鈥檚 chief spokesperson, and as Rios seems to be taking a page from his playbook, it may be increasingly difficult for the group to walk so casually away from the bigotry it 鈥� even unwittingly 鈥� promotes.
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