Here Come Da' Judge

Washington County Circuit Judge W. Kennedy Boone was reprimanded for calling three black female lawyers "the Supremes" in court and advising a defendant to get "an experienced male attorney" instead of using one of the three black women attorneys present.

Boone claims he was trying to "protect" the women from ending up with a difficult client. Now, I ask this, why is it when white folks do things that are racist, sexist, and stupid, they think they are protecting us with their racism, sexism, and stupidity? I would rather be unprotected than have a negative experience such as this.

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