oh too funny! i know a ton of the analysts at shittygroup! find out who they work for!!! 🙂 my job could be better but it could be a lot worse. on the upside, i don’t see any jobs that i yearn for, so things aren’t that bad.
I am very familiar with the position of Dr. Gates in the intellectual African American community, and his accomplishments. I own and have read most of his works, which you can verify by looking at my Librarything profile.
In fact, given what MM says about suffering racial indignities, one of the funniest essays he wrote (it may be in ‘Colored People’, but I don’t recall exactly) is a detailed inventory of what he was wearing several of the times he was in airports yet still was mistaken for a bellhop.
In my mind, there are two separate and distinct issues. The first, the person who called the cops. Maybe she’s been pissed about that Caucasian wife all these years. But as someone said, I appreciate anyone calling the cops in a similar situation. So, let’s for the sake of argument agree she’s a nasty racist bitch. Unfortunately there’s not much to be done about that.
Now there’s the second issue, that of the police response. Here’s where I have a problem. There are many times people file false reports. See above where someone admits they’ve falsely called in a ‘man with a gun’ report. The officer is supposed to objectively assess what is going on, including using his ‘street smarts’ (also as pointed out above) to determine who this person is. So, once Skip showed his ID, and his cane, and his general demeanor, the cop should have been outta there. And Skip shoulda thanked him. But if, as it appears, the cop was a dickhead, well, that’s a whole other story.
The cop should get ditched, no doubt. The neighbor, well, that’s wassup.
THL, as well as being allergic to children, I’m also allergic to making my own tiara prizes 🙂 Ha! Besides, Bxgirl promised me one with tanzanite and diamonds…I’m holding out for that one!
“Does anyone else besides DIBS have CFA?
ugh. is that some kind of new STD to worry about!? 🙁
(chinese fanny abrasions?) sorry that was dumb”
Rob, buy STD. Seriously. 7% yield. I can say it, I don’t have a CFA or MBA. 🙂
Spoken like a true tiara wearer Snappy!
is orange juice concentrate really a tradeable commodity?
(i have NO idea where that came from)
oh too funny! i know a ton of the analysts at shittygroup! find out who they work for!!! 🙂 my job could be better but it could be a lot worse. on the upside, i don’t see any jobs that i yearn for, so things aren’t that bad.
Ken, ROFL @ Shittygroup!!!
ENY, MM, BG, etc:
I am very familiar with the position of Dr. Gates in the intellectual African American community, and his accomplishments. I own and have read most of his works, which you can verify by looking at my Librarything profile.
In fact, given what MM says about suffering racial indignities, one of the funniest essays he wrote (it may be in ‘Colored People’, but I don’t recall exactly) is a detailed inventory of what he was wearing several of the times he was in airports yet still was mistaken for a bellhop.
In my mind, there are two separate and distinct issues. The first, the person who called the cops. Maybe she’s been pissed about that Caucasian wife all these years. But as someone said, I appreciate anyone calling the cops in a similar situation. So, let’s for the sake of argument agree she’s a nasty racist bitch. Unfortunately there’s not much to be done about that.
Now there’s the second issue, that of the police response. Here’s where I have a problem. There are many times people file false reports. See above where someone admits they’ve falsely called in a ‘man with a gun’ report. The officer is supposed to objectively assess what is going on, including using his ‘street smarts’ (also as pointed out above) to determine who this person is. So, once Skip showed his ID, and his cane, and his general demeanor, the cop should have been outta there. And Skip shoulda thanked him. But if, as it appears, the cop was a dickhead, well, that’s a whole other story.
The cop should get ditched, no doubt. The neighbor, well, that’s wassup.
I want Randi to do an update of the PL of the day race. I am way behind now after pretty much staying out of the Gates discussion.
THL, as well as being allergic to children, I’m also allergic to making my own tiara prizes 🙂 Ha! Besides, Bxgirl promised me one with tanzanite and diamonds…I’m holding out for that one!
Mzl tv, gemini!