Democrats' Debate at Howard University

On June 28th, the Democrat Candidates for President engaged in a debate at Howard University. Unnoticed by most observers was the soft racism directed at African-American females during the debate. Consider the evidence:

DeWayne Wickham’s question: Thank you, Tavis. This question is about the link between education and poverty. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2006 the unemployment rate of black high school graduates -- black high school graduates -- was 33 percent higher than the unemployment rate for white high school dropouts. To what do you attribute this inequity, which keeps many black families locked in the grip of poverty?

Senator Joe Biden (D - Delaware) led off with this unbelievable answer:

We should remind everybody that the day before a black child, a minority child, steps into the classroom, half the achievement gap already exists. ... And that gap widens... because we do not start school earlier. We do not give single mothers in disadvantaged homes the opportunities that they need in order to know what to do to prepare their children. A mother who talks to her child on a regular basis from infancy to being a toddler, that child when it’s two years old will have a vocabulary 300 words more than a child not talked to.

So it’s simple. You’ve got to start off and focus on the nurturing and education of children when they’re very young, particularly children from disadvantaged families. You’ve got to invest in starting kids in preschool at age four.

Thus, Senator Biden is effectively arguing that the reason black high school graduates do not get employed at the same rate as white dropouts is because their mothers, presumably black females, do not spend enough time talking to their children. The Senator's solution, peculiar to Democrat thought, is to have the state take over the student at a younger age (hence the Nanny State). What did the other candidates have to say?

We have to start early, universal preschool. Governor Richardson (D - New Mexico)

I actually agree with what Senator Biden said about early childhood, but I think we should start much earlier than 4 years of age, which is what the focus has been. Former Senator Edwards (D - North Carolina)

A number of the things that we’ve got to do have already been mentioned. Early childhood education. And John’s exactly right, it starts from birth. Senator Obama (D - Illinois)

We have heard absolutely the right prescription. Senator Clinton (D - New York)

This line of reasoning is unconscionable. More disturbing for the setting in which these opinions were offered and the reception that they received. The big question is when will African-American women put these pols in their place?

The revealed principle is that Democrats think the state can do a better job of parenting than parents can. How liberating. Immediately after birth we can just drop the infant off at the local pre-pre-pre-K where highly trained government specialists will immediately start ensuring our children will get all the talk, but none of the parental love, they need.

George Orwell where are you?