calls reporter racist for using facebook photo gun

Reached by Indystar, Carson said he found the exchange with Lucas to be racist. As of Friday afternoon, there were 170 comments as part of the exchange between multiple people. Slavery is vile and repugnant, but has, and is tragically a way of humanity.'Ĭarson continued to respond to other comments on the post who criticized him for his views on slavery and the Constitution, but he eventually stopped, he said. 'Blacks captured and sold blacks as slaves. 'The first slave owner in America was black,' Lucas replied.

That's when matters took a disappointing turn, to Carson. The conversation turned into a debate over race and the Constitution when Carson posted: 'You know the constitution was written with people like me as slaves with no rights. The exchange started when Lucas, who has previously faced calls to resign over his social media use, posted Tuesday night about his appearance on a local news station to defend the 2nd Amendment after President Biden called for a ban on assault weapons. But not in the way the surgeon had hoped or expected. Jim Lucas's Facebook page about the Constitution, he was hoping the Seymour Republican would engage with him.Īnd that's exactly what happened. When James Carson, a Black orthopedic surgeon in Houston, Texas decided to write on Indiana state Rep.

Calls reporter racist for using facebook photo gun