Black Kids Called Monkeys, Obama Delegate Quits

Does this mean the next time someone calls me a honkey, a term from the 50's or 60's, I can call a cop and have him issue them a ticket for whatever?

this past week when at my gig a black girl kept calling me Opie... repeated enough to make it obvious it was being used as a slur... if I had called the police what do you think would have happened? Do you really think they'd have ticketed her or would they have laughed in my face?

Not like I'd have called the law over something so f*cking stupid..

maybe in Texas

FreeDuck wrote:

Peachy, thanks for asking. Good to see you, dtom. How's life?

tis okay. my pop passed away in march, so i'm back in east tennessee wrapping up his affairs and clearing stuff out of the house.

been here a little over two weeks, with at least two more needed. ms. dtom, back in la la has voiced her concern that i might start liking it toooo much here.

an' she ain't too far off that i might. after all, driving is really, really a lot more fun here and i got the need for speed, ya know.

not ta mention that the fried chicken here actually tastes like... fried chicken !

Hey dtom, sorry to hear about your pop but East Tennessee is quite lovely. If you ever pop down to Atlanta give me a yell.

Not her kids, not her tree, not really her business. Kids are kids and they have parents. Let 'em both do their job.

The fact that one can be fined for something like this ought to alarm everyone.

real life wrote:

The fact that one can be fined for something like this ought to alarm everyone.

They'll fine a woman for something as stupid as this and yet let young kids shoot each other to death on the streets of Chicago.

Miller wrote:

real life wrote:

The fact that one can be fined for something like this ought to alarm everyone.

They'll fine a woman for something as stupid as this and yet let young kids shoot each other to death on the streets of Chicago.

If she had rapped it on a CD , could/would she be fined?

Why do blacks buy music by the millions with lyrics much more offensive than this?

Is there one standard of permissible speech if you are black, and another if you are white?

real life wrote:

Is there one standard of permissible speech if you are black, and another if you are white?

Factor in that most hard rap is bought by teenage whites, then please continue leading Sherlock.

real life wrote:

Miller wrote:

real life wrote:

The fact that one can be fined for something like this ought to alarm everyone.

They'll fine a woman for something as stupid as this and yet let young kids shoot each other to death on the streets of Chicago.

If she had rapped it on a CD , could/would she be fined?

Why do blacks buy music by the millions with lyrics much more offensive than this?

Is there one standard of permissible speech if you are black, and another if you are white?

Factor in that most hard rap is bought by teenage whites, then please continue leading Sherlock.

some kids have both or a single parent who don't really pull in much scratch, work long hours, have 2 or more jobs, some parents just aren't outside. and on and on. so is alla that the kids fault?

kids are kids and they do stupid ****. because they are kids fer cryin' out loud.

should i just have looked the other way when the neighbor's girl dumped her razorscooter going down hill on our street and skidded along on her knees and broke her arm ?

i mean, after all, she ain't my kid. not my problem.

sorry. i have a hard time with that concept. if it was my kids, i would actually be thankful that the neighbors were all keeping an eye on each other's children. no matter what color they were. same or different.

frankly it says something to me about obama's campaign that they did not recognize these ideas and chose to instead tell the delegate to take a hike.

and where is his voice in all of this ??

sorry. that's not the kinda change i can believe in.

snood wrote:

real life wrote:

Is there one standard of permissible speech if you are black, and another if you are white?

Factor in that most hard rap is bought by teenage whites, then please continue leading Sherlock.

so are cds by RaHoWa. so what's yer point, dude?

Board member changes her mind about resigning as a Democratic convention backer

By Ray Quintanilla and John McCormick | Tribune reporters
April 10, 2008


Carpentersville Trustee Linda Ramirez Sliwinski, who sparked a controversy by calling two children playing in an African-American neighbor's tree "monkeys," will remain a Democratic convention delegate backing U.S. Sen. Barack Obama for president, a turnabout from earlier in the week.

"Ms. Ramirez Sliwinski is an elected delegate and we respect her decision to represent the campaign at the convention," Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said in a statement issued Wednesday.

"It is clear that the incident was a misunderstanding," he said.

Ramirez Sliwinski did not return phone calls seeking comment. But Carpentersville Village President Bill Sarto, a key ally on the Village Board, said she told him Wednesday that she had changed her mind about resigning as a delegate to this summer's Democratic National Convention.

"She reconsidered whether that incident warranted her giving up an elected seat," said Sarto, who is also an Obama supporter.

Ramirez Sliwinski has vowed to fight the ticket.

Ramirez Sliwinski, the village's sole Hispanic trustee, has said she did not mean to offend her neighbors.