Posted on 02/02/2016 2:14:13 PM PST by BBell
Andre Perry, a New Orleans education consultant, said he was shocked on Sunday (Jan. 31) afternoon when he noticed that his 5-year-old son had caught a necklace of Mardi Gras beads studded with plastic Confederate flags, thrown from a float in the Krewe of Carrollton parade.
"When I noticed what he caught," Perry wrote in a text message, "I took them away from him."
Perry, who is African-American, said that he later did his best to help his son understand the implications of the symbol. He also posted a photo of the beads on his social media account, which attracted a flurry of sympathetic responses.
Perry said that he and his son were watching the parade from the Gallier Hall stands, at the invitation of the mayor's office. He suspects that since the beads were tossed at the place where Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who was not present, often greets parades, the gesture may have been a comment on the mayor's proposal to remove Confederate monuments from the New Orleans landscape.
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"I want this to be a place where he is welcome," he said. "But they're throwing hate at us."
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“Perry, who is African-American, said that he later did his best to help his son understand the implications of the symbol.”
...Even though Perry didn’t understand what the symbol means himself...
At least no black gangbangers shot them.
“Perry, who is African-American, said that he later did his best to help his son understand the implications of the symbol”
I wonder if Perry’s head would hurt after State’s Rights were explained to him...
What kind of idiot take the kids to Mardi gras?
The flag was offensive but the hookers and drunks were a okay
Show us your sense!
Dang, at my age, I am too old to put up with Mardi Gras foolishness anymore, but I sure wish I’d caught beads like that.
I would like to have some. Wonder who makes them?
I thought of a new phrase to describe the Lefties:
“Left Whingers”
“Left Whinge politics”
“Vast Left Left Whinge Conspiracy”
Ditto.
“Perry, who is African-American, said that he later did his best to help his son understand the implications of the symbol. “
And he probably got it totally wrong.
Grow up.
Or leave.
The kid will be marked for life. Put him in an institution for his own good!
My Gaydar is pinging big time.
Race of professional victims finds something to bitch about and get the MSM to goo goo at.
Racist Blacks.
From the looks of the father, I would be willing to bet that has already happened.
..So stupid it actually makes my head hurt.â€
No kidding. I’m reaching for some Tramadol as we speak...
If that doesn’t work, try some damitol.
sarc/
Quick google search: https://mardigrasimports.com/category-fancy-beads/category-fancy-beads-flag-beads/6PC-REBEL-FLAG-2200-K131
Clock Boy, now Bead Boy ... fake agitation and victim signalling.
Thanks. I’ll order some. Such a great idea.
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