Black woman not allowed to say that she is a female dog
She wanted to describe herself as "NOT the 'whiteman's b----.'". I think I would have allowed that. It would have enabled the retort: "Well, whose b---- is she?"
"A legislative candidate from Wisconsin can't use a profane, racially charged phrase to describe herself on the ballot, an election oversight board decided Wednesday.
Ieshuh Griffin, an independent running for a downtown Milwaukee seat in the state Assembly, wants to use the phrase, "NOT the 'whiteman's b----.'"
State law allows independent candidates to have five words describing themselves placed after their names on the ballot as long as it's not pejorative, profane, discriminatory or includes an obscene word or phrase...
Roxanne Dunlap, a white woman from Sussex, felt compelled to speak up in the middle of the meeting, saying she was offended by the statement. She said if a white candidate wanted to have the statement "not the black man's b----" put on the ballot, it would be soundly rejected.
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Imagine a white woman's campaign slogan, "I ain't no nigga's ho!"
Acceptable?
I don't think so.
Rule of Law allows for reasonable decorum.
On the other hand, the candidate managed to expose her knack for public relations; got her name in front of the constituents . . . and the rest of the world.
Racism typically only rears its ugly head when when people are looking for it, whether it is actually present or not.
The "Black Double Standard" is really getting tiresome.
What I found amazing is that one member of the panel that rejected her didn't think it was a racist statement. That loser needs to be kept far, far away from anything to do with voting and the election process.
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