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Old 10-07-2017, 08:54 PM
 
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Would a blue bow have been properly manly then and made it OK?
I have no idea.

 
Old 10-07-2017, 08:55 PM
 
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No doubt -- grown men of any race should be able to handle the watermelon and the bow.

I still say there is something we aren't being told here.
 
Old 10-07-2017, 08:55 PM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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It sure does seem like a ridiculous excuse to fire someone.

I mean - -punish him with sensitivity training or something like that but to fire him....I still say -- there has to be more to this story.
Hold up there professor.

Sensitivity training is a form of punishment????

WTH?

I thought it was to educate folks on diversity and train them to be sensitive to the needs of different groups.

You know if your fellow lefties hear this they're going to find out where you work and get you canned?
 
Old 10-07-2017, 08:55 PM
 
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He told the news station it wasn't a joke.

If it was a joke, what was the joke?
Hmmm... It was a joke. He’s trying the CYA method.
 
Old 10-07-2017, 08:57 PM
 
Location: Liberal Coast
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I have no idea.
Then what the heck do you keep going on about the pink bow for? Get a grip, not everything is racist. Most people think of watermelon as being tasty, and maybe it was on sale. I'm still waiting on my list of different foods which can't be given to different races of people.
 
Old 10-07-2017, 08:57 PM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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Hmmm... It was a joke. He’s trying the CYA method.
Pink bows indicate all gifts are jokes?
 
Old 10-07-2017, 08:58 PM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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then what the heck do you keep going on about the pink bow for? Get a grip, not everything is racist. Most people think of watermelon as being tasty, and maybe it was on sale. I'm still waiting on my list of different foods which can't be given to different races of people.
exactly.
 
Old 10-07-2017, 08:58 PM
 
Location: Suburb of Chicago
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It doesn’t further the stereotype joke. It furthers the I’m clowning my new co-workers joke.
And I think he would have put the pink bow on a box of donuts. The bow was the joke. I don't think the watermelon was, I think it was just an oversight.

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Oh crap. I forgot.

Back to putting pins in my voodoo dolls of white devils...

*sinister laugh*

I hope those white devils have orange hair and not brown hair with a few silver hairs starting to come through.
 
Old 10-07-2017, 08:58 PM
 
Location: Newport Beach, California
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Maybe it is just a gift for everybody to enjoy. No more no less.

He said it wasn't a joke, he said he didn't mean to offend anybody.

The fact is that he brought a watermelon as a gift and he got fired. If you think this is normal, you are the one who is not very sharp.
 
Old 10-07-2017, 08:59 PM
 
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Then what the heck do you keep going on about the pink bow for? Get a grip, not everything is racist. Most people think of watermelon as being tasty, and maybe it was on sale. I'm still waiting on my list of different foods which can't be given to different races of people.

Because the bow was pink, which is unusual for a guy-to-guy gift. Is this difficult for you to follow?
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