I am often embarrassed, even ashamed, to be white. The latest reinforcement of this feeling comes from the behavior of white residents in Utah’s San Juan County.
For longer than anyone can remember, they have sought to repress the political voice of their Navajo majority.
Thankfully, a federal judge finally put an end to the gerrymandering that had always given two of the three county commission seats to white residents.
But now the exclamation point. In attempting to maintain their privileged position, the county has amassed more than $6 million in legal obligations and is asking Utah taxpayers to pay half of it.