Poll of the Day > Michigan Cop is UPSET she was FIRED over this KAMALA HARRIS Pic!! Is it Racist?

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Sherry Prose, a part time cop in Michigan has been fired after sharing a photo of Joe Biden, Mike Pence, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in a Halloween Photo that started circulating online...and she clais it's NOT RACIST!!

She was terminated when officials became aware of this offensive picture as she's worked for the agency for over 25 YEARS.

Undersheriff Michael McGabe said "We are outraged by this former employee's actions and condemn the behaviour she chose to engage in. These types of incidents are disgusting and will never be tolerated or pushed aside at the sheriff's office"

Revered Dr Wendell Anthony called it racist and says it grows out of the past and a recognition that often is linked to buffoonery and to less than as he believes its intent was purposely structured to diminish and to dilute the significance of the first African American VP

Prose removed it before shutting down her FB completely after one of her FRIENDS shared that picture and said "I worked hard in my law enforcement career and i am proud of the reputation that i earned in my 30 plus years of service. I'm not a racist and never will be as these pictures were not of that intent"

Do you think she did this on purpose and is racist?

The shocking picture -

https://i.imgur.com/pGoXgyg.jpg

Prose - Beggar

https://i.imgur.com/WLwdqWz.jpg
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Lol, this is obviously racist. Can't wait to see how some of our professional spinsters paint it the other way though!

JigsawTDC posted...

Lol, this is obviously racist. Can't wait to see how some of our professional spinsters paint it the other way though!

You are now tracking this topic.

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"i RaN oUt Of PuMpKiNs"

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JigsawTDC posted...

Lol, this is obviously racist. Can't wait to see how some of our professional spinsters paint it the other way though!

@Aaantlion

As a public servant, not being racist is probably a prerequisite so *shrug*

I'm sure someone is going to argue that the people who think it's racial are racist though.

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As a black gay guy this is obviously not racist

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That's racist AF and public servants shouldn't be making political statements like this

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Considering that no actual effort seems to have been made to make a decent jack 'o lantern out of the watermelon, it seems pretty undeniable that the use of the watermelon itself is the focus of that one rather than any possible kind of positive complementary racial acknowledgement. Seriously, the low effort on that face clearly shows contempt.

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So...is this racist because of the 'black people like watermelon stereotype' or is there more to it?

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JigsawTDC posted...

Lol, this is obviously racist. Can't wait to see how some of our professional spinsters paint it the other way though!

Not sure how someone could spin this really or why they would try. Pretty clear cut racism from some nobody redneck cop

VideoboysaysCube posted...

So...is this racist because of the 'black people like watermelon stereotype' or is there more to it?

looks like that's it.

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I'm not entirely sure what "part time cop" means. The picture is obviously racist it doesn't really have any purpose as the faces carved on the fruits don't seem to have any relation to the politicians listed rather the only thing that seems to have any connection is Kamala and watermelon. There are levels to racism and this is pretty low on the ladder.

VideoboysaysCube posted...

So...is this racist because of the 'black people like watermelon stereotype' or is there more to it?

Thats literally it, and its hardly a "shocking picture".

lmao

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Smh

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It's very obviously racist, though pretty mildly so. It had the potential to be an entertaining racist joke (along the lines of "Black Wiis have more storage space"), but it was executed very poorly, and making any sort of joke that's racist against black people is a really bad look for any public servant (especially a cop) to have in the current political climate. I'm okay with firing her for being really bad at reading the room.

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Oh it's definitely racist, but it's also funny as hell.

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How did Arv get modded for trolling seems odd when being civil about something either that or the mods are trying to keep Arv quiet who knows you mods know nothing was wrong about what Arv said and Arvs not stupid enough to dispute it

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Yea this is way too obviously racist.
Anyone that claims this isn't, is a racist.

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Looking at the images alone, I can perceive the comparison. Ignoring the color, a watermelon is not a pumpkin. And kamala, a black-ish (?) woman is not an old, white guy.

As with all tweets, they did not provide enough context to justify the tweet was not racist.

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On one hand I don't think she should be fired for doing something argueably protected by the first amendment.

However leaving her in the position does put the city at liability for a civil liberties lawsuit.

Its a screwed up situation but people need to learn dont scream bigotry in a public forum save it for the Thanksgiving table and blame ambien x alcohol in your system like uncles do

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Carved fruit is NOT racist. It's still funny though, the derp face is spot on.

ScritchOwl posted...

On one hand I don't think she should be fired for doing something argueably protected by the first amendment.

However leaving her in the position does put the city at liability for a civil liberties lawsuit.

Its a screwed up situation but people need to learn dont scream bigotry in a public forum save it for the Thanksgiving table and blame ambien x alcohol in your system like uncles do

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She absolutely should be fired for doing this particular act that is protected by the first amendment. Do you not have any clue what the first amendment does?

Full Throttle posted...

Is it Racist?

I don't see what race has to do with this. However, I doubt Kamala Harris would be fired for carving a depiction of Sherry Prose. So there is some sort of descrimination in firing her.

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Yeah that's obviously racist. She shouldn't be fired though since nobody deserves to be fired for something they did off of work.
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Revelation34 posted...

Yeah that's obviously racist. She shouldn't be fired though since nobody deserves to be fired for something they did off of work.

the problem here is being racist is a serious detriment to being able to do her job effectively so hell yeah get her ass out of there

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Revelation34 posted...

Yeah that's obviously racist. She shouldn't be fired though since nobody deserves to be fired for something they did off of work.

This is one of the more bizarre things you have posted.

Revelation34 posted...

Yeah that's obviously racist. She shouldn't be fired though since nobody deserves to be fired for something they did off of work.

What if they get a DUI and their job involves driving?

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Kamala is not really a Black Woman, so its not racist. (Wouldnt be racist anyway.)

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VideoboysaysCube posted...

So...is this racist because of the 'black people like watermelon stereotype'

I've seriously never heard this before, can someone elaborate?
I seriously don't get it.

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Fierce_Deity_08 posted...

Kamala is not really a Black Woman

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Fierce_Deity_08 posted...

Wouldnt be racist anyway

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TheSlinja posted...

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I think he's just saying something racist for attention.

Ferarri619 posted...

I've seriously never heard this before, can someone elaborate?
I seriously don't get it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-watermelons-became-a-racist-trope/383529/

Metalsonic66 posted...

What if they get a DUI and their job involves driving?

I was too lazy to post it earlier but if you're arrested it would make sense to lose your job.
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JigsawTDC posted...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-watermelons-became-a-racist-trope/383529/

Interesting. I guess it is a USA thing because I've never heard about that until now.

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Ferarri619 posted...

Interesting. I guess it is a USA thing because I've never heard about that until now.

I don't think it's that prevalent in the US either as the only place I see it brought up is on the internet.
From the reaction I would have assumed the opposite, that one particular race just doesn't like watermelon.

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Yeah, I live in NY, and this topic is the only time I've ever heard of any kind of watermelon stereotype. As far as I've seen, watermelon has always been associated with summer, picnics, beach parties, etc. Seems a really weird thing to use to attack other races with.

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I think I have only heard the watermelon stereotype brought up in High School (immature) or Job Corps (where 80% of the people were black).

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BlackScythe0 posted...

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She absolutely should be fired for doing this particular act that is protected by the first amendment. Do you not have any clue what the first amendment does?

Ok then let me explain this. She worked for the state. The specfic body was law enforcement. Sow in this very specific iteration the law penelized her for her extremely shitty opinion. So yes it is a very obvious example of the first amendment. However there is a caveat in that this also allows companies to have moral clauses that can get you fired (chikafila) however state agencies tend not get the morale code hence reason trump and most of congress are allowed to operate.

So yeah she should be protected by the first ammendment purely in the context that the first ammendment was written in a way to permit racism and sorely needs to be updated as alot of the current constitution needs to be updated as certain terms and concepts did not exist as of its writing.

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Yeah the orange Trump and pumpkin thing is a bit too on the nose.

Ferarri619 posted...

Interesting. I guess it is a USA thing because I've never heard about that until now.

It is for the most part. It's also a rather outdated stereotype (alongside "black people love fried chicken and black-eyed peas") and doesn't really have any relevance to today's culture (most people like watermelon and fried chicken and we don't inherently associate them with poverty/black people in the modern era much anymore) so it tends to only come up when you're confronted with someone who is brazenly old-school racist. It's rarity in today's era is precisely why it's standing out to so many posters as being really racist, because you have to be a special kind of dumb-fuck to simultaneously be aware of this idiocy and then choose to perpetuate it.

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ScritchOwl posted...

Ok then let me explain this. She worked for the state. The specfic body was law enforcement. Sow in this very specific iteration the law penelized her for her extremely shitty opinion. So yes it is a very obvious example of the first amendment. However there is a caveat in that this also allows companies to have moral clauses that can get you fired (chikafila) however state agencies tend not get the morale code hence reason trump and most of congress are allowed to operate.

So yeah she should be protected by the first ammendment purely in the context that the first ammendment was written in a way to permit racism and sorely needs to be updated as alot of the current constitution needs to be updated as certain terms and concepts did not exist as of its writing.

This argument makes no sense. By extension, going out in public and yelling the N word or other legal (but derogatory) things at black Americans shouldn't lead to being let go from the force.

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Clench281 posted...

This argument makes no sense. By extension, going out in public and yelling the N word or other legal (but derogatory) things at black Americans shouldn't lead to being let go from the force.

Technically thats the truth. Why do you think Ilhan Omar of MN wasnt fired over her anti semitic outburst. Technically hate speech is legal and that is what is the problem. Atleast in germany you can face criminal prosecution if you try to deny the Holocaust. In american its just telling your drunk uncle to shut up and eat the turkey.

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ScritchOwl posted...

Why do you think Ilhan Omar of MN wasnt fired over her anti semitic outburst

lol

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ScritchOwl posted...

Why do you think Ilhan Omar of MN wasnt fired over her anti semitic outburst.

lol

ScritchOwl posted...

Ok then let me explain this. She worked for the state. The specfic body was law enforcement. Sow in this very specific iteration the law penelized her for her extremely shitty opinion. So yes it is a very obvious example of the first amendment. However there is a caveat in that this also allows companies to have moral clauses that can get you fired (chikafila) however state agencies tend not get the morale code hence reason trump and most of congress are allowed to operate.

So yeah she should be protected by the first ammendment purely in the context that the first ammendment was written in a way to permit racism and sorely needs to be updated as alot of the current constitution needs to be updated as certain terms and concepts did not exist as of its writing.

She wasn't jailed or fined her first amendment rights were not violated.

That watermelon jack-o-lantern is AWESOME

BlackScythe0 posted...

lol

She wasn't jailed or fined her first amendment rights were not violated.

Loss of employment. Yeah kinda was.

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ScritchOwl posted...

Loss of employment. Yeah kinda was.

The only way this applies is police are government agencies paid by taxes. So being fired would be protected under the First Amendment due to speech. She probably waived that right after not doubling down on the racism by claiming it wasn't racist therefore would lose any civil lawsuit.
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ScritchOwl posted...

Loss of employment. Yeah kinda was.

My words were clear, smearing shit on a wall doesn't make things into a "kinda."