no, really

Jun 13, 2006 16:50

this is old news, but i still found it amusing.

i found this:

African-Americans like herself ought to feel offended, Houston Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D.-Texas) told The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., because hurricanes are given lily white names.

(Among the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official names for ( Read more... )

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tiredstars June 13 2006, 23:19:18 UTC
I like the first comment "You black people really need a life..."

I sort of guess that hurricanes are named by meteorologists who tend to be white?

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aghostlie June 14 2006, 00:31:26 UTC
What. the. fuck.

People will come up with any damn reason at all to complain.

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