AP Reports that Bush's record toward
Minorities gets Mixed Reviews in Texas
Washington, DC --
After all the glitz and glamour and illusions of
diversity at last week's Republican National Convention,
a news report today reveals George W. Bush's true record
toward minorities is less than inclusive. According to
the report, 77 percent of Bush's state appointees have
been white, 13 percent Hispanic, 9 percent black and 1
percent from other ethnic or racial groups. (A, 8/7/00)
"After a week of
photo-ops, the truth still remains -- George W. Bush is
no compassionate conservative for minorities." DNC
Deputy Press Secretary Kimberlin Love said. "George
Bush's Texas looks a lot like his convention--false
promises of inclusion delivered through a masquerade ball
of diverse faces."
Bush's true record of
inclusion toward minorities:
Bush Appoints Far
Fewer Minorities Than Richards. Bush has
appointed far fewer minorities to state boards and
commissions than his predecessor, governor Ann Richards.
As governor, Richards made a total of 2,409 appointments.
Of her appointments, 66 percent went to whites, 18
percent to Hispanics and 16 percent to African-Americans.
(Austin American-Statesman, 8/25/99).
Bush Appointee
Defends Racial Slurs. The Associated Press
reported that one year after a Marshall Texas police
chief "defended the use of racially charged
terms," George W. Bush appointed him as chief of the
state's law enforcement training. In 1997, Bush appointed
then-Marshall Police Chief Charles W. Williams to the
Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and
Education (TCLEOSE), the agency that sets standards and
training for Texas law enforcement officers. In November
1999, Bush appointed Williams to be the chief of the
TCLEOSE. In 1998, Williams said in a sworn deposition
that terms like "porch monkey" and "black
bastard" were not racial slurs. "If it's a
general statement, no, I don't consider it a racial
slur," Williams said. Williams' deposition was being
given in a case where an African-American police officer
was suing Williams and the Marshall police department for
discrimination. On April 6, 2000, Williams continued to
defend his remarks. When asked by the Associated Press
about his comments, Williams said, "You just have to
show me where it's a racial slur. It just depends on how
it's used and who it's used toward." (Associated
Press, 4/6/00).
Bush Appointee
Reyn Archer Made Racist Remarks about African Americans
in 1998.
Asked in a March 12, 1998
speech to educators why social conditions had worsened
for African Americans, Archer cited statistics that more
black babies were born out of wedlock in 1998
than in 1965 and said,
"We need to figure out why it is when blacks were
more segregated and had less opportunity that they did
better on cultural measures than they do in that sense
today."
(Associated Press,
4/22/00; Houston Chronicle, 4/23/00).
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