Let me preface this by saying that I don't believe him. However, I one student say that "Robert" seems like an unlikely name for a black person and another say that she never thought of black people being into things like coffee. I'm fairly sure the first student was utterly sincere and not trying to be offensive. People amaze me.
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Martin Baxter <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Based on that, I can make a case that he never HAD the ability to lead, > unless it's a Tea Party rally (which this makes him a mortal lock to do, ere > long). And it also says volumes about those who elected him to office. > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:20:31 +0000 > Subject: [scifinoir2] OT: Mayor Who Sent Obama Watermelon Picture Quits > > > > What irritates me more is the way people like this mayor have the gall to > claim "I didn't know it was offensive", "I didn't mean to upset anyone". > What crap! You can't live in the US and not be aware of the racial > significance of this. I mean, if that were the case, why not pumpkins? > Strawberries? Eggplants, even? > > ************************************************************* > > http://newsone.com/nation/news-one-staff/california-mayor-emails-white-house-watermelon-picture/ > > UPDATE: Mayor Who Sent Obama Watermelon Picture Quits > By News One <http://newsone.com/author/news-one-staff/> February 27, 2009 > 4:24 pm > > [image: <br />] <http://cdn.newsone.com/files/2009/02/picture-810.png> > *UPDATE: Mayor Who Sent Obama Watermelon Picture Quits* > The mayor of a small Southern California city says he will resign after > being criticized for sharing an e-mail picture depicting the White > House<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/27/mayor-who-sent-obama-wate_n_170492.html#>lawn > planted with watermelons under the title “No Easter egg hunt this > year.” > Los Alamitos Mayor Dean Grose issued a statement Thursday saying he is > sorry and will step down as mayor at Monday’s City > Council<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/27/mayor-who-sent-obama-wate_n_170492.html#>meeting. > Grose came under fire for sending the picture to what he called “a small > group of friends.” One of the recipients, a local businesswoman and city > volunteer, publicly scolded the mayor for his actions. > Grose says he accepts that the e-mail was in poor taste and has affected > his ability to lead the city. Grose said he didn’t mean to offend anyone and > claimed he was unaware of the racial stereotype linking black people with > eating watermelons. > Located in Orange County, Los Alamitos is a 2 1/4-square-mile city of > around 12,000 people. > > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up > now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/> > >
