Is This Racist?

[Txbroadcaster]

A special meeting about Dallas County traffic tickets turned tense and bizarre Tuesday 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.

Mayfield shot back that it was a figure of speech and a science term. A black hole, according to Webster's, is perhaps "the invisible remains of a collapsed star, with an intense gravitational field from which neither light nor matter can escape."

Other county officials quickly interceded to break it up and get the meeting back on track. TV news cameras were rolling, after all.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/071008dnmetofficialsspar.3b884727.html?npc

[BreckTxLonghorn]

This isn't racist.


Science is racist.:nerd:

[Trashman]

It is not racist.....it's stupid and stupid knows no race.

[BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END]

I think the "white hole" comment was racist and was said out of ignorance and spite. That's just me though.

[piratebg]

This is stupid not racist.


http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/JohnathanZX4/Jackson.jpg

[piratebg]

Originally posted by BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END
I think the "white hole" comment was racist and was said out of ignorance and spite. That's just me though.


Right on, my man. :cool:

[Phil C]

Well for sure none of it was what I always tell everyone to

BE POLITICALLY CORRECT!!

:mad:

[BILLYFRED0000]

John Wiley Price and most of the Dallas Black leaders are racists to some degree or another. They play the race card everytime something does not go their way. Just a fact of life around here. Been watching for years.

[Bull Butter]

Originally posted by Phil C
Well for sure none of it was what I always tell everyone to

BE POLITICALLY CORRECT!!

:mad:

and show some compassion

[Necks_Fan]

Original comment: No

Secondary comment: Yes

Stupid argument: Yes

[pirate4state]

oh good grief! :rolleyes:

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END
I think the "white hole" comment was racist and was said out of ignorance and spite. That's just me though.

I agree!! I am beginning to see more "reverse racism" than actual "racism" these days!!

Tis a pity!!

[RedWhiteBlue]

Originally posted by BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END
I think the "white hole" comment was racist and was said out of ignorance and spite. That's just me though.
Elected officials.........see comment below please......

[injuredinmelee]

Originally posted by RedWhiteBlue
Elected officials.........see comment below please......


amen sister.

[piratebg]

Wow. I just found out there really are things called white holes. They are the opposite of black holes.

Black Holes- Suck
White Holes- Blow

I love Wikipedia :D

[Z motion 10 out on 2]

Originally posted by BILLYFRED0000
John Wiley Price and most of the Dallas Black leaders are racists to some degree or another. They play the race card everytime something does not go their way. Just a fact of life around here. Been watching for years.

Growing up in Arlington, I saw and heard John Wiley Price on TV say racist things all the time. He is terrible.

[Old Tiger]

Originally posted by BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END
I think the "white hole" comment was racist and was said out of ignorance and spite. That's just me though.

[Maroon87]

I guess we should ban crayons and water colors because they teach our kids to differentiate between colors...which is inherently racist. :doh: :rolleyes:

[sahen]

wow...that Price guy is an idiot, how can you not know what a black hole is...oh wait, he is a politician...nevermind i see...

[JR2004]

John Wiley Price does some good things, but he also does some really retarded things as well. Not realizing what a "black hole" comment is referencing would be one of his retarded moments.

[Matthew328]

JWP does do some good, but his bad is so out of left field it overshadows anything he does worth a damn...

Amazing

[Macarthur]

The Dallas city government is a disgrace. They are without a doubt the worst city government in this nation and it's not even close.

[injuredinmelee]

Originally posted by Matthew328
JWP does do some good, but his bad is so out of left field it overshadows anything he does worth a damn...

Amazing

sounds like a person that is in politics for himself and not his community.

[injuredinmelee]

Originally posted by Macarthur
The Dallas city government is a disgrace. They are without a doubt the worst city government in this nation and it's not even close.

New Orleans has to be way up the neck and neck

[pooch]

if you all knew the crap J.W. Price feeds up here in Dallas.....and I am sure he does a lot more in private/away from the cameras.

[Macarthur]

Originally posted by injuredinmelee
New Orleans has to be way up the neck and neck

You may be right. It's hard for me to imagine any being worse than Dallas though.

[AP Panther Fan]

ridiculous....I routinely call both of my daughters "black holes of need"


:evil:

[piratebg]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m109/mildsedative/rudolph-red-nosed-reindeer.jpg

[kaorder1999]

John Wiley Price Would Have Preferred "Sinkhole," Ken Mayfield


Speaking of responses, we spoke with Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price this afternoon. We were just kinda wondering why he got so angry with fellow commissioner Ken Mayfield yesterday, when Mayfield referred to Dallas County's ticket collections office as "a black hole." Price's explanation, which only gets awesomer, is after the jump.

Commissioner Price tells Unfair Park:


"It is typical Mayfield. The problem is in the language. While he tried to lateral to the scientific term of a black hole, our problem is that we understand language, and it's negative and racist. Judge [Thomas] Jones took real offense. We almost simultaneously picked up on what we called the idiom. Can't do that in terms of the language. He could have said 'a sinkhole,' he could have said anything, but it was typical Mayfield style. That is what we expect."

When asked whether he took the term as "a racial pejorative," Price said, Yes.

"Given Mayfield, it just ... you just kind of expect him to have that kind of response. He is racist and doesn’t know it. Maybe he does know it. I haven’t quite figured out whether he knows it or not. I said it immediately: 'Why not a white hole?' And when I said, 'white hole,' Mayfield said, 'OK, then, a pink hole?' That is when Jones said he wasn’t going to sit here, he wanted an apology, they began to carry the discussion that way. I said, 'It’s a white hole and let's move it on.'"

Commissioner Mayfield was unavailable for comment this afternoon. --Robert Wilonsky

[DDBooger]

pink hole? ahhh crap, its sexist now!:rolleyes: :cool: lmao

[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by DDBooger
pink hole? ahhh crap, its sexist now!:rolleyes: :cool: lmao

:clap:

[piratebg]

What a weiner.



http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg107/snarkyphotos/weiner.jpg

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
John Wiley Price Would Have Preferred "Sinkhole," Ken Mayfield

2. Also called sink. a depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.


That sounds more like what is going on with the entire situation - lots of "waste" collecting. ;) And obviously, it does not fit the MISSING paperwork thing. :doh:

[zebrablue2]

Originally posted by pirate4state
oh good grief! :rolleyes:



my thoughts also.:iagree:

[K-MAC Chuck]

Originally posted by Necks_Fan
Original comment: No

Secondary comment: Yes

Stupid argument: Yes

Right on, brother

[sahen]

surely Mayfield refused to apologize...i hope he didnt apologize cause this guy is an idiot....

[jason]

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/pollP44Question


check out the poll - it asks the same question, is the term 'black hole' racist - and as of now it is

2.5% say yes
97.5% say no


he (price) says the terms angel food cake and devils food cake are racist.....

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by jason
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/pollP44Question


check out the poll - it asks the same question, is the term 'black hole' racist - and as of now it is

2.5% say yes
97.5% say no


he (price) says the terms angel food cake and devils food cake are racist.....

:doh: :doh: :doh:

[wimbo_pro]

First..."sink hole" would have been an insult to all kitchens and bathrooms across America...we can't have that.

Price has a point though...we should ban all of the following;

Black Mail...insult to all envelopes, which happen to be overwhelmingly white

Black and Blue...insult to the Vegas act of the BlueMan Group

Black Bear...insult to Hispanic Bears

Black Belt...Insult to all trouser supporting systems everywhere

Black Box...insult to the overwhelming population of brown boxes

Black Death...insult to death itself, which is really not that bad

Black Dwarf...insult to Webster and Sammy Davis Jr.

Black eyed pea...insult to blue eyed peas everywhere

Black Gold...Texas Tea (just wanted to say that)

Black Light...insult to all Jimi Hendrix posters, even the felt ones

Black Out...insult to darkness itself, should be called Whitey Gone

Black Angus...not gonna touch this one.

[AP Panther Fan]

Originally posted by wimbo_pro
First..."sink hole" would have been an insult to all kitchens and bathrooms across America...we can't have that.

Price has a point though...we should ban all of the following;

Black Mail...insult to all envelopes, which happen to be overwhelmingly white

Black and Blue...insult to the Vegas act of the BlueMan Group

Black Bear...insult to Hispanic Bears

Black Belt...Insult to all trouser supporting systems everywhere

Black Box...insult to the overwhelming population of brown boxes

Black Death...insult to death itself, which is really not that bad

Black Dwarf...insult to Webster and Sammy Davis Jr.

Black eyed pea...insult to blue eyed peas everywhere

Black Gold...Texas Tea (just wanted to say that)

Black Light...insult to all Jimi Hendrix posters, even the felt ones

Black Out...insult to darkness itself, should be called Whitey Gone

Black Angus...not gonna touch this one.


:evillol: :evillol: :evillol:

Did you make these up? Not bad, not bad at all!:D

[wimbo_pro]

Originally posted by AP Panther Fan
:evillol: :evillol: :evillol:

Did you make these up? Not bad, not bad at all!:D

But of course!

[piratebg]

I can't believe this crap is getting national attention. :dispntd:

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by wimbo_pro
First..."sink hole" would have been an insult to all kitchens and bathrooms across America...we can't have that.

Price has a point though...we should ban all of the following;

Black Mail...insult to all envelopes, which happen to be overwhelmingly white

Black and Blue...insult to the Vegas act of the BlueMan Group

Black Bear...insult to Hispanic Bears

Black Belt...Insult to all trouser supporting systems everywhere

Black Box...insult to the overwhelming population of brown boxes

Black Death...insult to death itself, which is really not that bad

Black Dwarf...insult to Webster and Sammy Davis Jr.

Black eyed pea...insult to blue eyed peas everywhere

Black Gold...Texas Tea (just wanted to say that)

Black Light...insult to all Jimi Hendrix posters, even the felt ones

Black Out...insult to darkness itself, should be called Whitey Gone

Black Angus...not gonna touch this one.

What about a blackboard??

or even a blackberyy??

Is the nursery rhyme, "Ba Ba Black Sheep" now racist??

Will they insanity ever end???

Serious question: What do the kids call it now when they knock on someone's door and run away???

[espn1]

I've seen the evolution of this site. It's now being swallowed by a Pink Hole.

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by espn1
I've seen the evolution of this site. It's now being swallowed by a Pink Hole. .

:eek: :eek: :eek:

[wimbo_pro]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom

Serious question: What do the kids call it now when they knock on someone's door and run away???

They call it rude.

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by wimbo_pro
They call it rude.

I found out from some actual kids after I asked this question:

Ding Dong Ditch!

[Necks_Fan]

Originally posted by Ernest T Bass
As for a pink hole, that sounds like a good thing to have to me.:thinking: Haha!

Good one. Lol.

:clap: :D :eek:

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by espn1
I've seen the evolution of this site. It's now being swallowed by a Pink Hole. More like a bunch of A Holes.

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by pirate4state
More like a bunch of A Holes.

Another thing we agree on!!:D