Percy Green’s out-and-out hatred of Slay has led him to fan the fires of discontent, regardless of reason. His work to undermine Williams had nothing to do with the former superintendent’s efforts to improve the unaccredited school district. It had everything to do with spite and bitterness aimed at Slay.
This is why when Green told the American on Monday that he thought Slay and other “sore losers” would now work to see to it that the new board majority fails, the winds of hypocrisy almost blew the walls down at Clyde C. Miller Academy.
Green and his pack of “sore losers” are more interested in the status quo than education reform. While Green has repeatedly blamed the SLPS turmoil on the powerful, rich and white, he has helped turn the district over to two dominant white men, board members Peter Downs and William Purdy, and a white woman, Diane Bourisaw. Black power, indeed, Brother Green.
Make no mistake, all black St. Louisans owe Green a debt of gratitude for taking on racist practices in the 1960s and ‘70s.
Make no mistake about it; he has made a major mistake in helping torpedo the reform efforts of Creg Williams.
Young black minds are the losers this time, not white racists.