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TexasTowelie

(116,556 posts)
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 02:14 AM Feb 2015

Roswell Newspaper Suggests Blacks And Latinos Should Leave Town

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An editorial cartoon published by the Roswell Daily Record questions the merit of naming local street names after national civil rights figures.


Well, the above cartoon should clear up any confusion, Mexicans should head to California because César Chávez is from there and blacks should go to Atlanta because it's Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthplace.

Like the cartoon tried to clear up confusion, so did an unnamed staffer on the Roswell Daily Record's Facebook page, saying the editorial cartoon actually references a hyper-local street-naming issue in Alien City.

"The intent was that just as Larry Bird has no connection to Roswell, neither do MLK nor César Chávez. The cartoonist meant that if we are going to have honorary street signs, the individuals named on those signs should have connections to Roswell. The intent of the cartoon was that the idea of renaming streets here in Roswell is mostly considered superfluous," according to a newspaper staffer.

Larry Bird also stands as no comparison to Chávez or King, neither of whom ever earned an NBA championship ring, though they influenced society for the better as champions of civil rights.

Read more: http://www.sacurrent.com/Blogs/archives/2015/02/20/roswell-newspaper-suggests-blacks-and-latinos-should-leave-town
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Roswell Newspaper Suggests Blacks And Latinos Should Leave Town (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2015 OP
To no one's surprise, Kieth Bell is a right-wing derfus Scootaloo Feb 2015 #1
I think it's time for the Aliens to return newfie11 Feb 2015 #2
Why were the pointers and number of miles NOT dropped off the draft? DhhD Mar 2015 #3
 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
1. To no one's surprise, Kieth Bell is a right-wing derfus
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 03:07 AM
Feb 2015

I'd post more examples here, except 1) they're loathsome, and 2) they're frikkin yooge

newfie11

(8,159 posts)
2. I think it's time for the Aliens to return
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 03:45 AM
Feb 2015

The real Aliens and this time have a better landing.
Then the bigots can see real aliens!

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