There has been much hubbub about Dr. Paul being racist – a charge I consider beyond the pale. It is making the rounds because of some newsletters that were printed in a publication bearing his name while he was busy with his career – and he made the mistake of not proofreading the material, simply trusting those who wrote the newsletters.

If you are going to judge Ron Paul on whether he is prejudiced, I think you should listen to every recording you can.  I consider myself free of prejudice (having been brought up that way) and have yet to hear Ron Paul utter anything to arouse suspicion that he may be prejudiced, so I seriously doubt the claims.  As a devout Libertarian, it would be entirely at odds with his beliefs.

I can imagine he has some well-meaning intentions for not wanting to “out” those responsible for the newsletters, but that would be conjecture, so I will keep them to myself. He has already taken the blame for allowing these newsletters to be published without first checking them.  So, he has accepted responsibility for not minding the store – and virtually everyone who knows him (including many independent journalists) finds it implausible that Paul could have been supportive of these articles, let alone written them.  Only those with something at stake seem to be pursuing the “racist” angle.

I encourage you to listen to Paul speak – in the present and in any old videos you can find online – and decide for yourself if this is a racist, as some claim.  If I may, I would like to suggest that you do take into the consideration the opinion of the NAACP’s Nelson Linder.  He speaks positively of Ron Paul in this video:

Among the Republican Presidential candidates, Ron Paul easily has the most support by minority voters.  In fact, if you look beyond the race of all of the candidates, including Obama, Ron Paul is really the most favorable to the plight of the poor and minorities.  Hear what some of them have to say:

As for material with Dr. Paul speaking for himself, here is a good place to start: