How about those tomato sandwiches...

While I usually don't agree with her politics, Leah Ward Sears, former Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, strikes me as someone with much grace and class.

She has a column in today's Wall Street Journal here (subscription required) discussing times where as a black woman she's been confused with "the help" at various social functions around the state.

Often, liberals use stories of bias and prejudice to rally support for their political agenda.

But Sears says she's learned that it's better in the Deep South to smile and change the subject to tomato sandwiches. What grace.

Another thing I like about Sears is that since retiring last year she's talked a lot about the importance of preserving the family unit, especially in the black family. Sadly, it's not something a lot of liberals like to discuss (more fun to blame whites, Bush, lack of socialism).