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| Wolf ousts criticized head of Pa. Human Relations Commission |
| 2016-04-21 |
| [PHILLY] The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, once a respected civil-rights agency, is on life support, according to current and former staffers. This is the local name for Equal Opportunity Commission, I'm guessing. Morale and funding are down, cases are piling up, and allegations of racism and discrimination have been lobbed at Gerald S. Robinson, a Gov. Tom Corbett appointee who had continued to head the agency under Gov. Wolf. Until Tuesday. Staffers were notified then that Wolf had abruptly removed Robinson as chairman. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Robinson would "say things that would make you cringe coming out of the mouth of the chair of a civil-rights agency," said a former commissioner staffer, referring to his philosophy that minorities need to simply pull themselves up by their bootstraps. "The way he puts that forth is in a really offensive way and discounts people's suffering." And that's really offensive, coming from a well-to-do black dude. Clearly, they need to keep suffering under Democratic control! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-04-21 13:10 |