Racist Governor Costs New York Taxpayers $300,000

I wish I had a dime for every time I have seen a white man passed over for a job in favor of a 'person of color' in academia. The state of New York has settled out of court with a man who was fired for being white:

ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson, who raised state taxes by $8 billion last month, just cost state taxpayers $300,000 more.
The state has secretly settled an embarrassing federal racial-discrimination lawsuit, The Post has learned. The suit accused Paterson, back when he was Senate minority leader in 2003, of firing a white Senate photographer in order to replace him with an African-American.

If I lived in New York, I would demand Paterson pay the $300,000 personally.