Sunday, February 05, 2006

Scantily Clad Black People Incorrect

We read:

"The public relations manager for the Golden State Warriors was fired Wednesday for inadvertently sending out a racially insensitive e-mail titled "Ghetto Prom" to the team's entire media distribution list. Eric Govan, the No. 3 person on the Warriors' media relations staff, sent the e-mail featuring 17 photos, many depicting scantily clad black people in formal attire and commentary on the outfits

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It seems that the email was intended as a humorous one but no prizes for guessing that we are not going to see what it actually said. But: Scantily clad white filmstars are all over the media -- and some of them sure wear strange attire -- but that is OK. So what is wrong with blacks? Are we to assume that they are too ugly to be seen much of? If so, who is it who is being "insensitive"? Or are we not allowed to mention the word "ghetto" these days? I guess not.