https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2011/10/29/the-measure-of-a-man/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 07:02:47 -0400<![CDATA[When Dan Rather reassured his viewers in 1991 that there was nothing too fear from a &#8220;black&#8221; President in Zimbabwe he was looking at things primarily through the prism of race. But in the four and a half minute video after the read more none of Mugabe&#8217;s critics interviewed made reference to his ethnicity at all. It was his Marxist and Maoist roots they were all worried about. The suggestion passed Rather like water on a duck&#8217;s back. He could see the situation in Zimbabwe through the racial prism but not the ideological one.]]>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:33:06 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2011/10/29/the-measure-of-a-man-n191063