- In his (dare we say it?) bi-monthly column Thursday masquerading as an op-ed piece for the P&C, vice-president of the Charleston Area NAACP, Joseph Darby, uses demeaning language against Charleston County School Board members Moffly and Taylor. He also insinuates that those two Board members are racist for raising the possibility of putting Lowcountry Tech (that phantom school) at the Burke campus.
- Darby, a non-native of Charleston, non-graduate of its schools, and non-resident of its peninsula, lectures Moffly and Taylor on Burke's history as a "place for minimal vocational training" and "'a place to supply cooks, maids and delivery boys,'" information that he has gleaned from reading about CCSD's history.
- Carrying his arguments to their logical conclusion, putting Lowcountry Tech at Burke would be a racist action. Strange, isn't it? A program providing access to future high-tech jobs he rates in the same category as training cooks, maids, and delivery boys?
- Darby's prism seeks out white racism at every turn, action, and word. There are no exceptions. The reality is that Darby himself is racist. Such an attitude should disqualify him from his post with the NAACP and ought to give those pause who view him as a Christian pastor.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Darby Creates "Straw Man" to Argue for Rivers
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What I think is kind of odd in all this is that Joseph Darby and Dot Scott both seem to regard Lowcountry Tech as a program for black students. (Right, we know white kids never want to be master electricians/plumbers, computer techs, whatever. They all want to go to college so they can major in something useful like Russian history or German Lit.)
Good point, Clisby!
Darby and Scott are fighting the wrong battles. They are stuck in the 60's and as a result are missing some real opportunities to advance civil rights. Why not fight for what CCSD is promising to give East Cooper. McGinley is pushing constructing a $50 million Middle College at Wando. She's promising the same for North Charleston, West Ashley and James Island. Looks like Lowcountry Tech is just a crumb from a much bigger banquet.
Why don't they just flip a coin? Makes sense to me.
Babbie, call me when you have lived time as a person of color and solidified your expertise on the subject.
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