← Autodidact Archive · Original Dissent · JoseyWales
Thread ID: 20560 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2005-10-07
2005-10-07 21:13 | User Profile
Hurricane names Well, it appears our African friends have found something else to be pissed about. A black congresswoman reputedly complained that the names of hurricanes are all Caucasian- sounding names. She would prefer some names that reflect African -American culture such as Chamiqua, Moeisha, and Jamal. I can hear it now: A black weatherman in, say, Houston intoning, "Word up, Muthas! Hehr-i-cane Chamiqua be headin' fo' Galveston like Leroy on a crotch rocket! Biyatch be a category fo'! So, turn off dem chitlins, grab yo' chirren, and head fo' de nearest welfare office ."
2005-10-07 23:52 | User Profile
Fo' sho'. I be sick o' these low-pressa opressas. We needs a Hurricane Jemima ta shake up these climes. Or how about a Hurricane Carter?
Pretty soon civil rights groups would start complaining that black hurricanes were being unfairly scapegoated for all of societies problems.
This is the story of the Hurricane, the man the authorities came to blame... For something that he never done, Put in a prison cell, but one... time he could-a been... The champion of the world.
2005-10-08 00:42 | User Profile
The want easy names to remember, that's why none of those goofy black names. Besides, the moment they named a hurricane a distinctly black name, blacks would be yelling racism.
You can't appease them, so you might as well ignore them.