'We're part of the master race': White county official under fire over comments to black woman
Source: Washington Post
A Kansas county commissioner is facing calls for his resignation after he brought up the idea of a master race in an off-the-cuff comment while talking to a black woman during a meeting.
I dont want you to think Im picking on you because were part of the master race. You know you got a gap in your teeth, youre the masters. Dont ever forget that, Leavenworth County Commissioner Louis Klemp, who is white, told the woman, a Kansas City city planner who was making a presentation about a development project that Klemp did not seem to approve of. As Klemp spoke, he motioned toward his teeth.
Klemps comments, made during a Tuesday meeting of the Leavenworth Board of County Commissioners, were rebuked by officials in Leavenworth County, just outside Kansas City. Leavenworth Mayor Mark Preisinger called a special meeting during which he denounced Klemps comments and urged him to apologize to the city planner.
It just violated common decency. .?.?. Its time for him to resign, Preisinger said. Hes been an embarrassment to the county, which reflects on the city and reflects on everyone. Preisinger said the comments were, at best, a poor attempt at a joke.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/16/were-part-master-race-white-county-official-under-fire-over-comments-black-woman
WTF?
Stuart G
(38,445 posts)Need a hint???? hit the link below...a truly disgusting pig (apologies to pigs) sets the standard..
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211440893
samnsara
(17,635 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)The remarks not only violated common decency, this was no attempt at a joke unless your standards for decency are at a low bar, it was racist.
TexasTowelie
(112,417 posts)iluvtennis
(19,871 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,795 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)What does that have to with anything, I don't get it.
peekaloo
(22,977 posts)I heard that a lot growing up in the South.
Of course this arsewipe just disproved it.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)peekaloo
(22,977 posts)used to also hear jokes about the ability to spit watermelon seeds at greater distances through those gaps
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)More space between teeth equals less chance of tooth decay.
I have been told this by my daughter's dentist.
I have a friend who has teeth that you could drive a truck between. He's 60 years old, and has never had a cavity.
raccoon
(31,119 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)When your ancestors rule the world twice for over five hundred years each time, you may start THINKING about the possibility of being a Master race.
Last I checked, your people tried three times, and failed...
Sorry, you just can't call yourself a Master race with that track record
leftyladyfrommo
(18,870 posts)Ft. Leavenworth is there so there is a huge turnover of people living there. And lots of civilians work for the government.
And Leavenworth Federal Prison is there. It is a massive presence right on the main drag.
Lots of slightly off kilter people there. It really is a very strange place.
Captain Stern
(2,201 posts)Did he mean that the woman shouldn't think him and others like him weren't picking on her just because him and his friends are part of the master race?
Did he mean that she shouldn't think he was picking on her, because him and her were part of the master race?
I have no idea what he meant about the gaps in the teeth. Is he saying she's a 'master' because she has gaps in her teeth? Is he mocking her?
If there's a joke in there someplace, I'm having a hard time finding it.