Thread: Mayor to quit over Obama watermelon e-mail

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. - The mayor of a California city says he will resign after being criticized for sharing an e-mail picture depicting the White House lawn planted with watermelons under the title "No Easter egg hunt this year."
Mayor to quit over Obama watermelon e-mail - Race & ethnicity- msnbc.com


Aha.








...dumbass.

Let me guess, he had no idea the e-mail was racist. He just thought it was really funny because, well, watermelons are always funny.

Originally Posted by Blueneck

Let me guess, he had no idea the e-mail was racist. He just thought it was really funny because, well, watermelons are always funny.

Exactly, watermelons are a riot! They may be the funniest fruit there is, at least the funniest melon.

So should a black president making fun of white people be forced out of office too?

Originally Posted by justoneman

So should a black president making fun of white people be forced out of office too?

Not if whatever he said is actually funny. Why JOM, you got some breaking news or something?

The email or at leat the description of it was stereotypical, not racist. As a country we need to move through the stereotypes if we are ever to be united. I don't see it as racist, nor do I think when SNL or other shows depict whites as talking nasally and being uptight. Another stereotype.

People that believe everything is racism is a hindrance to progress. If we can't even use the word 'boy' because it is racist I mean come on. Take it for what it is.......poor taste and stereotypical. The mayor is stepping down in recognition of those things.

Originally Posted by justoneman

So should a black president making fun of white people be forced out of office too?

I agree with Blueneck, if it was a good joke, he should be allowed to tell it. If it is a racisit joke, he should keep it to himself, there are jokes and there are racial jokes.

Originally Posted by Blueneck

Not if whatever he said is actually funny. Why JOM, you got some breaking news or something?

Yeah. Get used to double standards. After all, Clinton is still a hero....

And Bob Packwood is a discredited loser.

Anyway, you don't mess with the Obama...

Originally Posted by Engine-Ear

Exactly, watermelons are a riot! They may be the funniest fruit there is, at least the funniest melon.

Show me a watermelon carved into he shape of a dead chimpanzee, with the caption, "Excuse me, Mr. President, BOY" on top and I'll really be ROTFLMAO. :laughing: Totally NOT racist, dude, just like, highbrow fucking comedy!



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