In the 1960s, Bob Dylan wrote “Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues” to ridicule people who believed there was a communist around every corner.

If only there was such a musician who had the courage to pen a similar tune directed at the racial grievance industry of today.

Case in point: During the debate over a proposed repeal of the union-friendly prevailing wage law in Wisconsin, state Sen. Lena Taylor took to the floor to suggest the term “subcontractor” was actually a racial slur.

“Now I think the senator from the first (district) was, I think, being kind by not just throwing the history fully out that prevailing wage was originally done because they really didn’t want people who looked like me to work on the jobs.

“As a matter of fact, they called them subcontractors or something along those lines.”

Listen here:

Taylor is black, so it’s possible she was saying the law was intended to protect black people. And “subcontractor” is another way to say “subhuman”? Maybe?

In reality, as News Talk 1130’s Dan O’Donnell points out, the definition of a subcontractor is, “a person or business that carries out work for a company as part of a larger project.”