(originally published October 4th, 2005)<\/p>\n
Last week William Bennett, the former Secretary of Education under Bush Sr, said a very bad thing on his radio show that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not going to repeat. It made headlines, kind of, for a day and then it disappeared. He didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t apologize; didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even see why he had to apologize, and I thought that was sad.<\/p>\n
So I sent the link out to a few people so they could read the comment. I also opened up conversation on it at my online networking group. I was stunned, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d have to say. There were people I expected who might not get it. Some of the people who didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really get it, though, weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the people I expected. And that has left me troubled and wondering if I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still in touch with people as much as I thought I was.<\/p>\n
Bennett\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s comments, for those who knew what he said, were hurtful for one main reason. He singled out a particular race for his example, and with one sentence brought back every negative stereotype the race has fought to erase. Sure, things aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t perfect, but no one group has every member being perfect. There are times when comments don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need one particular group being singled out to make a point; he chose to single one out.<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m dismayed that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s basically been allowed to sweep it under the rug. This entry probably won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get any responses either; none that I might expect, anyway. Then again, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m beginning to believe, at times, the unexpected should have been the expected all along. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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