Congressman: only WHITE people have ever contributed to civilization

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Good grief.  King's initial response about the lack of contributions from other "subgroups" was a response to prodding about the relatively small number of non-white delegates on the convention floor.  When pressed on that, he switched to "Western Civilization."  The first response is racial because the prompt was about race.  The second response, when prodded about "white people," is a sadly familiar bias based on the lack of knowledge about other civilizations in general.  Almost everyone who says "western civilization" has "contributed" more than others in any blanket manner has not bothered to study anyone's history outside of Europe and the U.S.  (Just, you know, by the way, Christianity was a originally a "contribution" of Palestinian Judaic culture. Europe appropriate it.)

To be defensive at all about this matter as a representative of the GOP is, even leaving out explicit or implicit bias, is just stupid.  In order to win national elections, now and in the future, they need to win over more voters of diverse ethnic backgrounds, period.  Why not just say "we have to do better and we will"?  King, please go find a department store blue-light special on "clues" and buy as many as you can.  Good grief.