Herenton: Ford Gets a Pass on Race
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Even as the national media are conferring Noble Victim status on Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. for alleged race-based innuendoes in an RNC-sponsored TV commercial which GOP opponent Bob Corker has repudiated, Memphis mayor Willie Herenton sees Ford as getting a full pass on the racial front because of his light skin. “He can go places and do things that I can’t,” says the mayor. As for Herenton himself, who faces reelection next year, “I’m just too dark.” For other ruminations on race and the races, including a reminder of the testy relationship between Memphis’ best-known African-American office-holders, go to “Political Beat”.
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This is why the city is in shambles because the mayor has a slave mentality. The people of the 9th district should see him for what he is. He doesn't care about African-Americans or anybody else for that matter. That statement about someone being "light-skinned" is so incredibly outdated. I hope that he does not get re-elected. He is very envious of the Fords especially Harold Sr. and Jr. Mr. Mayor maybe you can use some campaign funds to see a plastic surgeon.
Posted by Julia
on October 25, 2006 at 7:44 AM
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I don't even live in the state of Tennessee yet I feel absolutely shocked, stunned and amazed by the comment of the honorable mayor. Citizens of Memphis you can do better than this.This is pitiful !
Posted by clayman
on October 25, 2006 at 2:59 PM
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