A Republican state lawmaker in Arizona on Tuesday used the deeply offensive racist slur “colored people” to describe Black voters in the state before calling for a Black lawmaker to be ordered to “be sat down” and “not be allowed to speak.” State Rep.
Travis Grantham used the slur — which was prevalent in the racist, segregationist pre-Civil Rights South and has been considered inappropriate for decades — as he condemned a speech from state Rep.
Reginald Bolding, a Black lawmaker who said a voter suppression bill that was being debated targets Black voters, among others. “I feel personally that motives were arraigned of members, including myself, with regards to colored people, Black people, whatever people this individual wants to single