Home / Politics / White Man Pretends to be Black to Win Election! By Onan Coca / 12 November 2013 / 247 Comments 1.1KShare19Share1.4KShare52Tweet In what may be the most disturbing, but also the most telling election that happened last week, a white candidate won his district by pretending he was black. No, this is not an attempt at farce. David Wilson won an election to the Houston Community College system in a predominantly black district by pretending to be black. He sent out a couple of misleading mailers that never claimed that he was African-American, but they did feature black actors. One of the mailers also claimed an endorsement by Ron Wilson, who happens to be a famous local politician. However, the Ron Wilson endorsement was not the famed local leader, but the cousin of David Wilson. Video | News | Weather | Sports Fri Nov 08 16:22:46 PST 2013 White guy wins after leading voters to believe he’s black Dave Wilson chuckles as he talks about his unorthodox political campaign. I’d always said it was a long shot, Wilson says. No, I didn’t expect to win. view full article Some are crying foul because of these uses of misleading advertising, like Mr. Wilson’s opponent who called the campaign “disgusting” and “tried to answer the mailer with his own fliers showing Wilsons face, calling him a right-wing hate monger and saying he advocated bringing back chain gangs to clean highways. But the campaign clearly caught him off guard. I dont think its good, he said. I dont think its good for both democracy and the whole concept of fair play. But that was not his intent, apparently. Read more at eaglerising/2850/white-man-pretends-black-win-election/#IK8SRYQBzPiQpEFP.99
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