Caire, supporters have steep uphill battle

Chris Rickert:

It's no surprise Kaleem Caire, a black man and head of the Urban League of Greater Madison, took a lot of guff from pundits last week after he banned the media from a forum for parents of black school children.

Strike at our bread and butter -- access -- and we shall strike back.

I wrote Thursday that closing a meeting on a topic already so fraught with sidestepping -- race -- doesn't really move us toward honest talk.

After speaking with Caire on Friday, I still think that's true. But it also might be beside the point.

Caire and his proposed Madison Prep charter school are conundrums for those who control the city's levers of power, who are overwhelmingly liberal, middle class and white.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 14, 2011 4:47 AM
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