Posted by In an interview published Monday, Paterson told blogger and NY1 commentator Gerson Borrero that some people are uncomfortable with too many powerful African-Americans.
“Part of what I feel is that one very successful minority is permissible, but when you see too many success stories then some people get nervous,” Paterson said.
Paterson also claims the media is biased saying, “I don’t think the media has acted in a racist way, but I have felt stereotyped at times.”
Paterson took issue with being singled out as the “accidental governor.”
Saying it bothers him, Paterson claimed Dick Codey of New Jersey and Jodi Rell of Connecticut were not given the label when they became governors by default, but a review of press accounts show they were often called accidental as well.
Paterson first brought up issues of race on a radio show on Friday. He then pointed to President Barack Obama and said criticism of him was race based, but on Monday the White House did not back up that claim.
[...] don’t want to be an Uncle Tom. The governor expanded upon his charges this week. Everyone is criticizing him because he is black. I am glad that I never referred to him as an accidental governor. I never knew the term had racist [...]