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Should New MCS Superintendent Be a Black Man?
- Post AuthorBy Henry Wolff
- Post DateTue Feb 26 2008
“Needs to be black,” he said. “Needs to be a man,” he added.
Memphis school board member Kenneth Whalum Junior never holds back.
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He would prefer to see an African-American male at the helm of Memphis City Schools above anyone else.
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“I think when you consider our demographics, our students, the problems we’re having with little black boys especially, there’s no doubt in my mind,” Whalum told us.
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Whalum is quick to point out that a black man in the superintendent’s office is only his preference.
“And if somebody stood out as a better candidate—of course I would support that person,” said Whalum.
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