Former Education Secretary Bennett's Outrage
From our coalition partners at the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR)
Former Secretary of Education Makes Blatantly Racist Comments
Washington – In response to the statement made by former Secretary of Education Bill Bennett suggesting that if "you wanted to reduce crime...if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down," Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, issued the following statement:
"Bill Bennett's blatantly racist remarks are outrageous. He isn't just some shock jock. He's the former Secretary of Education and he should know better. His comments were not only intolerable but completely irresponsible. His program should be pulled."
Bennett served in both the Reagan and Bush administrations. His radio program, Bill Bennett's Morning in America, airs on roughly 115 radio stations with an estimated weekly audience of 1.25 million listeners. To hear Bennett's ignorant comments in full: Click Here
Former Secretary of Education Makes Blatantly Racist Comments
Washington – In response to the statement made by former Secretary of Education Bill Bennett suggesting that if "you wanted to reduce crime...if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down," Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, issued the following statement:
"Bill Bennett's blatantly racist remarks are outrageous. He isn't just some shock jock. He's the former Secretary of Education and he should know better. His comments were not only intolerable but completely irresponsible. His program should be pulled."
Bennett served in both the Reagan and Bush administrations. His radio program, Bill Bennett's Morning in America, airs on roughly 115 radio stations with an estimated weekly audience of 1.25 million listeners. To hear Bennett's ignorant comments in full: Click Here
1 Comments:
A Letter submission I saw in an email
To the Editor:
William Bennett is right about one thing: that whole issue of crime and race has been on my mind recently. So here's a thought experiment for him. If we aborted all white children, the rate of white-collar crime would go way down--think Enron, World.com, Adelphia, etc. We'd probably see an even larger reduction in the incidence of Congressional corruption and
malfeasance, including among high-ranking Congressional officers. The possibilities are huge, from organized-crime contract murders to hate-related crimes to things like the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars in Iraq. Speaking of which: think of the reduction of financial crimes and conflicts of interest in the military-industrial complex as a whole! As a plus, we'd lose some talk radio shows altogether, and even see a decrease in the number of stupid opinions on race expressed by former Cabinet officials.
Not that I would actualy propose doing this. It would be wrong, of course, and impossible, but it's just a thought. You know. I'm just saying.
Luis Rumbaut
Washington, D.C.
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