Racial segregation at the highest levels
I’ve long proclaimed that we, as a nation, need to stop condoning racial discrimination by any race. Skin color should not be a prerequisite for anything; it only promotes the perception that there is an inherent difference between the races.
I only bring this up because this story was linked on Drudge today.
Freshman Rep. Stephen I. Cohen, D-Tenn., is not joining the Congressional Black Caucus after several current and former members made it clear that a white lawmaker was not welcome.
“I think they’re real happy I’m not going to join,” said Cohen, who succeeded Rep. Harold Ford, D-Tenn., in a majority-black Memphis district. “It’s their caucus and they do things their way. You don’t force your way in. You need to be invited.”
Cohen said he became convinced that joining the caucus would be “a social faux pas” after seeing news reports that former Rep. William Lacy Clay Sr., D-Mo., a co-founder of the caucus, had circulated a memo telling members it was “critical” that the group remain “exclusively African- American.”
Could you imagine a group of white legislators forming an exclusive organization and pushing a white agenda? The very notion would cause howls from all corners of the country.
