September 17, 2010 | 4:15 PM | By

Gray: “a cabinet that looks like” D.C.

FILED UNDER: Government, 2010 Elections, Fenty, Video, Vince Gray

Democratic Primary winner Vincent Gray was on WAMU 88.5′s Kojo Nnamdi Show today, taking questions and talking about the future. My favorite moment? When Kojo quoted a recent Colbert King column which contained this comedic gold; apparently Ward 8 political activist Philip Pannell once told WJLA that “that the makeup of Fenty’s cabinet, and his nominations to boards and commissions, “makes Tony Williams look like Shaka Zulu.”" After the laughter in the studio subsided, Kojo asked Gray “How will race factor in to the decisions you make in forming your cabinet, what is your sensitivity to the issue?”

Gray: “I want a cabinet that looks like the city. And that would be the template that I will try to use.”

See a video of the whole exchange (via The Kojo Nnamdi Show’s YouTube channel), below the fold.

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  • Alice23

    I was going to vote for Gray until I read the racist rants of Colby King and Countland Milloy, and went back to Fenty. Saying that a majority-black school system has to have a black chancellor or that a majority of the department heads should be black because this is (barely) a majority black city is offensive. It's like saying that, because we are a majority Caucasian country, that the Secretary of State and, my gosh, the President, have to be white. That's beyond the pale of acceptable political discourse.