State Sen. Scott Beason (R-AL) Called Black Greenetrack Casino Customers "Aborigines"

Alabama State Sen. Scott Beason heard on tape he recorded for FBI in gambling corruption probe calling black customers "aborigines."

Alabama state senator Scott Beason (R-Gardendale), who recorded conversations for the FBI in the state's gambling corruption probe, called black customers of the Greenetrack casino in Eutaw, "aborigines" during one of those taped conversations.

A defense attorney for indicted casino owner Milton McGregor presented a transcript in court Wednesday from a recorded conversation that Republican Sen. Scott Beason of Gardendale had with two other GOP legislators. The three were joking about economic development in predominantly black Greene County and the customers at one of the county's largest employers, the Greenetrack casino in Eutaw.

"That's y'all's Indians," one Republican said. "They're aborigines, but they're not Indians," Beason replied. When quizzed by defense lawyer Bobby Segall, Beason said he didn't recall recording the conversation, but he didn't dispute its accuracy. Source: BusinessWeek

I hope the people in Alabama, particularly blacks realize they were being treated with disdain and played like yo-yos. How else do you explain tricking blacks with free buffets, gambling credits and being bused to the polling stations in last year's elections? Black people need to wake up to the reality that there are still some in our midst who want to keep us under their feet while laughing in our faces as though they really, really care.