By Christopher Alessi
Councilman Charles Barron of Brooklyn tells the Ink that, contrary to public reports, New York’s black leadership will not urge Governor Paterson to resign at a Harlem meeting this evening.
“We’re not going to let Paterson be tried by the media,” said Barron, who will attend an emergency meeting hosted by the Rev. Al Sharpton at Sylvia’s Restaurant later today. “If Clinton can govern 50 states while being impeached, then Patterson can govern.”
The councilman was adamant that racism has been at play in the media’s criticism of Governor Paterson over his handling of a domestic abuse scandal and allegations that he lied under oath about accepting World Series tickets last fall. “White men in power don’t want us [black men] in executive positions,” he said, citing recent criticisms in the media of President Obama, Rep. Charles B. Rangel – who just stepped down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee because of an ethics investigation – and, of course, Governor Paterson.
“The idea that this is a post-racial society is a bunch of crap,” Barron concluded.
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