Hey, tazarmfune, are you still heading the NAACP? Or are you going back to Congress?
--- In [email protected], tazarmfune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Lt. Gov. Denish softens comments about `touchy' Richardson > > email this story > > > > By Steve Terrell The New Mexican | > > December 20, 2005 > > > Lt. Gov. Diane Denish on Monday seemed to back away from > statements > > she made in an Albuquerque newspaper article about Gov. Bill > > Richardson touching her. > > > GEORGE W. BUSH RUBS MAN'S HEAD FOR "LUCK" IN > DISPLAY OF APPARENT RACIST IGNORANCE > > Before speaking to a March 3rd Los Angeles audience at the > White House Conference on Faith-Based and Community > Initiatives, Mr Bush was introduced by an African-American male, > whose head Mr Bush proceeded to rub while grinning and > smirking. > > The man, identified as Alphonso Jackson, acting Secretary of the > U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, appeared > somewhat bewildered while still preserving an appearance of > happiness to welcome Mr. Bush. > > As an individual identified as Cory wrote in letter published > online, rubbing an African American's head for luck was at one > time thought of as a "joke amongst those who didn't generally > say "black person" when referring to one". He noted that the > racist practice "may well have faded into obscurity", but would've > been "a good way to lose a hand" in more multi-racial > neighborhoods in the late seventies and early eighties. > > Mr. Bush has long been thought of by many as a stereotypical > elitist with a notably racist, anti-black attitude, but this latest > misadventure lends credence to such an assumption. > > If the intent was not a racist one, the event did make Mr. Bush > appear somewhat condescending, as well as disrespectful of a > high-ranking government official. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Dying to be thin? Anorexia. Narrated by Julianne Moore. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AQDrNC/sbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
