CAMPAIGN '93 NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition

No credit is given by [Les Payne] to the whites who helped elect [David Dinkins] the first time, together with an almost solid black vote. Dinkins' primary and election campaigns were conducted as if an indignity was being placed upon him - that every criticism of him was a racial slur. As a ma...

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Published inNewsday
Main Authors John Helgesen. Southold, Shea Farmingdale, Katrina J, Kowalski Commack, Edward S, Walter J. Kennedy. Floral Park, Martin Hellman. Commack
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 17.11.1993
EditionCombined editions
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Dinkins, David
Payne, Les
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Summary:No credit is given by [Les Payne] to the whites who helped elect [David Dinkins] the first time, together with an almost solid black vote. Dinkins' primary and election campaigns were conducted as if an indignity was being placed upon him - that every criticism of him was a racial slur. As a matter of basic survival, cities must elect competent candidates no matter what their race. Walter J. Kennedy. Floral Park* * * For example, they proclaimed that the New York City mayoral election was divided along racial lines and stressed that 76 percent of the white vote went for Giuliani. But, hey, 95 percent of the black vote went for Dinkins. Where do these gurus think the other 23 percent of the white vote went? If any of the vote was racial, it had to have been the black vote. To hear the black spokesman lamenting their tragic loss afterward, you'd think Dinkins deserved the office just because of his color. Martin Hellman. Commack