LOS ALAMITOS - The mayor has sent an apology for an e-mail sent to a local businesswoman and community volunteer that she says is racist and offensive.
Keyanus Price, an African American, said she was appalled when she received an e-mail from Mayor Dean Grose's personal account that showed a picture of the White House with a watermelon patch imposed as the White House garden.
"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?" Being a public official, Price said, made the matter worse. "He's putting the city into a bad place, and he is a liability," Price wrote in an e-mail.
Gross sent an e-mail apology to Price, her boss and the City Council saying he did not intend to be offensive. He also called and left Price a message, he said. "It was just poor judgment on my part, and I am deeply sorry," he said. "It wasn't meant to hurt her."
Price said she wanted a public apology for the e-mail and today contacted The Orange County Register to share the brief exchange that took place on Sunday. Grose's e-mail included the picture with a heading that read, "No Easter Egg hunt this year."
"I think he's saying that since there's a Black president, there will be no need to hunt for eggs since they're growing watermelons in the front yard this year," Price wrote. She responded to the e-mail with: "Hey, that's not nice at all. Not all Black people like watermelon…you should know better than that."
Gross replied: "The way things are today, you gotta laugh every now and then. I wanna see the coloring contests." Price said Grose's response upset her more.
"As soon as I saw his response; that put me over the top because it was no big deal to him," she said.
Now normally I’m one of the first people to tell Black people to call the hell down when it comes to certain racial things. I have no problem with White comedians using the N-word most times and stuff like that. But this is just retarded. What was this guy thinking?
I know that people send nasty or crazy shit to each other in emails at work. Those kinds of jobs leave a lot of free time. Sure, they should be actually working to make the city, states, and country a better place. But sometimes you gotta goof off. But this? Really?
Not everyone has the same sense of humor. For every 2 people that would laugh at this picture, 3 would think its not that funny, 1 wouldn’t get it, and 4 would be offended. This goofy bastard just sent it to the wrong person. His apology would do nothing. I’m not sure having him fired would help or change anything either. At this point we need to start bringing back public humiliation. No, not the Spanish Donkey (look it up). But something to let this asshat know that what he did is not only stupid, but a waste of time. Its not even a matter of “not all Black people like watermelon.” it’s a matter of “Get to work, jackass and watch who you send this kinda shit to!”
Rockets.
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