Released on: September 23, 2008, 11:04 am

Press Release Author: Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Industry: Media

Press Release Summary: Political Analyst Examines Claim that GOP Vice Presidential
Candidate Sarah Palin Said She Wouldn’t Hire Blacks

Press Release Body: The Hutchinson Political Report

September 24, 2008
for Immediate Release
Contact:
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
323-383-6145

Political Analyst Examines Claim that GOP Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin
Said She Wouldn’t Hire Blacks
In a meeting with a group of prominent African-American leaders on April 29, 2008
Alaska governor Sarah Palin allegedly said that she wouldn’t hire blacks in her
cabinet or on her staff. This explosive charge—if true-- would cast serious doubts
on Palin’s fitness for the vice-presidency.
Political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson does an in-depth examination of the accuracy
of the claim. He talked to members of Palin’s staff, the McCain-Palin campaign
committee, and Alaska’s black leaders. Their reactions to the allegation of racial
insensitivity by Palin sheds new light on the role race could play in a McCain-Palin
administration.
“The rumors that Governor Sarah Palin is hostile to blacks and minorities abound,”
says Hutchinson, ”They have been grist for the gossip mill on the internet. As
always the truth of Palin’s views and actions on race and diversity are far more
complex than the allegations and speculation.”
“Did Palin Really Say She Wouldn’t Hire Blacks” is on the September 24 edition of
the Hutchinson Political Report website at earlofarihutchinson.blogspot.com
“Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. His new book is The
Ethnic Presidency: How Race Decides the Race to the White House (Middle Passage
Press, February, 2008).


Web Site: http://earlofarihutchinson.blogspot.com

Contact Details: Earl Ofari Hutchinson
5517 Secrest dr.
Los Angeles, Ca. 90043