California State Education Secretary Richard Riordan (jokingly according to him) makes a comment to a little girl that her name "Isis" (the girls name is Isis D'Luciano - CNN) means "dirty stupid girl." He then apologizes to her and admits that he was "teasing" the child. OK, so he shouldn't have said that. The best part is that the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) jumps on the issue. Alice Huffman, president of the California chapter of the NAACP, said that Riordan "is not suitable to lead education in our state" and should be removed. It gets better...
I quote CNN "Democratic state Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally, who had scheduled a protest by civil rights organizations, canceled the demonstration after an apparent mix-up over the girl's racial background. Dymally was quoted in the San Jose Mercury News Thursday saying the child was "a little African-American girl. Would he (Riordan) have done that to a white girl?" The girl is white, with blonde hair."
Now CNN did not report that the NAACP was also in on that protest. Hmmm... Now to the funny part...the girls mother's response, and I quote CNN yet again "The girl's mother, Trinity Lila of Goleta, said her daughter was fine, and she considered the issue over. "Obviously it hurt her feelings, but she didn't take it personally. She knew he was wrong and she let it go," Lila said. "I'm not going to sue them for therapy bills." "He's already apologized repeatedly," Lila added. Although Riordan's office has tried to contact her, "I don't see what else is to be done.""
HA HA HA!! I love liberals. It is funny how the mother handles this, the classic, hold on, let me put my bong down, grab some love beads, and give you and answer. I would agree that this child has a lot more things to worry about than that comment. Right off the bat, the last name difference between mother and child means hours of therapy, or public school involvement in the future. I also love the racial profiling by Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally D-Compton and the NAACP. They assumed the girl's race was African America because her name was Isis. Boy, if that were the Ohio State Police, they would be in BIG trouble.
I will say this...I do love this country, cause only in this country can you get something as fudged up as that.
manteca
