You would think that this would just be in the lowest parts of society, but racism is still in fact everywhere:
The mayor of Los Alamitos is coming under fire for an e-mail he sent that depicts the White House lawn planted with watermelons, under the title “No Easter egg hunt this year.”
Local businesswoman and city volunteer Keyanus Price, who is black, said Tuesday that she received the e-mail from Mayor Dean Grose’s personal account Sunday and wants a public apology.
“I have had plenty of my share of chicken and watermelon and all those kinds of jokes,” Price said. “I honestly don’t even understand where he was coming from, sending this to me. As a black person receiving something like this from the city freakin’ mayor — come on.”
I am not the least bit surprised. The mayor went on to say that he was unaware that watermelons was a racial slur. Boy stop!! He knew EXACTLY what he was doing and I applaud this courageous citizen for demanding a PUBLIC apology for this foolishness. Maybe the mayor can explain this fruit instead of the hundreds of other varieties he could have picked?? If you are going to be racist make sure you have the nerve to own up to it, or don’t do it at all.
