Understanding Racism (Courtesy of Joe Biden)

Thanks for clearing that up:

Explaining why schools in Iowa are performing better than those in Washington, D.C., Biden told the Post, "There's less than one percent of the population of Iowa that is African American. There is probably less than four of five percent that are minorities. What is in Washington? So look, it goes back to what you start off with, what you're dealing with."

 "When you have children coming from dysfunctional homes, when you have children coming from homes where there's no books, where the mother from the time they're born doesn't talk to them - as opposed to the mother in Iowa who's sitting out there and talks to them, the kid starts out with a 300 word larger vocabulary at age three. Half this education gap exists before the kid steps foot in the classroom," the Delaware Democrat added.

The paper reports Biden's office quickly sought to clarify the remarks, saying in a statement that the senator was not making a "race-based distinction" but rather a "socio-economic" one.

Of course, everyone knows Uncle Joe – who by the way is definitely not uninterested in running for President – is kind of crazy and is well known for “misspeaking.”  But he is definitely not a racist.  Because as we all know:

 

It’s not racist to imply that all blacks come “from dysfunctional homes.”

 

It’s not racist to imply that all blacks “from homes where there [are] no books.”

 

It’s not racist to imply that black mothers “never talk to their children.”

 

It’s not even racist to imply that all blacks are poor.