Radio talk-show host Larry Elder belongs to the Cosby-Sowell-Thomas wing of the black community.
So he was not that impressed with the young black woman trainee at a San Francisco airport car rental counter. Not when she said:
"You know, I should have finished my training program some time ago, but because I’m black, they’re making me stay longer."
That’s a new one. Training while black.
Still, Elder got his two cents in, telling her:
"You know, given your people skills and your drive, whatever obstacles others place in your way, you’ll be able to overcome them."
When you are sending a message like that, you ought to send it Western Union.
But he also told the story of Stanley O’Neal, recently ousted black CEO of Merrill Lynch. The company lost billions on his watch in the mortgage meltdown. And so he had to go.
O’Neal is a rags-to-riches story, a meteoric rise from picking cotton in the South to the executive suite via a General Motors assembly line.
And the way that we make progress on race in this country is that when a guy like O’Neal can cut the mustard he gets to be CEO of Merrill Lynch. When he messes up he gets fired. It’s the American way.
No need for comment from Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.
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