The KKK's Retirement Center?
Top of the news this morning in the Pierre Capital Journal was an article about the Pierre Senior Citizens Center which was
. Well, let's just say they're not going to be winning very many awards on their multicultural awareness programs as related from this article (that was front page above the fold):
Apparently they must reminisce about the good old days before they were made to stop wearing those white robes with the pointy sheets over their heads.
What's going to be next? A menu of fried chicken and watermelon on Martin Luther King Day at the senior center? Or should we hope for Lucky Charms on St. Patrick's Day?
The Pierre Area Senior Citizens Center's most recent newsletter contained notes from the Aug. 22 Board of Directors meeting, the September calendar and a tip from the attorney general about door-to-door meat salesmen.Holy crap. Read it all here. Someone actually put that in print in a newsletter?
The newsletter also published an item, placed under the list of September birthdays and kitchen supervisors, that has drawn some criticism:
"Towel Heads - Recently I received a warning about the use of this politically incorrect term, so please note. We all need to be more sensitive in our choice of words. I have been informed that the Islamic terrorists who hate our guts and want to kill us do not like to be called 'towel heads' since the item they wear on their heads is not actually a towel, but in fact, a small, folded sheet. Therefore, from this point forward, please refer to them as 'little sheet heads.' Thank you for your support and compliance on this delicate matter."
Pierre Area Senior Citizens Center Coordinator Jerry Tibbs, who compiles the newsletter, said that the write-up was given to him by one of the center's members. He does not recall who gave it to him.
"I just accumulate (write-ups) and pull them out and use them when I need to," Tibbs said.
Apparently they must reminisce about the good old days before they were made to stop wearing those white robes with the pointy sheets over their heads.
What's going to be next? A menu of fried chicken and watermelon on Martin Luther King Day at the senior center? Or should we hope for Lucky Charms on St. Patrick's Day?
Comments
For pete's sake - laugh a little PP. It's good for you.
I think the correct term for you is hypocrite. Enough of this political correctness.
After the atrocities Islamic terrorists have committed against our country over the last decade, while their compatriots at home remain silent, it's hard not to lump them all together.
Maybe you can separate the good ones from the bad ones, but you can't blame the rest of us for developing an aversion to ALL Arabs. If that’s racism, so be it.
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I think there's difference between 'political correctness gone too far' and having an issue with something that's pretty clearly (if unintentionally) racist.
I think if both PP and lexrex recognize the issue with it, it's not just liberal sensitivity.
Yet another reason to be embarrassed to say I am from South Dakota.