The definition of what happened lies in the nature of racism itself. Racism can can be direct or indirect: it doesn't matter what the GOP person intended, what matters is the effect.
If he'd said "we have to suppress the black vote," that would have been direct. A racist act would have been caused by his projected suppression of the Democratic vote, because the majority of Detroit Democratic voters are African-American. It follows logically. Intent was irrelevant. What he suggested would still have been racist, though indirectly.
However, if as Brian says, '' "Detroit" has long been the code word for "black" amongst Michigan Republican officials.'' the matter appears in an entirely different light: the issues of direct as well as institutional racism would then arise.
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