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http://www.kmov.com/story/28745448/former-ferguson-court-clerk-who-sent-racist-emails-speaks-outTwitty was fired in early March after the Justice Department investigation into the city's law enforcement practices. Two police officers, Capt. Rick Henke and Sgt. William Mudd, also resigned after the investigation. The investigation revealed that all three former employees sent racist emails. Twitty said she found the emails to be funny, but not because of their racial nature.
Funny as in humor wise? Yes. Not because it was racist or biased, just funny because it was just funny jokewise, Twitty said. I feel bad because that's not, I don't want people to look at me and say she sent those racist jokes out because she's racist or biased.' I am not....
It took me a while to get over the feeling of being raped and being thrown under the bus, Twitty said. I'm human, I meant nothing bad by it.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)Yes. You are the victim. Always. Becky's tears flow again.
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)Wow.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)jobycom
(49,038 posts)For instance: An African-American woman in New Orleans was admitted into the hospital for a pregnancy termination. Two weeks later she received a check for $5,000. She phoned the hospital to ask who it was from. The hospital said, Crimestoppers.
frylock
(34,825 posts)har har har
pintobean
(18,101 posts)she fucked herself and stepped in front of the bus.
I saw that she was going to be on the news. I didn't bother watching. What on earth could anyone say about sending those horrible things, other than an honest, unconditional apology with no excuses? I didn't care to see her, or hear her bullshit.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Yuk
ieoeja
(9,748 posts)They also figure that there is no harm as long as no Black people see/hear the jokes. "If they don't know about it, how could their feelings get hurt?"
They fail to see this as harmful propaganda. The "crimestoppers" joke, for instance, reinforces some White people's belief that a Black culture is pro-crime. That belief then permits all kinds of harm, far more serious than hurt feelings, done to Black people.
I try to explain it to them by pointing out the harm done to the U.S. Postal Service by decades of jokes. If you give the USPS a really good look, you would find it is a pretty well oiled machine. But a lot of people today have heard the jokes so much and so long that they just accept that the USPS sucks. When government officials work to dismantle it, they just shrug since they think it is no good anyway.
Of course, if they were willing to give "a really good look", they wouldn't be telling racist jokes. So the explanation rarely does any good as they also think the USPS sucks and are unable to consider the possibility otherwise.
procon
(15,805 posts)I see this same attitude in my Republican loving family. Yes, they are the archetypical image of rightwing racists, bigots, misogynists and homophobes, but not in their own minds. Their convoluted rational would read like a script from the set of "Mad Men", so as long as they don't actually use the "n" word, and stop just shy of punching the little-woman, torching off the non-believer's house, or shooting the queers, , and foreigners, hey, they're perfectly normal well-adjusted Americans... but I'm a socialist, so I must be confused.
frylock
(34,825 posts)fuck you, lady.
Rex
(65,616 posts)bullshit!? I bet she would never be able to see any racism in herself or anyone she knows...just good white Christian folk, that have to deal with those dangerous dark people.
I swear she must be either incredibly stupid or incredibly cold hearted to say that imo.
TeamPooka
(24,253 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Some people are unfuckingbelievable.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)So thanks to that asshole...we can all agree that bringing rape into a situation that has nothing to do with it, sucks.
Rex
(65,616 posts)I expect to see the Under the Bus stuff...but throwing out rape like it is a casual Sunday walk to the bus stop, is a real eye opener.
JustAnotherGen
(31,874 posts)Thank you.
Yep - it's a pretty clear case of a false rape accusation.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)and will be able to retire on her victimhood status.
JustAnotherGen
(31,874 posts)There are people that will 'there there poor little baby' her for this.
There's a point where we grow up and have to own our words and actions.
She's a simple minded EVIL child.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)Does she seriously think she's a victim in all this? (rhetorical question)
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)You psychologically raped an entire group of people!