Accusing Clinton of "mimicking black dialect," Walter Williams didn't note she was reciting hymn in Selma speech

Published: September 12, 2007, 9:01 pm

Tags: walter williams, creators syndicate, 2008 elections, government elections, hillary clinton

In his September 12 column, syndicated columnist Walter E. Williams accused Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) of "insulting blacks" during her March 4 speech at the First Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, by "mimicking black dialect." But he did not note, as Clinton did in the speech, that she was reciting the lyrics of a hymn by Rev. James Cleveland. Williams wrote: " 'I don't feel no ways tired. I come too far from where I started from. Nobody told me that the road would be easy. I don't believe He brought me this far,' drawled presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton, mimicking black voice to a black audience, at the First Baptist Church. ... I'm wondering if Mrs. Clinton visits an Indian reservation she might cozy up to them saying, 'How! Me not tired. Me come heap long way. Road mighty rough. Sky Spirit no bring me this far.' Or, seeking the Asian vote she might say, 'I no wray tired. Come too far I started flum. Road

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