Darrin,
Maybe the context was not appropriate. Here in Florida "homeboy" usually
means hispanic, not A-A. He didn't specify. Maybe he should have said
miscreant or "gangsta" ;-)
I haven't seen a post from any of our hispanic brethren about that post.
IMHO as an IT person; Al Gore deserves every quip/shot/criticism for making
such a statement (inventing the Internet).
So, are we going to eliminate witticisms, aphorisms, metaphors,
colloquialisms, analogies and other cultural indicators from the list ??
Mike Oberle /1990 Shiny-Black MonkeyMax
VMOA #1355 / AIM - "Injuhneer"
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Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 20:55:05 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PLEASE KEEP IT TECHNICAL!!!!!
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In a message dated 11/3/00 5:36:26 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< she'd be hard press to notice if some local "homeboys" stole the
wheels off her Maxima. >>
Paul has warned members on this list time and again to keep postings
TECHNICAL in nature. As an African-American, I am offended by comments such
as the one above. And the quip about Al Gore is totally not tech-related
and
pretty useless.
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