California NAACP Wants Riordan to Quit for telling child:
'Your name Isis means stupid dirty girl'
The head of the California NAACP is demanding state Education Secretary
republican Richard Riordan resign for jokingly telling a youngster that
her name,
Isis, meant "stupid dirty girl." Riordan, the wealthy former Los
Angeles mayor known for his support of public schools, startled even
friends last week with the comments at a Santa Barbara library. Alice
Huffman, president of the California chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said Riordan "is not
suitable to lead education in our state" and should be removed. [more]
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