I mean.. Sure, maybe it wasn't right for him word some of that stuff the way he did, but he's entitled to his opinion.

I don't think he's necessarily defending that law, based on the quote.. I think he's just saying that that's what he saw around him. He didn't see a bunch of black people complaining about not having rights. He never actually -saw- any beatings or sexual assaults that occurred. It's a show of pure ignorance. He probably never heard them complain because -he- was there with them. This may be way off base, and I apologize if it is or I come off sounding sideways.. But I think that they -wouldn't- have talked to him about things like that -because- he's white... Regardless of his being poor.