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One of President George W. Bush s most enduring moments that had nothing to do with the essential and existential global war on terrorism had to do with his hopes and dreams for domestic policies that did not condescend and patronize minority Americans animated by what he called the soft bigotry of low expectations.
He was confronting the practice of school systems and city governments in America s largest urban centers routinely lowering the bar of expectations for educational outcomes and even standards of behavior in minority communities. The soft bigotry of well, what more do you expect? I mean. this is about the best they ll do given the circumstances kind of thinking is flat-out bigotry that is somehow accepted and embraced by the political Left in this country.