Prometheus 6

I'd seen this story and figured those who are supposed to be outraged would handle it, fine, fine... but Glenn at Hi. I'm Black! noticed something I didn't:

California education chief calls preschooler 'stupid dirty girl'
Riordan apologizes for remark
Friday, July 9, 2004 Posted: 7:13 AM EDT (1113 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- State Education Secretary Richard Riordan jokingly told a child her name, Isis, meant "stupid dirty girl," prompting the head of the California NAACP on Thursday to call for his resignation.

…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.

Dymally did not return telephone calls. His office issued a statement Wednesday calling Riordan's remarks to the girl "outrageous and irresponsible," then issued another statement Thursday saying, "To err is human; to forgive is divine."

"Race is not a factor in this issue," Dymally said in Thursday's statement, adding that Riordan had apologized a second time. "It is time for us to move on."

… though for different reasons than Glenn did…and btw, bruh, it wasn't the NAACP that planned and cancelled. That confusion, where one sees "civil rights groups" and thinks "NAACP" is why I call bullshit. It's hard enough being a partisan without some politician screwing your rep up.