New York Times
President Obama has never heard of Southwest College’s iconic football coach, Henry Washington, South Central Los Angeles’ Joe Paterno. In his quest to market Nike shoes, Phil Knight doesn’t venture into UnHappy Valley.
So there won’t be any presidential words of comfort for Washington concerning the death of his football program, or a glowing, defiant eulogy from one of the world’s most powerful CEOs. The so-called liberal media are unlikely to waste much ink, bandwidth or broadcast air celebrating Henry Washington’s three-plus decades of commitment to a segment of America many wish indifference would make disappear.
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