Noose was hanging in area accessible only to white managers

[rodeodance]

anyone who thinks race is NOT a problem in the US is dead wrong.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/05/chernoff.noose/index.html

Employees find noose hanging at work

POSTED: 4:36 p.m. EST, January 5, 2007

Story Highlights
• Noose was hanging in area accessible only to white managers
• Black workers questioned white managers, got few answers
• Noose eventually removed, workers take legal action



NEW YORK (CNN) -- James Jackson, a 26-year-old black employee of 180 Connect, was preparing for another day of installing cable, telephone and Internet service to residential customers of Cablevision in Nassau County, New York on December 7.

When he walked to the fenced-off area to pick up equipment for the day's jobs he looked up and was shocked to see a vicious, racist symbol in his workplace. A noose was hanging in the fenced-off equipment area, visible to the dozens of installers, the majority of whom are black, but accessible only to his boss and an equipment manager, both of whom are white.

Jackson, a former messenger who had worked at 180 Connect for a year and a half, immediately confronted the equipment manager, Dave Willie.

"I asked Dave," Jackson told CNN, " 'What is that hanging up there?' and he said, 'That is a noose' and I said, 'I know it's a noose, but why is it up there?' And he walked away."

Jackson and his co-workers say they were distraught.................

[Eric J in MN]

1. He was married to a black woman.

Willie, Gertler stresses, is no racist. "My client's first marriage for 17 years was to an African-American woman. So I don't think he's racist."

Maybe the noose had nothing to do with race.

[TroglodyteScholar]

2. Or maybe he hates black folks even more because he had a nasty divorce from one... n/t

[DRoseDARs]

5. Or it could just be a freeper symbol of victory over Saddam... n/t

[madeline_con]

6. Except he hadn't beenhanged yet.

It was still uncertain if it was actually going to happen, right. Had he been sentenced?

[shanti]

8. or maybe

he loved black WOMEN, but hated black MEN. it's not unheard of.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. Or maybe that's why they got divorced.

What a great new excuse for racism. "Hey, I'm not racist! I've got lots of black ex-wives!"

[flvegan]

3. Hatred/symbolism for Saddam, maybe?

I dunno...

[Lost-in-FL]

4. I was thinking about that

about symbolism for Saddam.

[madeline_con]

7. But, wouldn't he have said that?

Or maybe he felt it was an unpopular opinion... :shrug:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. On December 7th?

Yeah, maybe that white dude's swastika tattoo means he's hindu.

[flvegan]

11. Howsabout you look at

when it was suggested that Saddam MIGHT/WOULD hang? Some folks project...wish for...hope for...desire...in advance.

Get back to me on that.

I'm not justifying anything, but I'm sure as hell not running to the dipshit asshole kkk "kill the blacks" opinion watering hole, either. Perception sucks 99% of the time, and I don't buy into it.

Oh, and which white dude, specifically, and which swastika tattoo, specifically? I didn't see them. Must've missed 'em...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. Ah, I get you now. It was a noose for when he WOULD hang.

That makes much more sense. I myself am building a mock electric chair for when Michelle Kwan gets convicted and executed for murdering that troop of girl scouts. You know- in the future.

[flvegan]

13. I don't know that, and neither do you.

My point is that it might have been a symbol for the potential future hanging of Saddam.

Some folks see things how they WANT to, and completely forget how things just might be. Something to consider...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. Sure.

Hey, maybe they all got parts in Henry V down at the community theater, and were rehearsing the hanging scene.

:eyes:

[flvegan]

16. Please

try harder. It looks better for us all.

Thanks.

mark

[piedmont]

15. No, it can't be racism-- it didn't happen in the South

:sarcasm: