What is it about liberals that they have to add condescending and patronizing adjectives when they talk about successful black people? Joe Biden’s recent description of Barack Obama as “articulate, bright and clean” is a high-profile example.
News & Observer columnist Jim Jenkins somehow felt the need to engage in the same thing in his column on the late John Baker this morning:
He was a tremendously intelligent person, possessed of sound judgment.
That was self-evident, Jim. Anyone who saw Baker on television, giving a speech or on the campaign trail could tell you that. Why did Jenkins feel the need to say it? He didn’t in his recent column on Rufus Edmisten. Here’s what he said about him:
Sitting behind the desk in his Salisbury Street office, Rufus Edmisten looks the picture of health — pink-cheeked, robust, boyish grin, framed by diplomas and memories of all those decades in public office, as North Carolina’s secretary of state and before that, as attorney general.
In this instance, Jenkins let a listing of Edmisten’s accomplishments suffice for the reader. Why wasn’t that enough for Baker?
