White House Watermelon Email From California Mayor Dean Grose Inspires Outrage

[Amerigo Vespucci]

White House Watermelon Email From California Mayor Dean Grose Inspires Outrage

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/25/white-house-watermelon-em_n_169933.html



The mayor of Los Alamitos is coming under fire for an e-mail he sent out that depicts the White House lawn planted with watermelons, under the title "No Easter egg hunt this year."

Local businesswoman and city volunteer Keyanus Price, who is black, said Tuesday she received the e-mail from Mayor Dean Grose's personal account on Sunday and wants a public apology.

"I have had plenty of my share of chicken and watermelon and all those kinds of jokes," Price told The Associated Press. "I honestly don't even understand where he was coming from, sending this to me. As a black person receiving something like this from the city-freakin'-mayor - come on."

The Orange County Register first reported the e-mail on its Web site Tuesday night.

Grose confirmed to the AP that he sent the e-mail to Price and said he didn't mean to offend her. He said he was unaware of the racial stereotype that black people like watermelons.

http://www.ci.los-alamitos.ca.us/

City Hall........................................................................[phone]

[Goblinmonger]

1. Yeah, you didn't know it was a racial slur,

that's the ticket.

What the fuck did he think it meant, then?

What a douche.

[Redstone]

2. "He was unaware?" What a lying son of a sack of shit.

Redstone

[MercutioATC]

3. I believe him.

I mean, watermelons are just a funny fruit, right? The joke makes perfect sense even if you don't know about the racial stereotype. :eyes:

[marmar]

4. So why did you choose WATERMELONS, asshole, and not strawberries or oranges?

I'm so sick of these racist corpulent Republican POSes. And his excuse plumbs new depths.....

[phantom power]

5. Unaware? Gosh, then why was it so funny to you, Dean?

[spanone]

6. being stupid is no excuse for stupidity

[Mrs. Overall]

7. Slowly, slowly they will all be exposed.

[thereismore]

8. A bunch of inbred republics. Just look at the men. nt

[LiberalPersona]

9. unaware

That is the biggest steaming pile...

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

10. I just phoned Los Alamitos City Hall and told them what I thought

of their mayors humor, made me feel good, you should try it too.

[blueknight]

11. i posted on another thread

i hope he has IRS problems in the very near future

[Amerigo Vespucci]

13. I did...prior to posting.

I said that I was making the call respectfully and that I thought the email was shameful. I left a callback number and my name. That kind of shit is "10" on a "10 scale" of JUST FRIGGING WRONG.

:patriot:

[Howardx]

14. i live right up the street from there

waiting for protests!

[QC]

12. Ignoranus! n/t

[Gold Metal Flake]

15. If someone were unaware of the watermelon slur, they would be confused, not amused.

I am well aware that the watermelon and fried chicken slurs are flying all around SoCal because I live here. That FAT racist asshole meant it when he sent it.

[lunatica]

16. Great! The I'm Stupid defense....

No one would do that if they weren't like, totally stupid your honor... :shrug:

[Andy823]

17. One thing for sure

Being an "idiot" in the republican party seems to be the "in" thin these days! Where in the hell do they get these guys! Is there some subspecies, or missing link the republicans have tapped into? :eyes:

[greenbriar]

18. yea, and he didn't know that Fried Chicken went along with it

BULLSHIT

[DearAbby]

19. Racism used to just ooze out a little

Now it's gushing out, they can't help it. They were raised ignorant.

That is not all, insult our intelligence by saying.."I didn't know black people liked Watermellons." :eyes:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

20. It's not racist. Lots of white people like watermelon. What's wrong with watermelon?

There's nothing wrong with the chimp cartoon either.

And the Obama sock monkey is perfectly fine.

And the KKK? Fine bunch of good old boys.

[G_j]

21. LIAR nt

[salguine]

22. I'll bet I can guess which Party the mayor belongs to.

[greenbriar]

23. That phone better be ringing off the hook

I just expressed my outrage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[greenbriar]

24. How many calls were made today

This is blatent