Officials criticize commissioner's e-mail
Updated: 12/3/2004 7:47 AM
By: Lisa Reyes, News 14 Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A vehement e-mail from Mecklenburg County Commissioner Bill James has created a stir among local leaders and educators who said his criticism of the urban black community was racially insensitive.
James sent the e-mail Tuesday to 1,300 constituents and city leaders, writing:
"Most people know why CMS can't teach kids within the urban black community. They live in a moral sewer with parents who lack the desire to act properly. That immorality impacts negatively the lives of these children and creates an environment where education is considered 'acting white' and lack of education is a 'plus' in their world."
I do appreciate that folks would say anything about it at all, but it does bring to light the extraordinary lengths folks will go through to keep from calling a spade a spade (that's a joke).