Denigrating Rod Paige
Here's the last paragraph from today's Chronicle editorial on outgoing Education Secretary Rod Paige:
Perhaps the greatest irony of Paige's career is that although he grew up in segregated schools in Mississippi and served as dean of education at Houston's heavily black Texas Southern University, his biggest supporters, both in Washington and at HISD, have been white conservatives. However his accomplishments as education secretary are eventually rated by history, as a prophet he has clearly been underappreciated in his own community.
The left and the old media keep telling us that America is too divided by race, and that we need to become colorblind. So why does the old media keep defining people by race? Why can't Rod Paige's achievements stand on their own? Instead, the Chronicle attempts to minimize those achievements by saying he was only supported by white conservatives. That's so disrespectful. If Rod Paige was a liberal Democrat, I have no doubt the Chronicle would NOT have described him as being supported by white liberals.
But, just for fun, let's take a brief moment to look at who white liberals (including the Chronicle editors) have supported: former mayor Lee Brown, and former police chief C.O. Bradford.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 11/17/04 09:01 AM | Houston Chronicle | Print | Comments (5)
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