Should New MCS Superintendent Be a Black Man?

“Needs to be black,” he said. “Needs to be a man,” he added.

Memphis school board member Kenneth Whalum Junior never holds back.

{snip}

He would prefer to see an African-American male at the helm of Memphis City Schools above anyone else.

{snip}

“I think when you consider our demographics, our students, the problems we’re having with little black boys especially, there’s no doubt in my mind,” Whalum told us.

{snip}

Whalum is quick to point out that a black man in the superintendent’s office is only his preference.

“And if somebody stood out as a better candidate—of course I would support that person,” said Whalum.

{snip}