California Secretary of Education Richard Riordan insults a young girl at a Los Angeles school and gets away with it!
The conversation, videotaped by KEYT-TV, took place July 1. The girl, 6-year-old Isis D'Luciano, asked Riordan if he knew her name meant "Egyptian goddess."Riordan replied, "It means stupid dirty girl."
After nervous laughter in the room, the girl again told Riordan the meaning of her name.
"Hey, that's nifty," he said.
A day later, Riordan issued a statement that said he "teased" the girl. "I immediately apologized to her, and I want to do so again for the misunderstanding," Riordan said.
The governor's chief spokesman, Rob Stutzman, said Thursday Riordan had not been asked to resign and, "That's the end of the issue, as far as we are concerned."
Calling a little girl "stupid" and "dirty" is just "a misunderstanding"? Try to imagine a Democratic SecEd getting away with the same thing. You can't, can you?
CNN original story here.
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