Will Mayor of Charlotte Grovel to Blacks?
by Jeff Davis
Everytime a celebrity or politician makes any kind of comment about Blacks, he runs the risk of being subjected to a barrage of accusations from the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Even a comment intended to be neutral or even positive can be re-interpreted by likes of Sharpton so that he can grab another 15 minutes of fame at the expense of a White man’s career. Traditionally unflattering remarks about Africans are followed by a long process groveling. Don Imus made the mistake of criticizing himself for pointing out how ugly one Black women’s basketball team was, opening the door for others to pile on, which they did. Now one politician in North Carolina has chosen the path of NOT apologizing for politically incorrect remarks. It will be interesting to see if he can get away with it.
Newsday reports that “The mayor [of Charlotte, N.C] said he stands by his comments that black youth are imitating gangsters, despite a call from the local NAACP to apologize. Mayor Pat McCrory, who is white, said he was accurate when he wrote that ‘too many of our youth, primarily African American, are imitating and/or participating in a gangster type of dress, attitude, behavior and action.’ His remarks came in a July 5 letter to the city manager in which McCrory congratulated police for their presence the night before, when 169 people — mostly black — were arrested.” (more…)