Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC): To every kid growing up in poverty wondering if fitting in means dumbing down, the answer is no. To every single mom who struggles to make ends meet, who wonders if her efforts are in vain, they are not. To moms like mine who worked 16 hours a day and came home and looked at my report card and said, Unacceptable. Well, she did more than that. But she did say Unacceptable. Many view this election as historic. My skin color is often times talked about. Sometimes too much. Some say I talk about race too little. Tonight, I want to talk about it for just a moment. He notes his grandfather went from picking cotton to having a grandson in the U.S. Senate. One lifetime, Scott says. Thats the story of America. Scott isnt known for talking about race. He hasnt wanted to be defined by it either. But now he plans to talk more about how race too often equates with a culture of low expectations. He says Its a dangerous shift in a small segment of the community that says in order be cool or fit in you have to dumb down. They are the same pressures he felt growing up, ones he hopes he can challenge, as his mother did with him.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 21:30:01 +0000
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