In case you forgot, Willie Herenton is still black. That’s pretty much still the entirety of his platform, apparently the same unchanged racist bullshit he started with.

He recently reinforced his position that all black people should support him because he’s black with this moving commentary:

If any African American stood with Cohen today as an endorsement, they ought to feel embarrassed

I agree! How dare they associate with a white jew! What we should do is split the seat, and have separate but equal representation based solely on skin tone! I mean, there’s no way that a black guy could ever represent my positions, so there’s no point in talking about any issues or anything, I’ll just vote for the guy that looks the most like me! In fact, can anyone tell me which candidate for Sheriff is taller? I’m about 5’7″, so I can’t imagine a tall guy representing me. I’ll just vote for whomever happens to be shorter. Even better, are any of the candidates named “Mike”? My name is Mike, so I can’t imagine better representation than someone else named Mike.

What a fucking idiot.

Memphis has a long and painful past of racial conflict. While I don’t at all feel that we should ignore our history, I also don’t feel that segregation and racial division was the answer in 1960, and it’s not the answer 50 years later. With all due respect to those who fought for their civil rights as a person, not a black person, not a white person, not a jewish person, but as a human being; I don’t find any difference between “Don’t vote for the white guy” and “Don’t serve coloreds”.

Mr. Herenton – Leave your inflammatory racist rhetoric in the past with Jim Crow. Oliver Brown would appreciate it.