Lynum: 'White Boy' Is No Racial Slur

Local 6 (Florida) ^ | June 29, 2006

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• "In the last week, I have been called (expletive) more times than I have ever been called probably in my life for calling a white boy a white boy," Lynum said. "Now, when did that become a racial slur."

 

Lynum: 'White Boy' Is No Racial Slur

Profiling Victims Urged To Call Police Chief

 

POSTED: 7:11 am EDT June 29, 2006

UPDATED: 11:19 am EDT June 29, 2006

 

Orlando Commissioner Daisy Lynum insisted she did nothing wrong when she called a city officer who pulled over her son a "white boy," and continued her crusade against racial profiling Wednesday night, according to a Local 6 News report.

  "In the last week, I have been called (expletive) more times than I have ever been called probably in my life for calling a white boy a white boy," Lynum said. "Now, when did that become a racial slur."

Lynum also said the city's police department has a problem with racial profiling in front of a group of people at an Orlando church Wednesday night. Lynum encouraged people who believe they have been racially profiled to call the Orlando police Chief Michael McCoy as she did when her son, Juan, 30, was pulled over for a broken headlight on his vehicle.

• Orange County Commission candidate Juan Lynum.

 

  "I will call on God and I do, so who is Mike McCoy that I would not call him at 1 a.m.," Lynum said.

  During the traffic stop, Juan Lynum called his mother and allegedly said he must have been stopped by a white police officer because of racial profiling, Local 6 News reported.

  "Daisy Lynum later made the comment that she did not want 'some white boy shooting my son or Tasing him,'" according to a Local 6 report.

McCoy said in Juan Lynum's case, there was no racial profiling, Local 6 News reporter Erik von Ancken said. He also said the "white boy" comment was not good for the department. "We do not want to racially profile anyone," McCoy said. "The Orlando Police Department has taken this issue extremely seriously for a number of years."

McCoy said he likes Daisy Lynum and does not need an apology from her. However, others have asked that she apologize. "(Apologize) for what? Lynum said. "I just said it and I say it every day, when did 'white boy' become a racial slur."

Lynum said she will be at another meeting next week to hear more racial profiling complaints.

[Stoat]

Just try calling a black male a "black boy" and see what happens.

[traditional1]

"Just try calling a black male a "black boy" and see what happens.

Amen, bro'...........

[Blue Turtle]

I am offended by that term...it is derogatory and racist. ACLU where are you?

[Sax]

Play that funky music white boy!

[jaydubya2]

Well it is very descriptive...

[Bommer]

"Daisy Lynum later made the comment that she did not want 'some white boy shooting my son or Tasing him,'"

Guess she doesn't want that privledge taken away from a black boy?

[Judith Anne]

And remember, it's the person the term is applied to that gets to decide if it's derogatory--NOT the person using the term.

She needs some sensitivity training. She be a bigot.

[Andonius_99]

don't you know it's a double standard? Once, in high school, a puerto-rican kid called me "white boy" as an insult. I replied and tacked on "brown boy" to the end of my sentence. A teacher overheard the entire situation and, consequently, I got sent to the administrator's office to recieve my punishment while Paco got to stay in the class...nice, huh?

[atomicpossum]

Just don't use the word 'niggardly.'

[American_Centurion]

Never heard the term "black boy", but go ahead and just try calling a black male a "boy" and see where that goes.

[xJones]

Just try calling a black male a "black boy" and see what happens.

It depends on if the caller is also black or not. I've heard blacks call each other by the "n" name and that's okay, but no non-blacks should dare try it.

It's interesting, I wouldn't find anyone calling my son a "white boy" an insult, and I'd LOL if anyone called him a "honkie". "Poor white trash" is about the only perjorative that would anger me.

[Mr. Mojo]

I suspect this black girl would have a different take if someone called Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton "black boy."

[JohnLongIsland]

one person's expletive is another person's daily vocabulary, that's the way of the world.

[31R1O]

Yes and white boy is no more offensive than "you people". Whatever...

[TopoGigio]

LOL!

[Jaxter]

"..when did 'white boy' become a racial slur."

Please, please. We prefer Cracker or Ofay.

[jaydubya2]

No, just shorten it to 'whitey'.

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

If "white boy" or "whitie" is not racist, then neither should "negro" be, because that's just spanish/protugese/latin for black.

[Stoat]

Play that funky music white boy!

 

[massgopguy]

But is he a "Dirty White Boy" or a "Running White Faced City Boy"?