Racist Bush opposing Blacks  

Washington: US President George Bush has been accused her of “fanning flames of racial intolerance” and of failing to fulfil his civil rights pledge to protect minorities against all forms of discrimination. The Citizens’ Commission on Civil Rights said that not only had President Bush failed to live up to his pledge to combat segregation, but had undermined civil rights protections on many fronts. The Commission accused Bush of fanning the flames of racial intolerance by threatening: to veto the Democratic-sponsored Civil Rights Bill. and insisting that the legislation would trigger workplace quotas. The Commission, made up of 14 former federal civil rights officials, said Bush “fell back on the callous strategies of his campaign” by insisting that the Civil Rights Bill that had the backing of all civil rights and minority groups, would force employers to hire and promote fixed numbers of minorities and women.” (Indian Express, April 22).