Jason Richwine of the Heritage Foundation with Michael Klonsky and Jitu Brown last March.
Jason Richwine?
I know that name.
Oh, right. He was involved in a March televised discussion with my brother and Jitu Brown, Chicago schools and community activist.
Representing the right-wing Heritage Foundation, he argued that public schools were a waste of money and should be closed. He defended Rahm Emanuel’s school closing agenda.
Jason Richwine is in the news today.
A 2009 report authored by Richwine surfaced during the debate on immigration reform and is so racist that even his bosses at the Heritage Foundation have disavowed Richwine’s extreme racial genetic theories.
Richwine argued in a 2009 paper that immigrants should be barred based on low IQ, which he claimed would have the effect of keeping out many Hispanics in particular, who may have a “genetic” predilection towards lower intelligence.
“No one knows whether Hispanics will ever reach IQ parity with whites, but the prediction that new Hispanic immigrants will have low-IQ children and grandchildren is difficult to argue against,” Richwine wrote.
He added that it may be advisable to couch these findings in less racially inflammatory terms for political purposes by referring to “skill-based” immigration.
But not so extreme that he can’t find common ground with the Mayor.
Fred Klonsky 
“Representing the right-wing Heritage Foundation, he argued that public schools were a waste of money and should be closed.”
Actually, I *wish* Emanuel would make that argument. Directly, that is. It’s pretty much what he’s saying already, just not in so many words. I’d really like to see the reactions of his loyalists if he actually came out and put his real agenda on the table.
It’s kind of sad when I can at least commend the racist right-winger for honesty, whereas I can’t find anything praiseworthy about Emanuel.