![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In my home city, the police chief is an African American who's now running for mayor."įacts don't matter to the left because a change in attitude would require a change in policies that are clearly not working to the benefit of too many Black people. "The fact of the matter is we've had an African American president, African American vice president, we've had two African Americans to be secretaries of state. Scott tried to present evidence that despite racism, which he acknowledges exists, there are growing numbers of Black people who are succeeding and ought to be seen not as exceptions, but examples for others to follow: Others will simply give up, or drop out of school, dooming far too many to a life of failure and antisocial behavior. Some will use it as an excuse to engage in crime, including the looting of stores and even shootings as we constantly witness in some of our major cities. If a Black child is told, overtly or covertly, he or she cannot succeed in life, many will internalize that message. Indeed it is, and it's also a far more subtle and less observable form of racism. In his appearance on "The View" (Behar was conveniently "off" that day so he couldn't confront his primary accuser), Scott said in response to claims by Behar and others that he and other successful Black Republicans are "exceptions not the rule" that it's "a dangerous, offensive, disgusting message to send to our young people today." ![]()
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