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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Especially with Gray channeling himself to Black radio, speaking in a Black dialect, etc. Fenty didn't even pretend to be Black. He identified himself as mixed-race. Did this hurt him in 2006? No. In 2006 he was Black enough. But by 2010, with the perception that he was catering to White, upper-class interests, he was no longer viewed as "Black enough". Then he was half White, with a wife who was a foreigner.[/quote]How about the perception being that he appointed an inexperienced schools chancellor -- born out by the string of mistakes Rhee made that made things worse rather than better? I'm white and upper middle class -- my issue with Fenty was his poor judgment in hiring Rhee, not his race. And you know what? I bet the African-American parents at my kid's school also took issue with her poor management style rather than Fenty's race. Folks, if you want to make it only about race, you're entitled to but the reality is that Fenty screwed up on some very important issues and he didn't make those mistakes because he was mixed race - he made them because he thought he could do no wrong and then refused to deal with the consequences. [/quote] I've said this already -- yes -- what contributed to the perception that he wasn't black enough by catering to white, upper class interests in a variety of ways -- his appointments, his priorities -- all of that. The fact that he also happened to be mixed race was only a contributing factor -- a small contributing factor -- to the feeling/conclusion of many Black people that he was not Black enough.[/quote]Pp, I responded to the first post and then read later posts and saw that the discussion had turned toward race being a contributing factor and not the primary factor. This first post suggests that race was the primary factor. Only suggests it and doesn't say it out right but it does suggest it. But if I had read more posts before I responded -- well, I wouldn't have responded that way because it became apparent by the end of the thread that people were talking about race being a contributing factor and not the main factor. Maybe I should have read more before responding. I didn't mean to make you feel defensive. Sorry! [/quote] I suppose I could have said it more artfully in my first post, which I just reposted. But even as I stated it, I don't think anyone could rationally read that to mean that his racial identity was the deciding or motivating factor. I said that combined with everything else [that plagued him] his identifying as mixed race, fact that he did not speak with a Black dialect, and fact that he was equally comfortable with Whites as he was with Blacks helped [i.e., fueled the perception of him not being Black enough]. I probably should have realized that since I was talking about race, I should be extremely precise and detailed or all hell would break lose. My bad. I still think that it is quite sad that a person cannot talk about the fact that some Blacks speak with a Black dialect without people getting offended. It is not a derisive thing to say. I find it very sad that, even though my first post was not as precise as it could have or maybe should have been, people would react to it the way they did. The idea that Fenty was not Black enough is hardly a radical notion.[/quote]
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