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  • Activists vow to make Kinky pay

    09/09/2006 10:12:24 AM PDT · by Snickering Hound · 75 replies · 1,725+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | 9-9-06 | ALLAN TURNER
    Seething at what they consider racist slurs against African-Americans displaced by Hurricane Katrina, activists here Friday took verbal aim at gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman and west Houston residents who last week urged city officials to send evacuees back home. "The nerve of the white man to talk about shipping anyone anywhere," Houston activist Quanell X told a small group of reporters and the public Friday at a Texas Southern University news conference. "This is disgraceful." His comments came as local and New Orleans activists gathered in Houston to craft a response to the comments, which they said smeared the estimated...