SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2010
KLMNO Webb slams diversity programs’ effects
Va. senator’s op-ed says many whites being ‘marginalized’
by Ben Pershing
Just as racial issues have re- turned to the forefront of politi- cal debate, Virginia Sen. James Webb (D) on Friday reiterated his opposition to some affirmative action programs and suggested that white Americans are being “marginalized” by current gov- ernment policies. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed headlined “Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege,” Webb writes: “Forty years ago, as the United States experienced the civil rights movement, the sup- posed monolith of White Anglo- Saxon Protestant dominance served as the whipping post for almost every debate about power and status in America. After a full generation of such debate, WASP elites have fallen by the wayside and a plethora of government- enforced diversity policies have marginalized many white work- ers.” This is not a new topic for Webb, whose complicated views
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Virginia Sen. James Webb (D) was criticized by at least one prominent Democrat over his Wall Street Journal column.
on race-based programs were an issue in his 2006 Senate cam- paign, when some of his fellow Democrats complained that Webb sounded like a Republican. In a 2000 book review, also pub- lished in the Wall Street Journal, Webb wrote that affirmative ac- tion “has within one generation brought about a permeating state-sponsored racism that is as
odious as the Jim Crow laws it sought to countermand.” Webb has said he supports some preferential programs for African Americans but not for other ethnic and immigrant groups. He reiterated that point in Friday’s op-ed. “I have dedicated my political career to bringing fairness to America’s economic system and to our work force, regardless of what people look like or where they may worship,” Webb writes. “Unfortunately, present-day di- versity programs work against that notion, having expanded so far beyond their original purpose that they now favor anyone who does not happen to be white.” Webb’s latest airing of his
views comes during a week when racial issues have dominated the headlines, after the firing of Agri- culture Department official Shir- ley Sherrod sparked debates on alleged “reverse racism” and whether the Obama administra- tion — and society as a whole — is capable of engaging in mature discussions of racial issues with- out descending into acrimony. Asked whether Webb’s latest piece was prompted by the racial controversies of recent days, Webb spokesman Will Jenkins said Webb would let the article
speak for itself. Though Webb’s position on af-
firmative action has long been known, at least one prominent Virginia Democrat — former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder — was highly critical of Friday’s column. “If it’s not for the civil rights movement and diversity pro- grams, he would not be a United States senator today,” Wilder told the Associated Press, referring to Webb’s 2006 victory with the help of minority voters. “Things are tough enough without having people you thought were friends do things like this.” In recent weeks, some conser-
vatives have cited the controversy over the New Black Panther party and comments by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to promote the idea that the current White House is biased against whites. Webb makes no such allegation in his op-ed, although he does complain that immigrants who have come to America in recent decades “have frequently been the beneficiaries of special gov- ernment programs. The same cannot be said of many hard- working white Americans, in- cluding those whose roots in America go back more than 200 years.”
pershingb@washpost.com Obama, McDonnell both take credit for jobs jobs from B1
clean energy, education and con- struction.
Romer said that Virginia is adding jobs at a “good pace” and that the Recovery Act is “playing a crucial role in getting the econo- my going.” McDonnell announced the
next day that Virginia had added 71,500 jobs over four months, ac- cording to the U.S. Bureau of La- bor Statistics, which surveyed payrolls between Feb. 1 and May 31. It was the third-highest num- ber in the country, behind Texas and Pennsylvania, during that time period. Industries with the most growth were hospitality, the fed- eral government, and profession- al and business services. “Something good is happening in Virginia,” said Lt. Gov. Bill Boll- ing (R), whom McDonnell ap- pointed his chief jobs-creation of- ficer. “We’re making good choices. We’re making smart de- cisions, and if we continue doing that . . . we are very optimistic we can continue to see progress.” Josh Bivens, an economist with
the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, said that if Congress had not passed the $787 billion Recovery Act, the number of new jobs in Virginia would have been considerably lower, perhaps be- tween 50,000 and 60,000.
“A good chunk of those jobs are stimulus,” he said. McDonnell, who had been crit- ical of the Recovery Act for not fo- cusing enough on creating jobs and spurring the economy, said the stimulus probably helped cre- ate some of the public-sector jobs, which made up about 20 percent of the new positions, but not nec- essarily the private-sector jobs, which accounted for 80 percent. “We’re ranked third in all these job-creation measures, so the good news is there’s something different going on in Virginia that’s not going on in other states that have also received stimulus money,” McDonnell said. “A com- bination of our environment, the incentives, the pro-business mes- sage that we’re articulating and a lot of work from the private sec- tor account for the bulk of these numbers.”
Where the money went
But Romer said it’s a mistake to think that stimulus money has been used only for public-sector jobs. The administration has esti- mated that 90 percent of the jobs saved or created will be in the pri- vate sector.
Virginia has received $6.9 bil- lion in stimulus money. Almost $3.9 billion has been spent. Nearly 1,200 small businesses received loans worth $520 mil- lion; 3 million families received
$1.5 billion in tax cuts; 370,000 residents received expanded un- employment benefits; and more than 1.2 million seniors, veterans and others received one-time payments of $250, totaling more than $300 million. And reports from stimulus re- cipients show that federal con- tractors in the D.C. area continue to receive proportionally high amounts of stimulus money. But McDonnell downplayed the benefits of the stimulus. In- stead, he talked about the state’s low taxes, minimal regulations and strong right-to-work laws. He also touted the $50 million eco- nomic development package the General Assembly passed this year at his request. It included programs to lure businesses to the state; investments in the tour- ism, wine and film industries; and incentives to encourage en- ergy research and economic de- velopment at universities. McDonnell’s economic devel- opment team has closed 110 deals that resulted in 7,154 jobs costing taxpayers $17.6 million since he came into office Jan. 16. Some deals began before he became governor, but others were more recent, including the luring of de- fense giant Northrop Grumman, which picked Falls Church for its new headquarters. McDonnell, who spent last week on his first trade mission to
Europe, plans to open trade offic- es in India, China and the United Kingdom.
No blame, no credit James J. Regimbal Jr., a former
staff member of the Virginia Sen- ate’s Finance Committee and an economic consultant in Rich- mond, said that all governors boast of their success with job creation but that luring compa- nies to the state has more to do with workforce training, trans- portation and quality of life. “All governors do the exact same thing,’’ he said. “They don’t deserve the blame or credit.” No matter who is responsible, there are signs that Virginia is starting to ease out of the reces- sion. The state finished the fiscal year with an unexpected $220 million budget surplus, and its unemployment rate dropped slightly in May, to 7.1 percent, down from 7.3 in March. Virginia often makes quicker economic recoveries than other states because it’s close to the fed- eral government, attracts tourists and is home to one of the largest ports on the East Coast, said Ste- phen S. Fuller, director of the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University. “These are positive numbers,”
Fuller said. “Virginia has done better than other places.”
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VIRGINIA
Repeat DUI offender gets four years A Herndon man who was con-
victed in his fourth drunken-driv- ing case in 10 years was sen- tenced Friday in Loudoun County Circuit Court to four years in jail. Prosecutors said the blood al- cohol level of Jose J. Velasco, 30, was four times as high as the level that defines intoxication. They said Velasco pleaded
guilty in January to his 4th DUI offense and assault in connection with an Oct. 10 incident. — Tom Jackman
THE REGION
Man on tracks slows Metro trains An elderly man wandered onto
the tracks between the Ballston and Virginia Square Metro sta- tions on the Orange Line about 10:30 Friday
morning, forcing
trains to slow until an operator spotted the man and picked him up, a Metro spokesman said. — Ann Scott Tyson
Metro warns of weekend delays
Blue Line: Riders between the Stadium-Armory and Addison Road stations should add at least 30 minutes to their normal travel time this weekend, due to con- struction.
Green Line: From 7 a.m. to
6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, add 20 minutes to a normal trip be- tween the Fort Totten and Prince George’s Plaza stations.
— Robert Thomson THE DISTRICT
Man charged in Christmas slaying A D.C. man was indicted in D.C.
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Superior Court on Friday on nine counts, including first-degree murder while armed, in a fatal Christmas day shooting last year. Authorities say Marlo Garcias, 21, of the 1600 block of Park Road NW shot Miguel Romero during a Christmas celebration at a room- ing house in the 5400 block of Fourth Street NW. Charging documents said the shooting fol- lowed an argument over the mu- sic being played.
— Keith L. Alexander
Man arrested in fatal D.C. shooting
A 41-year-old man with no
fixed address was charged with murder Thursday in the death of a D.C. man last year, police said. Luel Hayes Jr., was arrested in
the June 10, 2009, shooting of Ra- hiem Moor, 37 in Columbia Heights, police said.
— Paul Duggan MARYLAND
Suitland Parkway closings begin
The National Park Service launched the first of five weekend closings of Suitland Parkway on Friday. This weekend’s closing is on the westbound parkway (heading toward the District) from the intersection with Penn- sylvania Avenue (Route 4) to For- estville Road. Both left-turn lanes at north- bound Pennsylvania Avenue will be closed. Northbound cars will be directed under an overpass to a left onto Forestville Road and a right onto the westbound park- way.
Cars on Old Marlboro Pike will be directed to northbound Penn- sylvania. Southbound cars on Pennsylvania will turn right onto Forestville then right onto the westbound parkway.
— Robert Thomson
Police ponder environmental vandalism
by Martin Weil Tires were punctured over-
night Thursday on vehicles in a Northwest Washington neighbor- hood, an act authorities said might have been ecologically mo- tivated.
On the same night, the win- dows on seven or eight vehicles were smashed in the Ashburn area of Loudoun County. Political motivation was considered less likely in that incident. In the District incident, on Cal-
vert Street and on Davis Place NW, in Glover Park, first reports indicated that sport-utility vehi- cles had been singled out. Investigators “might look at
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whether this was someone trying to make a point,” said Lt. Nicho- las Breul, a D.C. police spokes- man. Although the exact motiva- tion was unknown, he said, pos- sible protest against high fuel use “is certainly something that bears scrutiny.”
One of those affected was Patri-
cia Clark, head of the Glover Park Citizens’ Association. When she tried to drive her Saturn Vue on Friday morning, she said, it felt as if the brake was on. Soon, she found a flattened tire.
A neighbor then told of seeing
“quite a few people changing tires.” “Whoever did this seemed very deliberate,” Clark said.
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