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Steve Martin Apologizes for Racist Joke, Deletes Tweet
Salon ^ | FRIDAY, DEC 20, 2013

Posted on 12/21/2013 5:55:40 PM PST by nickcarraway

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Martin was bantering with Twitter followers and turning their grammar questions into jokes when he was asked “is this how you spell lasonia?”

His response: “It depends. Are you in an African-American restaurant or at an Italian restaurant.”

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To: nickcarraway
Apparently Lasonia is a brand of women's shoes.

Using Ixquick image search, once you get past the shoes, there are at least 11 images showing black females named Lasonia.

Steve Martin seems to be defining racism differently than I do. Perhaps he should clarify what was so offensive about his tweet. I'm sure those women don't want to be branded as racists. Does Martin think that Lasonia shoes should be boycotted?

41 posted on 12/21/2013 10:13:22 PM PST by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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To: Ditter

My Mom worked at a public school where one of the students’ Mom said the doctor named her daughter. The name he picked was Fee-mal-lay (Female) Brown. It was on the card on the baby’s bassinet. This was in the mid 70’s.


42 posted on 12/21/2013 10:22:23 PM PST by 5thGenTexan
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