LOS ALAMITOS – Some Orange County residents and city leaders here have said they are disgusted after reading the mayor's apology for sending an e-mail to a local businesswoman and community volunteer that she said is racist and inappropriate.
Some say they mayor's e-mail is highly offensive while others have said in online comments that the e-mail was simply a joke that has been blown out of proportion.
"It appalls me how much racial insensitivity continues in this day and age," Aliso Viejo resident Brian Alpers, 48, wrote in an e-mail. "Even forwarding e-mails like that continue to perpetuate stereotypes and yes, even racial hatred."
Mayor Dean Grose on Tuesday apologized for an e-mail he sent to Keyanus Price that showed a photograph of the White House with a watermelon patch imposed as the White House garden.
Price said she was offended by the e-mail and wanted a public apology.
"I was horrified when I read that e-mail," Price said. "What I'm concerned about is how can this person send an e-mail out like this and think it is OK?"
Grose sent an apology e-mail on Tuesday to Price, her boss and members of the City Council.
"It was just poor judgment on my part, and I am deeply sorry," he said. "It wasn't meant to hurt her."
In the racial environment we live in today you'd have to be pretty dense to send out something like that. You're just asking for it.
I wonder if Eric Holder would consider the mayor a "coward" after bringing up this racial discussion? After all, Holder thinks we're all cowards if we don't spend our time talking about race.
UPDATE: The mayor is resigning.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment