Friday, February 27, 2009

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White House Watermelon Email From California Mayor Dean Grose Inspires Outrage
The mayor of Los Alamitos is coming under fire for an e-mail he sent out that depicts the White House lawn planted with watermelons, under the title "No Easter egg hunt this year."

Local businesswoman and city volunteer Keyanus Price, who is black, said Tuesday she received the e-mail from Mayor Dean Grose's personal account on Sunday and wants a public apology.
Grose confirmed to the AP that he sent the e-mail to Price and said he didn't mean to offend her. He said he was unaware of the racial stereotype that black people like watermelons.

He said he and Price are friends and serve together on a community youth board.

"Bottom line is, we laugh at things and I didn't see this in the same light that she did," Grose told the AP. "I'm sorry. It wasn't sent to offend her personally - or anyone - from the standpoint of the African-American race."

Grose, who became mayor in December, said he sent an apology e-mail to Price and her boss and also left her a voicemail apology.

Regardless, Price said it will be difficult for the two to work together.

"Now I am like - wow, is this really how he feels?" Price said.

He didn't know the *stereotype*?

If anyone believes that....they are so stupid they deserve to be lied to!

Furthermore, I fail to see how the propensity to eat watermelon is an offensive stereotype. It's a harmless fact.

Look, 'old coots' crave bland meat-and-potatoes, Latinos only eat at Taco Bell, Indians have their curry, Asians eat a lot of Ramen and canine, Bostonians like to eat crap, and blacks have a natural hankering for one particular fruit.

(And one particular beer, one particular boned meat, one particular vegetable, one particular evaporated drink, and one particular soft drink.)

So what's the big deal? Where's the *offense*?



Man, was the Fuzzy Zoeller/Tiger Woods incident really 12 years ago now?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

get off my back for not getting you material...

-TD

CaptiousNut said...

Sorry Dude,

Forgot to credit you. Thanks for finally contributing.