John Chaney:

[Smitty]

Originally posted by Camron Rust

Smitty, you're witnessing an unfortunate truth. There are people who all too frequently look to turn non-racial issues into racial issues.

This is simply the case of a man (who happens to be black) that was criticized an undisputably egregious act. He wasn't criticized because he was black no matter how much some would like others to believe it.

Absolutely. It's those same people who turn things like this into something racial that do the most harm to race relations. I find it absurd.