Attributed to Senator Joesph Biden by CNN:
Explaining why schools in Iowa are performing better than those in Washington, D.C., Biden told the Post, “There’s less than one percent of the population of Iowa that is African American. There is probably less than four of five percent that are minorities. What is in Washington? So look, it goes back to what you start off with, what you’re dealing with.”
“When you have children coming from dysfunctional homes, when you have children coming from homes where there’s no books, where the mother from the time they’re born doesn’t talk to them — as opposed to the mother in Iowa who’s sitting out there and talks to them, the kid starts out with a 300 word larger vocabulary at age three. Half this education gap exists before the kid steps foot in the classroom,” the Delaware Democrat added.
The question is not of a black socio-economic disparity. It exists. The question is why. Biden is echoing, the not new, idea of a pathologically defective black culture. The idea of inferior black culture is shall I say not politically accepted.
So when will Keith Olbermann make Biden his Worst Person in the World? I shall not hold my breath.
While I consider Biden a pompus ass, I have no beef with what Biden said.
Hat tip: Allah Pundit, Hot Air.
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