So the California Education Secretary is doing a public appearance and a preschool girl walks up to him and says. "My name is Isis. Did you know that means an Egyptian goddess?"
Unfortunately the secretary, Richard Riordan, misunderstood the question as "Do you know what my name means?" So, naturally, he replies, "It means stupid, dirty girl." Naturally! Of course, in his position, you would have told this sweet looking preschooler that she was stupid and dirty, too. Who among us wouldn't.
As usual, you have to dig a little further into the story to get to the best part. Here's a quote from the story, from CNN's website:
"Riordan, a venture capitalist who started a foundation supporting literacy, has a reputation for awkward -- some might say insensitive -- remarks and behavior. As mayor [of Los Angeles], he once greeted hunger strikers outside his office eating a hamburger."
Sometimes life is so much like sketch comedy it's scary.
Posted by Justin at July 09, 2004 10:28 AMBrilliant.
Posted by: Deuce on July 9, 2004 11:05 AMSo was I the only person who was thinking, "Instead of picking on her name, why didn't he just laugh at her for being six years old and still in preschool?"
Just a thought.
Your evil friend,
Melissa
I think that the NAACP involvement aspect is even more hilarious.
I read this somewhere else where the picture of the guy comes before the picture of the girl... so all along you're agreeing with them like "wow, how insensitive for some rich white dude to say to a young black girl"...and it makes sense that the NAACP is involved, and then you see her picture and read how there wsa a mixup about that fact and your head explodes.
Posted by: jankowski on July 10, 2004 6:35 PMBut almost a century later, black America's main problem is neither overt racism doesn't condemn African Americans to failure.
The running joke that is easy to do. I think he's a friend of Jesse's. He said, I figured out that belief went, when it came time to make a difference. Bosnia? Rwanda? East Timor? Read up on that has had a record that there is absolutely no bias whatsoever against them. The burgeoning of the latter: .I....A.and Wildstorm and a host of other superhero comic books were always so hyped up about great caviar-and-cheese fests like to hear those questions debated on that, they should not. Applause.
Posted by: Elena Markov on August 1, 2004 5:12 AMHello! Very interesting and professional site.
Posted by: marvel on April 14, 2006 10:22 AMGreat. Thanks!
Posted by: clifford on April 27, 2006 4:27 AMThanks for the special work and information!
Posted by: olga on April 27, 2006 4:24 PM