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Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
Someone needs to tell Richard Riordan to think before he speaks.
spree: articla on cnn.com
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From the article:
'Democratic state Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally, who had scheduled a protest by civil rights organizations, canceled the demonstration after an apparent mix-up over the girl's racial background.
Dymally was quoted in the San Jose Mercury News Thursday saying the child was "a little African-American girl. Would he (Riordan) have done that to a white girl?"
The girl is white, with blonde hair.
Dymally did not return telephone calls. His office issued a statement Wednesday calling Riordan's remarks to the girl "outrageous and irresponsible," then issued another statement Thursday saying, "To err is human; to forgive is divine."
"Race is not a factor in this issue," Dymally said in Thursday's statement, adding that Riordan had apologized a second time. "It is time for us to move on."'
What a fucking asshole. These comments are just as harmful to this little girl as they would be to any minority. If two apologies are unacceptable for a little black girl, they are just as unacceptable for her. To say that it was time they moved on is ridiculous. He should be just as outraged. Fucking dumbass.
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