Caught on tape, white man misbehaving:
A diversity training video has drawn a complaint from a Denver city employee who claims its unfavorable portrayal of whites amounts to “institutional racism.” A city official said Tuesday it was suspending use of the video.
The video titled, “Laughing Matters — Think About It,” features a white, blue-collar worker named Billy who’s portrayed as racist, sexist, and clueless while illustrating inappropriate humor.
“Diversity, to me, doesn’t mean hammer the white guy,” said Dennis Supple, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning mechanic who said he’s considering filing a lawsuit. “Diversity means you have respect for everyone, regardless of their race, their gender, their religion, their sexual orientation.”
City Councilman Charlie Brown said he’s also offended by the video and has written a letter to Mayor John Hickenlooper questioning the use of the video.
“The only thing left out was the white plumber’s crack when (the actor) bends over to work,” he said.
The 8-minute video was developed by the city’s Diversity Advisory Committee and the city’s cable channel. Kathy Maloney, a spokeswoman for the Career Service Authority, said the video is part of a one- to three-hour discussion that is moderated by a trainer, who is supposed to make clear that no one group is being targeted.
The white plumber’s crack? I think there were enough cracks in that video already, harharhar.
Huh-huh huh… He said “Hickenlooper” …
Hickenlooper ? I am sure that nobody ever made fun of this guy when he was a kid. Never.
Come on, it is perfectly acceptable to call white christian males damn near anything. We are a scourge. A pock mark on humanity. A zit on the nutsack of the world. Just kidding. Except for timmah and Caric. They are.
Why is Whitey always playing the race card?
Hickenlooper?
John Hickenlooper?
Of the Denver Hickenloopers?
Don’t fuck with this guy. There’s a saying in Denver: “When you mess with the Hickenloopers, you mess with DEATH!!”.
OT to Thin Man: Hey, I finished the whole first season of HBO’s ROME.. You were right.. It did pick up steam as it progressed.. It was violent, vulgar, bawdy and in some parts , disgusting.. I thoroughly enjoyed it.. (even if the all British cast did remind me of characters from “Are you being served ?” at times..)
I’m on to season two..
Similarly irreverent.. check out that other motherfucking, cocksucking HBO original, “Deadwood” .. 1876 in the Black Hills.. Drinking, whoring, gambling, cussing and killing.. Ahhh Good times.. (and they have a good intro to boot, Happyfeet..)
Never go in against a Hickenlooper when death’s on the line…
Corporate educational videos aim for the 75 IQ audience.
It can be nasty? You mean like when some spear-chukker calls a cracker a faggot?
Corporate educational videos are a couple orders of magnitude superior to public sector educational videos. The last one I saw was being played on a reel-to-reel projector, ironically, onto a HD screen. I think I was the only person in the room that found that incredibly humorous.
If you are a Hickenlooper, does that mean your ancestors were caddies for the Hicken family?
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said a Mr. R. van Winkle, rubbing his eyes sleepily.
CHICKENLOOPER!
Hickenlooper.Hickenlooper.Hickenlooper.HickHicHickenlooper.kenlooper.enlooper.Hickenlooper.Hickenlooper.Hickenlooper.Hickenlooper.Hickenlooper.
If Ian Fleming had read JD’s comment, the book about the flying car would have had a different title.
I kind of want to hang out with the guy in the yellow vest. Is that wrong?
Anyone ever hear the end of the Pollack and Midget joke? Anyone?
Why does every topic lead back to midgets at some point?
Gravity.
Who knew that Charlie Brown went into politics when he grew up?
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