Posted on 07/08/2013 4:30:37 PM PDT by tobyhill
A tractor pulling a cart full of watermelons bearing a racially charged sign stirred controversy at a small town Fourth of July parade last week.
‘White history month,’ was emblazoned on the side of farmer Donnie Spell’s float in a Hope Mills, North Carolina parade Thursday. The sign also read ‘HUG WTE PPL.’
And as is chugged along the parade route waving a Confederate Flag, many residents took offense to the racial implications.
Hope Mills Director of Parks and Recreation Kenny Bullock oversaw the parade entries. He told WNCN there was no mention of the signs on Spell’s float application.
According to Bullock, Spell only listed that he’d be parading with 8-10 antique tractors, one with a trailer of watermelons for sale.
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We must be very very very respectful toward “Black History Month.” Television stations, Google, school districts and universities must commemorate it. Typically, the commemorative activities mostly involve displaying the words “Black History Month” in public places.
We must also condemn anyone who utters the words “White History Month” because they are obviously a racist. We hate racists, who don’t deserve to be treated as human beings.
And the problem is? I suggest White History quarters. After all, we do have “white privledge” don’t we?
“and I had to sit there in the parade and explain to my son what that
Yes, “what that” can be very traumatizing. I hope I never experience a what that
As opposed to the none who take offense at black history month?
I have a feeling we’re going to see more incidents like this.
The screaming media says racially charged. I say simply droll.
The fuss isn’t being raised by the farmer, and the watermelon allusion is not even clear. Maybe it’s supposed to mean that white people raised most of the watermelons produced in America?
Most people who do things like this these days aren't the stone cold racists of the old days (who, by the way, were always Dems). They are people pointing out the unequal treatment of the races wherein "Black History Month" is OK but "White History Month" is not. But in our PC culture, none of that matters. He has a "White History" float, ergo, he is an evil racist.
Great.. Which month? I’m dying to hear about what they will say the real American History is all about.. I’m not looking forward to what the media will say.. :)
Oh, I take great offense at black history month.
I also take great offense at Kwanzaa.
Obama's pretty offensive - so's his wife.
Jessee Jackson, Al Sharpton - offensive, offensive.
Holder, Uber Offensive.
Oh, don't get me started...
Now THATS moxie!!
why stop at 1 month?
LOL, I think you already started but with well-made points
Is this fellow a racist? According to the liberals, you can only be a racist if you are a member of a superior race.
How is the farmer “courting controversy”? If there was a float labeled “Black History Month”, would that be “controversial” also? If not, why not? Questions the Daily Mail should answer just to clarify if they are racists or not.
This is the response of the “white envy” crowd every time some white guy tries to be proud of his heritage.
If not for “whitey”:
she would be living in a mud floored, banana leaf thatched roof hut in some place without running water or sewage.
she would not be driving a car
She would never know what an airplane was
she would be toothless at 24, and probably dead at 30
she would have to keep rapists from the neighboring village at bay with a bat or machete
but most likely, she would be a slave for some izlamist.
White people changed the world, and brought the rest of these ingrates with them. White people have NOTHING, NOT ONE THING TO FEEL GUILTY FOR.
But, the ones who “invented” this anti white, bigoted, extremist idea of “white privileged,” are themselves guilty of the terminal gut rotting hatred of “WHITE ENVY.”
This bigotry known as “white privilege” is nothing more than an excuse for certain ethnicity’s failure to achieve and produce.
Interestingly, Asians and Indians NEVER suffered this idiocy. They just said: “Hey, if whitey can do it, so can we.”
At one time, India was on par with Africa. At one time China was on par with Africa. So WTF happened?
This stupid woman is poisoning her son.
If he had a sign that said “Creepy White Cracker Month” there would be no problem.
This poor lug must have been under the impression that just because other groups can have Black History Month, Hispanic Congressional Caucus, Asian lobbying groups, etc. that whites can do likewise.
What kind of racist logic is that?
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