Dallas county official: “Black hole” is racist!

By Michelle Malkin  •  July 9, 2008 08:51 AM

I swear I just snorted up my breakfast over this story. A Dallas County commissioner is demanding that a colleague apologize for using the term “black hole.” The unhinged official called the phrase racist and insisted on replacing it with… “white hole.”

Via the Dallas Morning News (hat tip – JWF):

A 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.

Next on the p.c. forbidden list: black box, Blackberry, blackjack, and blackout. Oh, and all black Crayola crayons, which shall henceforth be called “African-American.”

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Commenter annursa: “I’m confused. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee insists that hurricanes should be given “African-American names” such as ‘Keisha, Jamal and Deshawn.’ Which natural phenomena are to be associated with a particular color or race … and which aren’t?”

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  1. #371647
    On July 9th, 2008 at 3:57 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    I can personally testify that you have way more than 1 EQ.

    Thank you kindly, good sir. ;)

    I try.

  2. #371696
    On July 9th, 2008 at 4:27 pm, swmbo said:

    OMG, I go to work for a few hours and when I come home this is what I find. A homosexual upset with the bible. Now I have heard it all. He would really take offense at the book of Romans. Better not let him read it.

    You people on this blog have let the world get carried off by crazies while I was gone. I LEFT YOU IN CHARGE.

  3. #371788
    On July 9th, 2008 at 5:43 pm, Stillwaiting said:

    Mayfield should have told the Judge “I’m so sorry…I didn’t realize you two were retarded.”

  4. #371813
    On July 9th, 2008 at 5:56 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    I really don’t think Commissioner Mayfield intended to denigrate black people. (D’oh!!!!)

  5. #371836
    On July 9th, 2008 at 6:12 pm, graysonret said:

    Sigh. I guess that means I should throw away my Johnny Cash collection. He always wore “that color we can’t mention”. Since he would be a racist, I guess that would get me into trouble. What’s worse, I’m wearing “that color we can’t mention” pants today. Whew. Better throw these things out too, and right away. I’ve got a shirt with “that color” on it too. Best go through the whole wardrobe. Oops. Looking around my office, my Canon printer has to go…so do earphones, shredder, clock, files…oh, my….!!

  6. #371931
    On July 9th, 2008 at 7:22 pm, roadrage said:

    Shades of Orwell. Yikes!!

    Orwell was a brilliant prophet. The only thing he had wrong was the year.

    I’m surprised that our educators, in all their great wisdom have not banned the reading of 1984.

  7. #372014
    On July 9th, 2008 at 10:31 pm, mikeg said:

    actually white is the absence of all color and black is all colors mixed together. in other words white is the reflection of all the color bans of light , while back is the absorptionof all ‘the color bans of light

  8. #372026
    On July 9th, 2008 at 10:46 pm, Freddy said:

    I hope that guy does not watch and Oakland Raider home games where the stadium is affectionatly known as ‘The Black Hole’!

    Of course, the way they have been playing lately, he probably will not.
    … sigh…

  9. #372193
    On July 10th, 2008 at 9:37 am, Peet said:

    Funny thing is this isn’t even the first time I’ve heard this.

    Back in the 80s, I heard from a DEC (Digital Equip. Corp.) geek (actually his girlfriend – I worked with her) who got nattered at by a manager for using “black hole”. Seems the geeks were talking about submitting a proposal and he (no names here) said that’d be like throwing the proposal into a black hole. Manager overheard and FLIPPED OUT! Complained to his boss (who also was agast at the manager’s stupidity), and anyone who would listen.

    I have to wonder if hires like this to mgt. positions is why DEC went belly-up.

    See also Scott Adams story from the Dilbert Files about the guy who was at the “cleaning out his desk” stage of being fired for using the phrase “let’s not be pedantic about this” in a memo. He was literally on the way out before someone in Personnel thought to look up up the word “pedantic”.

    Peet BT,DT

  10. #372265
    On July 10th, 2008 at 10:59 am, jbirish said:

    First, just a nit-picky comment to the “black” folks. Black is not a color.

    I think this “judge” should be rid of his “black” robe. How about orange? Very regal and fits in with the scenarios he presides over.

  11. #372894
    On July 10th, 2008 at 6:09 pm, stoptheinvasion said:

    shoot, since I like wearing black all the time maybe I can now practice idiotic doublestandards and scream racism when I get a traffic ticket since I’m wearing all black.

    it’s the special color, you know. LOLOLOL

    these kind of bottom-dwelling black racist fanatics need to be hounded out of any public office. they are jackals in the streets.

  12. #373013
    On July 10th, 2008 at 8:26 pm, sclawstudent said:

    I am utterly and thoroughly shocked and terrified at the fact that an active JUDGE in the United States justice system not only doesn’t know what a black hole is, but automatically thinks it’s a racist phrase. He has a doctorate degree, he’s supposed to be wise, learned, and experienced in intellectual and erudite things, and even more fair and discerning than a large body of well-educated people (lawyers, say whatever else you will, are well educated). Clearly, today is a horrific day for America and justice and one step closer to the abandonment of reason.

  13. #373017
    On July 10th, 2008 at 8:30 pm, sclawstudent said:

    On a lighter note, does this now mean that when someone asks for their coffee “black,” they’re racist?!?! What about when someone says that a color or design is the “new black”? I imagine we could go on with this for days, huh?

  14. #373161
    On July 11th, 2008 at 2:31 am, RetFireman said:

    I most definately would have told tem to kiss aother —-.

  15. #373450
    On July 11th, 2008 at 12:26 pm, ethanthom said:

    I think we should just “White-wash” the whole business.

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