Oklahoma lawmaker’s comments draw response

 

Published: April 29, 2011

WHAT THEY SAID Reaction to Kern’s remarks Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, drew criticism from several groups for disparaging comments she made on the House floor about black people and women.

• Mark Henricksen, executive director of the Oklahoma City chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union: “The idea that the reason women still make less than men in the same positions is because they do not work as ...


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