(Black) Representative apologizes to governor for 'Mexican' remark

The Santa Fe New Mexican ^ | December 15, 2011 | Steve Terrell

[CedarDave]

A contrite state House Democratic Whip Sheryl Williams Stapleton made an apology Thursday to Gov. Susana Martinez for an outburst at the Capitol this week in which she accused a Republican lawmaker of "carrying the Mexican's water on the fourth floor."

"I lost it, ladies and gentlemen," Stapleton, D-Albuquerque, told reporters at a news conference Thursday. Stapleton, whose demeanor normally is spirited, spoke softly. At times during the conference, her voice sounded as if it were about to break. "I expect more of myself," she said. "This is not my character."

Stapleton, the first black woman elected to the Legislature, was surrounded at the conference by several supporters, all Hispanic, some of whom told reporters Stapleton is no racist.

The incident occurred Wednesday during a break of the Legislative Education Study Committee. Stapleton confronted Rep. Nora Espinoza, R-Roswell, who recently had been interviewed on a KRQE-TV investigative report about Stapleton, a school administrator, being paid by Albuquerque Public Schools while she was in Santa Fe at legislative sessions, which at the time was a violation of the district's policy.

[CedarDave]

... Stapleton is no racist.

That's right, only whites are allowed to be racist in the Obama world order.

[CedarDave]

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[T-Bird45]

Indeed — I’m catching a whiff of odeur de caca. Stress brings out the elements of reality we normally are able to suppress.

[Uri’el-2012]

Stapleton, the first black woman elected to the Legislature, was surrounded at the conference by several supporters, all Hispanic, some of whom told reporters Stapleton is no racist.

Like most Demoncrats, she is at her very core: a Racist.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Stapleton & Michelle Obama, birds of a feather, they belong together!!! America Haters & Black Racists Galore!!! End of Story!!! Hispanics, wake-up, these Obamabots are not your friends, nor allies!!! Be nice like us White folks, and when the Obama hate mongers speak, you better join us in the back of the bus, or......you’ll soon be thrown under the wheels of the bus by Dictator Obama and his hateful minions. But.....don’t feel too bad, millions of Black Americans are being treated the same way by Obama, the Congressional Black Caucus and NAACP!!! Go figure!!!

[Paine in the Neck]

"This is not my character."

Seems it is your character; that's why the words came out of your mouth. [Stapleton, not you CD]

[Old Sarge]

Blacks are more racist than Whites.

~ Larry Elder, "The Ten Things You Can't Say in America"

[DPMD]

“This is not my character.”

Yes it is.

[Conservative Vet]

Imagine if the Republican Governor said the same thing about blacks.

Interesting article. I was born in New Mexico and put up for adoption. The language in my records stated my father (who died before I was born) was “Anglo” and my mother as “Spanish”. I did a search twenty years ago and my biological family indeed prefer Spanish because they traced the family tree all the way back to Spain in the late 16th century, but they aren’t offended by the term “Mexican”. By the way this is one reason I’m skeptical of the Obama birth certificate. “African” was not used officially at that time. “Negro” was the official term in 1960.

[CedarDave]

Image at the New Mexico story (not the most flattering):

[CedarDave]

Stapleton said she wasn't aware until later that sometimes in New Mexico, calling someone a "Mexican" can be taken as a pejorative. Many Hispanics in Northern New Mexico, especially older people and those who can trace their ancestry to Spain, refer to themselves as "Spanish."

She's an educator and not aware of Northern NM heritage? Give me a break.

"I'm a Latina, just like her," Stapleton said. "I'm a Latina, just like her," Stapleton said. Martinez is of Mexican American heritage. Stapleton's roots are in the Caribbean — the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

O.k. Do female slave descendants in the Caribbean call themselves "Latina"? I've never heard that. Someone educate me here.

[Maverick68]

racist bithc....

[jagusafr]

Nah, she woulda said Meskin.../s

[Da Coyote]

“... “I expect more of myself,” she said...”

Since she is a dim-bulb-crat, we know exactly what to expect of her...stupidity, real racism, and proof that were it not for political positions, she could not support herself.

[Gargantua]

Blacks are the worst, most bigoted racists in America, followed by the Chinese at number 2 and Hispanics at number 3. Caucasians are the least-bigoted racial group in America, by a huge margin.

;-\

[muir_redwoods]

Couldn’t have happened or it didn’t mean anything; she’s a democrat. I blame George Bush.

[ExCTCitizen]

Stapleton, the first black woman elected to the Legislature, was surrounded at the conference by several supporters, all Hispanic, some of whom told reporters Stapleton is no racist.

nope...she ain't. Only Republicans (White, Black, Asian or Hispanics) can be.

[Levante]

is that a dude?