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When skin color enters race for (Baltimore) mayor, good sense leaves
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| Contributor | U Ole Polecat |
| Last Edited | U Ole Polecat May 15, 2003 10:26am |
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| News Date | Thursday, May 15, 2003 04:26:21 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "TODAY WE spend a few moments with Carl Stokes, whose views on education and neighborhoods and race make him one of Baltimore's thoughtful public figures. But first we look at Nathaniel J. McFadden, who needed to get in touch with his own brain.
Four years ago, in the dispiriting slum of the campaign for mayor, it was state Senator McFadden who said that Baltimore was 202 years old, and that white people had held the job of mayor for 189 years and black people only 13 years. Meaning that, whatever else was happening, such as 300 homicides a year or decaying housing or the ongoing catastrophe of the public schools - or the character of the candidates - sheer racial history is why the city should not elect another white person until the political arithmetic was balanced, in about another 200 years.
I thought that was the sound of idiocy then, and I still do. If we continue to choose up sides by race, then we remain two cities. If we look at our candidates with clear eyes - which of these people is best for all of us, no matter the skin color? - then the city gives itself a fair shot at renewal." |
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