theDuke866
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one of my roomates, who is from San Diego, heard someone refer to "chiggers" the other day, and did a triple take...he'd never heard of them...haha  7/7/2008 2:27:34 PM
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lmnop
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On January 15, 1999, David Howard, a white aide to Anthony A. Williams, the black mayor of Washington, D.C., United States, used the word in reference to a budget. This apparently upset one of his black colleagues (identified by Howard as Marshall Brown), who incorrectly interpreted it as a racial slur and lodged a complaint. As a result, on January 25 Howard tendered his resignation, and Williams accepted it.[1]
However, after pressure from the gay community (of which Howard was a member) an internal review into the matter was brought about, and the mayor offered Howard the chance to return to his position as Office of the Public Advocate on February 4. Howard refused but accepted another position with the mayor instead, insisting that he did not feel victimized by the incident. On the contrary, Howard felt that he had learned from the situation. "I used to think it would be great if we could all be colorblind. That's naive, especially for a white person, because a white person can't afford to be colorblind. They don't have to think about race every day. An African American does."[1]
It has been speculated that this incident inspired Philip Roth's novel The Human Stain. 7/7/2008 2:31:33 PM |
seedless
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from a theoretical standpoint, i am glad i am not white because if EVERY human in the world bucked right now whites would be the target because historically whites have fucked every race known to man.
[Edited on July 7, 2008 at 2:49 PM. Reason : am] 7/7/2008 2:49:18 PM |
