“Black hole” brouhaha, continued: Official says “devil’s food cake” is racist, too!
Yesterday morning, I marveled at the p.c. idiocy of Dallas County (TX) commissioner John Wiley Price, who protested when his colleague Kenneth Mayfield used the term “black hole” to refer to lost paperwork.
The local Fox station in Dallas-Fort Worth has the video of the exchange.
The ignorance and sanctimony of John Wiley Price are something to behold.
Partial transcript:
Price: “Can I get an apology, from this day and time (pounding his fist on the table), you don’t sit at a table, where you have diversity, and refer to a black hole!”
Mayfield: Well, sure I do. It’s terminology. It’s a science term!
And it gets worse. Price is not only defending his black hole/white hole protest, he’s gone further and proclaimed “angel’s food cake” and “devil’s food cake” racist terms, too. Oh, and “black sheep” is out as well.
This is what the culture of victimhood and racial hypersensitivity has wrought.
Clowns.
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I repeat:
Constantly using the terms “racism”, et. al. undermines the meaning of those terms.
I am sick and tired of having to triple-check my speech to make sure someone’s not offended by it.
Do we have a First Amendment anymore?
And the
black. whatever they are calling themselves today, community self destructs in 3..2..1..Get REAL !! This man needs a padded room.
Actually, they aren’t ‘clowns’–as much as I detest clowns, they are occasionally funny. This lot is more…possessed.
I hope someone can get a photo of this clown eating at a whitecastle (in the same vein of the shot of Bloomberg eating the cheezy poofs)
Unbelieveable. Once again, I call for a reasonable test for education and intelligence before people can vote or run for public office. This is so sad I have to laugh.
I’d say it inverts the meaning. The easiest way to play “Spot-the-Racist” is to look for the guy accusing others of “racism.”
Sure we do: it reads,
“The right of the people not to be offended by what anyone else says shall not be infringed.”
It’s the “living, breathing” version of the Constitution — didn’t you get the memo…?
Why do I keep thinking of Galileo?
All black holes in the universe are now racist……
One of the reasons myself and many other sensible people are soooo ready to explode is because we have been expected to be PC instead of being allowed to voice a legitimate complaint and concern. That is not being racist, it is simply being fed up with stupidity.
Price: “Can I get an apology, from this day and time (pounding his fist on the table), you don’t sit at a table, where you have diversity, and refer to a black hole!”
Which of these apologies would you like, Commissioner Price…
1) “I am sorry you are too stupid to recognize an accurate scientific term and it associated analogy when it is presented to you”
2) “I am sorry you are so abjectly lazy that you cannot look up terms you clearly do not understand before going off on a mind-numbing rant.”
3) “I am sorry you choose to project you own inherent hatred and racism in all situations, especially situation like this one where no racial connotation even exists.”
We can thank the Democratic Party for morons like that.
StanW #10
How about 4) All of the above
Is it racist to call someone a horse’s ass? There are horses of all colors and sizes, after all. If this turns out to not be a racist term, I will adopt it and use it for everyone of every possible racial and gender combination I can think of when they say something utterly stupid.
Isn’t the devil red?
Is this movie racist?
Yeah. I’m deciding whether or not to use it as starter for my grill or a more…organic purpose.
Because this “living, breathing” Constitution notion is worth less than the paper it’s printed on.
I think he has drank a little to much of this stuff
I was expecting Mr. Price to try to white wash the whole affair. Of course there is always the possibility that he will try using a white lie to obscure the issue as well. However thinking that he can control this situation is nothing more than a white whale.
On the other front a person claiming to be a spokesman for Mr.Mayfield said that this is truly a black day for the city council. He wasn’t sure how long it would take to erase this black mark from their record. He apologized for not being able to say anything further as his primary concern now is fear of being black listed.
Regulus @ 6
I agree…on both! Especially the slinging around of the term racist…I’m bored with it, and will toss it back in a heartbeat.
So are the black mamba and black racer snakes racists too? Black cats? The black void inside his skull?
I don’t blame the democrats for all of the PC mess, , I blame all of us for allowing a guilt complex to be put upon us . I didn’t keep slaves back in the day, but I’m sure expected to keep their progeny in style to make up for another mans atrocity. I show respect when respect is earned.
Until then, let them eat devils food cake.
The only clowns here are liberals. How much do you want to bet that these liberals will SERIOUSLY consider not calling them “black holes” and come up with another term?
I guarantee: In school science textbooks in the next few years, “black hole” will be replaced with a new term to avoid being “racist.”
Check out Diane Ravitch’s The Language Police. It describes all the terms and topics that have been banned in school textbooks.
For example, the Association of Education Publishers has banned the term “niggardly” and it must be replaced by the terms “cheap” or “frugal.” No joke: There are 36 pages of banned words and topics in American school textbooks.
“Black Hole:” soon to be banned as racist and offensive.
That would take us back to the concept of a black hole – a phenomenon where not even light can escape its gravitational pull (hence the name “black hole” – and start the problem all over again.
I wonder if he’s offended when a business is “In The Black”, meaning it’s profitable?
Since I’m of partial Welch ancestry, I’m hereby offended when someone “Welches” on a bet. Y’all henceforth are forbiden to use that term. I’m also of partial Dutch ancestry. Thus, no more “Going Dutch” on a date.
Wait until he learns of Black Friday.
LOL Tre. You beat me to it
I hear the Je$$ie wants to cut his “Malkins” off.
Can we say “Malkins”?
But remember, Gabe. This is a one-way banning. It will only be white people that are not allowed to use the terms. Blacks will not be so incumbered.
Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole. Black hole.
Back to the PC re-education camp for me!!!
I’m sorry for saying this but, let’s be honest LOOK at the guy would you expect anything else from him. His appearance alone tells you exatly what side of the victim PC rhetoric he’s on!
MM, it would be laughable, if it were not soooooo sad!!!
Might as well just say balls.
#22
I don’t think so english. A black hole supposedly sucks in everything around it. A void is just an empty space.
An apology !? Never ! And I won’t submit to blackmail !
This is the same attitude of Michelle Obama and her Reverend Wrong. Angry, hate the white man, blame everything on the white man, and take everything from the white man.
Don Imus would take out the “l”.
When the Large Hadron Collider powers up in Geneva next month, it is going to produce a micro black hole that sucks up the earth. Black Holes will have the last laugh.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider
Personally, I’m more concerned about strangelets. There appear to be a lot of them around these days.
There goes the 8 ball. No more pool because, as you know, the 8 ball is
non-whiteAfrican-Americansome non-specific color.“I demand an apology.”
Yeah, that always works… loser.
*rolls eyes*
This idiot makes decisions?
What if you want to watch a movie in Black and White?
On July 10th, 2008 at 12:23 pm, On-my-soap-box said:
There goes the 8 ball. No more pool because, as you know, the 8 ball is non-white African-American some non-specific color.
But, cue ball is still okay.
As long as it never strikes that other ball.
I am in a black mood.
#39 I don’t think you can anymore that liberal idiot Ted Turner keeps revising them in color!
On July 10th, 2008 at 11:56 am, sonofdy said:
The UN needs to ban them.
People actually voted for this moron? I suppose the same educated voters will help elect the next POTUS.
When we have a balanced budget we’ll be in the Black!!!!!
Not really.
are these racist also?
Fade to Black?
Pop a blackhead?
Blackened Chicken?
Black and Blue?
Black Monday?
Black History month?
Black forest cake?
Meet Joe black?
Gabe said:
What shall we do about the country of Niger. I mean it’s only missing a ‘g’ right? I think we should invade and force them to change their name to a more appropriate name. Like LSDastan or Potastan or Maryjaneastan.
I wouldn’t call him a black sheep, but I would call his mouth a white hole, that just keeps on spewing nonsense.
… Miss Black USA
Miss Black Universe
…
These clowns should be blacklisted.
Goldwater Knight; I prefer ‘Cannabistan’.
It has a prettier sound.
Only if you’re black. Whites need not apply.
I suppose my friends and I can’t play spades anymore.
…Black Entertainment Television
The apocalypse is near.
.
Are you blackballing the 8 ball?
Que pasa, Soap?
/s/
the guerilla
Clown is too nice a term. He belongs in a padded cell in a special “white” coat so he can’t hurt himself or others.
Black and Tan
Black Eyed Peas
Back in Black (AC/DC)
Men in Black
Fade to Black
lol!!!!
What about the Black Pathers?
On July 10th, 2008 at 12:23 pm, On-my-soap-box said:
Worse still (at least to the race hustlers), it’s black and white! AAARRGH! Offensive! Racist! *insert expression of noble disdain here*!
That should say Panthers. I’m still laughing at Joe Black.
/s/
jose
Clowns are funny.
On July 10th, 2008 at 12:39 pm, Les in NC said:
I suppose my friends and I can’t play spades anymore.
No just Hearts, gotta stay PC.
I guess he doesn’t listen to Black Sabbath while he is using his Black & Decker can opener to open a can of Black Beans!
I hate this white guilt crap. I didn’t do anything wrong so why should I suffer for it. The white guy was right to tell him to go shove it. We all should.
Someone should perform a little “Black Magic” and cast a spell on him. Does anyone know a spell that will give him some good-ole, common, horse sense?
No. Only the cue balls repression of the 8 ball and the violence the 8 ball has endured for centuries by being struck (sometimes numerous times) by the cue ball.
So I’m thinking “blackout” drinking is particularly racist? I’m gonna go tip a 40…
BSR
Black Olives
Black Jelly Beans
Black Licorice
Never trump a spade with a club. Your get out of jail free card will not help you then.
We hunt black bear around here. Danged racist hunters.
This has insecurity issues. Lets hold a black pride event for him so he can regain his black power.
Blackwater USA is down the road. The racist mecenaries.
I guess we’ll need to strike “niggardly” from the dictionary as well.
I’ll be laughing all the way home from the gun range after the next time I am done shooting my black glock with the glorious smell of black powder in my nostrils.
Snort.
Is there any chance that this guy is just kinda dumb and doesn’t know what a black hole is?
Mercenaries/sarc off
Nice Les, you hunt the black ones and the brown ones end up representing the US Forest Service.
Chess… the ultimate in the racial aggression game genre. Yes, with chess you too can be white or black, experience what it is like to be a different color, play chess but never play chess armed.
Well I guess my dreams of meeting “Black Magic Woman” just went out the window.
Yes, he thinks it’s what he picks up on the street on saturday night and apperantly he picks a white one up now and then.
I’m glad the guy didn’t back down. Black hole IS a science term. John Wiley Price is an idiot.
Wonder who he supports for President? After all whom do the idiots of this country overwhelmingly support?
Does anyone think this pathetic excuse of a human would understand, “the paperwork has been trapped in the event horizon of a singularity”?
apparently
I have a solution to this dilemma. We should give 8-ball affirmative action. We should make it mandatory for 85 percent of 8 balls to be used as cue balls in most pool games. Also, taxpayers should fund sensitivity classes as to how to refer to 8 ball. If we follow these provisions, we can insure the survival of 8 ball. This would be blacktastic for 8 ball.
The guerilla
HEH. He still thinks the black hole referred to is that thing under his nose.
Goldwater Knight, I’m waiting for them to ban the Lee Highway and the Lee-Jackson Memorial highway here in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Another word banned by Scott Foresman/Addision Wesley textbooks as racist: “swarthy: banned as racist, replace with dark, black, brown” (from The Language Police)
Here is another word banned, so we are not allowed to call liberals this any more:
“crazy, crazy person: banned as offensive, replace with person with an emotional disability or a mental impairment” (banned by Scott Foresman/Addison Wesley, Houghtin Mifflin, Harcourt, and National Evaluation Systems.
Another word we can’t call liberal men anymore:
“Sissy: banned as demeaning” by Scott Foresman/Addison-Wesley, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, National Evaluation Systems, and Connecticut Department of Education.
He is not black. He is brown. I want him to stop using the term BLACK to represent himself and I want an apology from all brown people that have used that term to represent themselves.
Black is black, I want my baby back.
Those examples above I wrote about were taken from Diane Ravitch’s The Language Police. We are joking about “black hole” being racist, but there are thousands of such terms and situations that are banned from school textbooks and Departments of Education.
After I stop laughing your fired!
mchristian #13,
Only Black Beauty is complaining.
Is Blackout cake offensive too?
Hey, stop using “clowns” as a derogatory term, you bunch of coulrophobes!