Northern Valley Beacon
Information, observations, and analysis from the James River valley on the Northern Plains----- E-Mail: Enter 'Beacon' in subject box. Send to: Minnekota@Referencedesk.orgTuesday, October 04, 2005
"If you wanted to reduce crime, you could abort every black baby..."
No, these are not the words of conservative wingnut bloggers. They are the words of Bill Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Education, later the nation's drug czar.
I did not see anything about this on local blogs and was unaware of the comment until a friend pointed them out Saturday night.
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson carefully explains the context in which Bennett said this, and dismisses racist motivations on the part of Bennett. But he then explores why such a statement could be made at all as a matter of residual racial baggage that is covered over by an insincere conservative political correctness.
I did not see anything about this on local blogs and was unaware of the comment until a friend pointed them out Saturday night.
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson carefully explains the context in which Bennett said this, and dismisses racist motivations on the part of Bennett. But he then explores why such a statement could be made at all as a matter of residual racial baggage that is covered over by an insincere conservative political correctness.
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