3 years ago • 6 notesA special meeting about Dallas County traffic tickets turned tense and bizarre this afternoon.
County commissioners were discussing problems with the central collections office that is used to process traffic ticket payments and handle other paperwork normally done by the JP Courts.
Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections “has become a black hole” because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office.
Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud “Excuse me!” He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a “white hole.”
That prompted Judge Thomas Jones, who is black, to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy.
This is not from The Onion.
July 9, 2008
Dallas County meeting turns racial
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hilker reblogged this from sds and added:
rascism is such a dark matter. it sucks every bit of substance out of life & only leaves you feeling empty inside.
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GF: this is why we need to teach our kids elementary cosmology. Otherwise they grow up to either be Texans or Idiots. In...
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This is not weird at all unless you don’t know John Wiley Price or you’re not from Dallas. In fact, this isn’t even...
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