Opinion | The Racial Progress Deniers
A Wall Street Journal editorial, The Racial Progress Deniers, argues that midterm wins by minority candidates up and down the ballot — including Democrat Scott Colom edging incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's Senate race — shatter myths like the idea that America is structurally racist. The board calls Colom's victory historic, notes Mississippi hadn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982, and predicts he will be its first black Senator since Reconstruction and give Democrats a 55-seat majority.
