I see a racist Congressman

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) has made a political career out of keeping overt racism alive and well in Congress. Just this past week he alternately said President Obama “favors the black person” and defaults in favor of minorities in general. Rep. King’s latest crusade to defend white people from a non-existent race-based political agenda is designed to stir up white voters who are supportive of Arizona’s new immigration law.
It’s a classic racist argument, one that’s becoming the default – to acknowledge race at all is the racist action. Doesn’t matter that the president makes a point of avoiding talking about race whenever possible. Or, apparently, that King is the one overtly defending racial profiling and saying you can spot an immigrant based on their clothes, accent, and yes, grooming. Folks like King have decided in the face of the entire history of U.S. racism and despite their continued racist remarks and support of racist policies that white people are the victims.
In the face of King’s race baiting absurdity it’s nice to see humor being used to encourage action. Sometimes you’ve got to laugh at the racists while working against their despicable agenda:

Transcript after the jump.
This video was produced by America’s Voice, which is using it to encourage action against Arizona’s new immigration law and in support of immigration reform. You can take action here.

King: Some claim that the Arizona law will bring about racial discrimination profiling.
Haley Joel Osment: I see immigrants, walking around like regular people.
Bruce Willis: How often do you see them?
Osment: All the time.
King: Sometimes it’s just a sixth sense they can’t put their finger on.
Osment: They want me to do things for them.
Willis: I think that they know that you’re one of these very rare people that can see them, so you need to help them.
Osment: They’re everywhere.
King: Sixth sense indicators are all kinds of things, from what kind of clothes people wear, my suit in my case, what kind of shoes people wear, what kind of accent they have, the type of grooming that they might have, there are all kinds of indicators there.