Nothing like getting the runner up from Fayetteville as chief.

djangothemagnificent, it is hard for some people to accept blacks as equally or better able as anyone else. That is undeniably true.

Some are simply ignorant and choose to remain so. Let's not address them here; there's little chance of changing them.

Some have seen it happen that a less qualified person has been treated with an unfair advantage because of color. Consider that not all "advantage" is clear cut as in hirings and promotions; it might even be "soft prejudice", but it's the elephant in the room. While not an excuse for ugly behavior, resentments can simmer into hardhearted prejudice over a period of time.

Is there a feasible way to dismantle the framework of suspicion? I believe so. We must dismantle the double standard and it occurs to me that whites can't do it alone, any more than blacks could during the 60s, despite the courage they showed. Both - all - have to get unstuck. Just my rambling.

all i can think of is a line from gabby johnson in the movie blazing saddles near the beginning of the movie, anyone familiar with the movie will get where i am going

I still have a hard time understanding why Raleigh is outsourcing the police chief job instead of promoting one of its carrer officers instead. It seems to me that it would be much better to promote someone who has actually spent years patrolling Raleigh's streets and has a good understanding of crime in Raleigh than bringing in an outsider who is going to try to treat Raliegh's crime like the city's crime where they came from. Crime here is different in nature than say a giant city like Dallas because we are not as big as Dallas nor are we close to the boarder with another country. Come on people wake up!!!!

It's hard for some people to accept the fact that african americans are just as or even more qualified than their white counterparts. We have come a long way from the Jim Crow south but some of those beliefs are still alive and well.

I've got nothing against any of the three candidates, and I'm sure all are highly qualified. Any of the three would make a fine police chief.

That said, if three white faces were staring at us today from the finalists' pictures there would be a firestorm of adverse public opinion. I'm not suggesting that there should be, only observing what I wholeheartedly believe to be true. Take it for what it's worth, if anything.

Choose Deck Brown, please!!!

"affirmative action is killing this country. You have to hire people based on their race/sex, not on their ability."

And then you can't fire them without Barber screaming racism. But what's really bad is the ones who really do merit their jobs being lumped in with the rest.

djangothedissilent said - "If all the final candidates where white this conversation would not be taking place because it would be considered the norm. Do any of you think for one minute the City of Raleigh management and council would consider someone not qualified to hire for such a position?"

WRONG - if all the candidates were white the NAACP would be screaming about discrimination, unfair, etc. I believe the City of Raleigh (not Wake County I'm referring to City of Raleigh only) is approx. 50% minority (black), therefore I believe the candidates should reflect the makeup of the community. Its only fair...

@ djangothedissilent "Do any of you think for one minute the City of Raleigh management and council would consider someone not qualified to hire for such a position?"

Ummm . . . Yeh! they would. If it meant that they could have someone run interference for them against groups like the NAACP.

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