Top immigration official awards costume prize to Homeland Security employee in dreadlocks, blackface

The employee who wore the costume was not identified, but ICE spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said he was counseled by his supervisor. He was not wearing blackface but makeup that was a darker color than his skin, Nantel said.:eyes:

WASHINGTON - A top immigration official has apologized after awarding “most original costume” to a Homeland Security Department employee who dressed in prison stripes, dreadlocks and dark makeup for a Halloween gathering at the agency.

Julie Myers, assistant secretary overseeing Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement division, was part of a three-judge panel that lauded the costume, worn by a white employee, last Wednesday. She also posed for a photo with him.

Myers apologized to employees last Friday in an e-mail, saying some costumes were found to be offensive. On Friday, she called the National Association of African Americans in DHS to inform the group of what had happened, according to a letter sent to association members by the group’s vice president, Sjon Shavers...

The photo of Myers with the employee and any others taken by the official photographer showing the costume were discarded, Nantel said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21645714/

Ms. Myers:



Bio:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_L._Myers

Big surprise.

And she's SO sorry that other people got offended when they was just funnin'!

And she's sorriest of all that the liberal media are attacking OUR FIGHTING MEN and HELPING THE TERRORISTS WIN by reporting this story.

:sarcasm:

when actually in agreement with Michelle Malkin on something....from the Wiki link:

Her lack of law enforcement experience has drawn the criticism of those who believe in a merit-based advancement system - particularly when it comes to essential agencies such as FEMA and ICE. Interestingly, much of the criticism comes from the "right", including conservative commentator Michelle Malkin "No more cronyism: Bush DHS nominee doesn't deserve the job" and National Review magazine "Withdraw Myers", September 22, 2005.

It's all about enforcing the law, and there couldn't possibly be any bias involved in how those laws are enforced. :eyes:

What enforcement? :shrug:

what you put that phrase in quotation marks.

You might want to consider, while you're making your selection, which portions of the US economy you'd like to see collapse and choose accordingly. Too, it might be wise to consider how much you're willing to pay for a steak, since illegal immigration is a quasi price support for cheap meat, as an example.

"But who will pick the strawberries???" Corporate Farmer, circa 2007.

in the US, not forcibly returned to their native countries, just as the slaves in our history were not forcibly repatriated to the nations of their origin. From the quote(s) you posted, I'm sure you agree. :hi:

So no, that is no solution whatsoever.

And illegal immigrants are not indentured servants. :hi:

like the recent meat processing plants?

Just askin'.

illegal immigrants from Latin America in the US right now.

Just sayin'. :rofl:

"Shavers, an ICE special agent, said he learned of the incident from Myers and that his group had not received any complaints.
“These kinds of things, incidents, happen all the time, so we handle them on a case-by-case basis,” Shavers said."


WHY do these "things, incidents, happen all the time"?! :nuke:

Good point!

Billy Ray Valentine: Lionel! From the African Education Conference!

Louis Winthorpe III: Yah, mon, I was Director of Cultural Activities at the Haile Selassie Pavilion.

Billy Ray Valentine: I remember the pavilion - we had big fun there!

Both: Boo-boo yah, boo-boo yah, boo-boo yah, hah! Boo-boo yah, boo-boo yah, boo-boo yah, hah!

Billy Ray Valentine: Oh, memories!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvNe2IZLr9M

He was not wearing blackface but makeup that was a darker color than his skin, Nantel said. was is brownface????

:shrug:

A white friend showed up at a Halloween party in floor-mop dreadlocks, blackface, and carrying a foot-long joint. I wasn't offended, but I would have been if he'd been wearing prison clothes. However, I did warn him, "If we run into any REAL Rastafarians, I don't know you!"

:headbang:
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