[CBFF] Sorry

[Kenny Claxton]

That's a pretty weak non apology Jerry.  You may want to strongly consider
this from the view of someone who's had that epithet hurled at them.


Kenny



On 5/3/07, Jerry Madsen <jerrywm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Vic just made me aware of the fact my referring to Hester as a 'boy'
> was perceived as a racial epitaph by some.
>
> I'm may not be anywhere near as congenial as Jim.
>
> My use of the word "boy" in that context was entirely a reference to
> the fact that he is young, immature and yes, stupid.  If he was as
> pasty as Woody Allen, I'd still call him a 'boy'.
>
> If, as your read that, you did so with a southern, Mississippi
> burning, dumb ass cracker inflection in your mind, I suggest you go
> back and read it without.
>
> For my part, I'll make a concerted effort to choose my words more
> carefully so that folks aren't hearing something I'm not saying.  I
> find it difficult to apologize when I do something wrong and even
> more-so when somebody pulls-out a meaning that wasn't intended.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> On 5/2/07, Jim Ferolie <ferolie at charter.net> wrote:
> > Yes, it was a bad choice of words.
> >
> > My meaning was that when he talks he sounds like a rural hick in the
> > Southern style, like he didn't grow up with a lot of interaction with
> anyone
> > who wasn't also a rural hick. It's not a racial thing whatsoever, and
> I'm
> > really embarrassed that it came off that way. I was actually trying to
> > defend him in some way, as he's been accused of being stupid.
> >
> > Mea culpa. I was writing too quickly.
>
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