DAVID PATERSON ACCUSES CRITICS OF RACISM: New York governor said Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick is getting same treatment and Obama will, too.

       The governor, on a morning radio talk show, said that Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, the only other African-American governor, was suffering similar treatment, and he predicted that President Obama would, too.      

       “We’re not in the postracial period,” he told Errol Louis, a columnist for The Daily News and the host of the radio program, on WWRL-AM. “My feeling is it’s being orchestrated, it’s a game, and people who pay attention know that,” he added.       

       The governor sounded hurt and frustrated, but his comments failed to rally much immediate support, even among allies. Some African-American supporters distanced themselves from his assertion, saying that Mr. Paterson’s problems were complex.      

       Mr. Paterson himself issued a statement on the matter later in the day, saying that not all the media criticism of him could be attributed to race. But he said he would not hesitate to point out even subtle stereotypes in news coverage, and repeated his assertion that America was not yet a postracial society.      

       Neither the White House nor Governor Patrick’s office had any comment.