No white folks have an ‘e’ on the end of Green. The blacks after they left the plantation couldn’t spell, and they threw an ‘e’ on the end.
— South Carolina State Sen. Robert Ford (D), quoted by the Charleston Post and Courier, saying that race played a role in Alvin Greene’s (D) surprise victory. The Democratic primary electorate is majority black and Greene was the only black candidate on the ballot.
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