I'm not here for Kavanaugh and Graham's right

"I'm so sick of white law," said a friend recently at dinner. He had to be disconcerted because of who was saying it. Like me, on the spectrum of African-American activism, the friend weighs more Martin Luther King Jr than Malcolm X. And that surprised me, because the comment expressed a frustration whose taking s & rsquo; Is tight around me recently.

White law posters have been around us since the foundation of the republic (see: slavery and the trail of tears). But since the election of President Trump, the privilege shows have been more shameless. "Becky BBQ", "Permit Patty" and "ID Adam" have joined other absurd situations in which life in black was questioned by whites. And then there was the case of Botham Shem Jean, a black man killed in his own apartment by a Dallas police officer on leave.

As a result, exposing the eligibility of Thursday's White Men was particularly discouraging. I can understand why Brett M. Kavanaugh has burst out of anger. It's the lack of humility and decorum and contrition that has negated any human emotion that I could have had for him while he was fighting tears during the hearing about his appointment at risk to the Supreme Court.

Brett M. Kavanaugh at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill. (Melina Mara / The Washington Post)

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Thomas was sure of it. But what we received from Kavanaugh was spitting and crying. Worse still, its bellicose attitude toward senators, its generally sober and rude behavior, not to mention its partisanship. The whole show was a long "but you promised" an adult man's temper tantrum denied what he seems to believe is his. And after Kavanaugh was stuck by Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) On his refusal to support or call the White House to request an FBI inquiry into these allegations, Senator Lindsey O. Graham (RS .C.) Came up with his own demonstration of right.

"Boy, you all want power. I hope you will never get it. I hope that Americans will be able to see through this sham, "said a facilitator Graham. He went on to say, "For my Republican colleagues, if you vote no, you legitimize the most despicable thing I've seen in my life in politics. even a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee when he was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2016.

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Imagine if Thomas had acted like Kavanaugh. Imagine that Christine Blasey Ford behaved like Kavanaugh. You can not. Thanks to racism and misogyny that were closely tied to our national DNA, Thomas and Ford knew they could not get away with it and they did not think they had it. Their dilemma is one that millions of Americans face every hour. But the histrionics of Graham and Kavanaugh showed once more how much there was no rage like a denounced white man. No humility. No contrition No humanity beyond its narrow interests.

Strongly brushed words, I know. But I've toured powerful men like Kavanaugh and Graham when their tender, bruised feelings will have an impact on my life and my country.