--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > [snip] > > > So the only thing people notice about > Obama is his melinan level of > > his skin? Can't people just disagree > with his policy or believe that > > his mouth is writing checks his ass > can't cash? It becomes a no win > > situation for black people if anyone > feels they can't criticize them > > without this accusation. This is where > this line of thinking leads: > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=b1aNcd5cLm4 > > [snip] > > This video reminds me of the incident > in which a white teacher almost > lost her job because she used the word > "niggardly" in a class with a > black student.
In 1999 a bureaucrat actually resigned for using the word: Williams Aide Resigns in Language Dispute By Yolanda Woodlee Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, January 27, 1999; Page B1 The director of D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams's constituent services office resigned after being accused of using a racial slur, the mayor's office said yesterday. David Howard, head of the Office of Public Advocate, said he used the word "niggardly" in a Jan. 15 conversation about funding with two employees. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/daily/jan99/district27.htm or http://tinyurl.com/ln54b
