Maryland Politics -- Ehrlich talks sense on multiculturalism

Gov. Ehrlich has been under attack by race and culture hustlers for remarks he made regarding multiculturalism.

It all started when former Governor, now Comptroller William Donald Schaefer complained about workers who lack English-language skills. Current Governor Ehrlich defended Schaefer on the radio and said:

"Once you get into this multicultural crap, this bunk that some folks are teaching in our college campuses and in other places, you run into a problem...."

Immediately he was criticized for insensitivity and divisiveness, to which he replied:

"We live in a rich and diversified city and state," the governor said. "We celebrate our ethnicity through festivals, through dinners, through awards programs. That's what the melting pot truly is. That's the strength of the country.

"But there are certain common denominators running through those groups, and it's called 'Americans.' It is called a singular American culture with a language, with a history, with a Bill of Rights, with democracy and capitalism and these are fundamental elements of the American culture. And so those who try to separate out from that culture I find dangerous and I reject the notion."

Damn, I'm starting to like this guy. He's got guts.

Read it here.