The Line Must Be Drawn Here!
Consider this post Exhibit A in the evidence for “America is way, way, way too sensitive about race.”
I’m fairly certain that most of my readership is white. So, for example, let’s say that I was talking about astronomy and used the following term: “White dwarf.” Would that offend you?
What about the fact that a White dwarf is also known as a degenerate dwarf? Would you object to the term “white dwarf” and say, “how dare you call me a degenerate, sir!” even though I was talking about an astronomical object and not referring to you?
The answer, of course, is no.
If someone said “White dwarf,” and I objected to the term, it would be me who has the problem, not the guy saying “White dwarf.”
So imagine the reverse:
What do “black hole,” “angel food cake,” and “devil’s food cake” have in common?
They’re all racist terms, says a Dallas County, Texas, official.
A county commissioners’ meeting this week over traffic tickets turned into a tense discussion over race when one commissioner said the county’s collections office was like a certain astronomical phenomenon.
“It sounds like Central Collections has become a black hole,” Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said during the Monday meeting.
One black official demanded an apology, and Commissioner John Wiley Price, who also is black, said that type of language is unacceptable.
I’ll recap for you: a white guy used the term “black hole” to describe a situation, and a few black guys got upset and demanded he apologize. They stopped the meeting for this!
Yes. For using the term “black hole.” It was called, by one, a “racially insensitive analogy.” I don’t WANNA know what they’d think about someone calling a city like New Orleans “chocolate.” Then again, until a white guy says it, I don’t think I will.
This story is about as warm and inviting as a black hole. Oh, and you’d better believe there’s more:
Later, Price told MyFOXdfw.com that he believed it and other terms were racist.
“So if it’s ‘angel food cake,’ it’s white. If it’s ‘devil’s food cake,’ it’s black. If you’re the ‘black sheep of the family,’ then you gotta be bad, you know. ‘White sheep,’ you’re okay. You know?” Price said.
Let me tell you what Price would say regarding my White dwarf example. He’d say “that’s stupid. Black holes are supposed to be bad, sucking in the energy of everything around it. White dwarfs are just little stars.”
How far does this go? Do we have to change the meaning of dark matter? Is the Great White Shark only “great” because it’s also “white”? This has no end! White chocolate is an abomination!
Well, thankfully, a line has been drawn. By the guy who said it, Kenneth Mayfield:
“Anybody who’s offended by that statement needs serious psychiatric help.”
To quote Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: First Contact, the line must be drawn here! Props to Kenneth Mayfield.
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