pyjamarama
March 9th 04, 11:55 AM
Congrats lefties, it looks like you picked a real winner <chuckle>
Homeboy Kerry gets bitch-slapped by his "peeps"...
Civil Rights Group Seeks Kerry Apology
Mon Mar 8, 8:49 PM ET
WASHINGTON - The head of a civil rights and legal services advocacy
group wants Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web
sites) to apologize for saying he wouldn't be upset if he could be
known as the second black president.
"John Kerry is not a black man — he is a privileged white man who has
no idea what it is in this country to be a poor white in this country,
let alone a black man," said Paula Diane Harris, founder of the Andrew
Young National Center for Social Change.
Last week, Kerry told the American Urban Radio Network: "President
Clinton (news - web sites) was often known as the first black
president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the
second."
Kerry's spokesman Chad Clanton said: "This was intended as a
light-natured remark about President Clinton's strong legacy with
African Americans It is a legacy that John Kerry would like to build
upon if elected president. John Kerry has a record of fighting for
civil rights and as president he will continue this fight."
Harris also criticized civil rights leaders who "sit back and ignore
these types of comments, a practice that further insults African
Americans."
"It seems that all these leaders care about is their personal agendas
in how a 'John Kerry' will keep up their personal causes," she said.
The Andrew Young National Center for Social Change, based in
Harrisburg, Pa., provides legal services to the poor.
Homeboy Kerry gets bitch-slapped by his "peeps"...
Civil Rights Group Seeks Kerry Apology
Mon Mar 8, 8:49 PM ET
WASHINGTON - The head of a civil rights and legal services advocacy
group wants Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web
sites) to apologize for saying he wouldn't be upset if he could be
known as the second black president.
"John Kerry is not a black man — he is a privileged white man who has
no idea what it is in this country to be a poor white in this country,
let alone a black man," said Paula Diane Harris, founder of the Andrew
Young National Center for Social Change.
Last week, Kerry told the American Urban Radio Network: "President
Clinton (news - web sites) was often known as the first black
president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the
second."
Kerry's spokesman Chad Clanton said: "This was intended as a
light-natured remark about President Clinton's strong legacy with
African Americans It is a legacy that John Kerry would like to build
upon if elected president. John Kerry has a record of fighting for
civil rights and as president he will continue this fight."
Harris also criticized civil rights leaders who "sit back and ignore
these types of comments, a practice that further insults African
Americans."
"It seems that all these leaders care about is their personal agendas
in how a 'John Kerry' will keep up their personal causes," she said.
The Andrew Young National Center for Social Change, based in
Harrisburg, Pa., provides legal services to the poor.