{"id":5417,"date":"2008-09-19T12:21:33","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T17:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=5417"},"modified":"2008-09-19T11:04:23","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T16:04:23","slug":"slurricane_ike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/19\/slurricane_ike\/","title":{"rendered":"Slur-ricane Ike: Stress Brings out the Worst in People?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the comments section<\/a> of Ennis’ post on the GOP’s efforts to reach out to minorities indicates, many of us saw the video below on ABC News last night. I know I wasn’t the only one who immediately hit rewind, out of a combination of incredulity and astonishment.<\/p>\n\n

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Natural disasters are awful and over-worked, frazzled law enforcement officials are under much strain, but that still doesn’t justify ignorant reactions like the one captured above. I wonder if that same cop instructed other drivers who annoyed him or “talked back” to perhaps return to Africa or England? I’m thinking not.<\/p>\n\n

Reader Suede wrote in to the tip line, with this update:<\/p>\n\n

3:40am PST.<\/blockquote>\n\n
World News Now on ABC 7<\/blockquote>\n\n
Vinita Nair and her co-host are covering a story about the devastation in Texas, and they show a clip about how cops are turning people back and not letting them return.<\/blockquote>\n\n
The clip begins with a guy (desi) in a car arguing with the cop who is not letting him go through. The cop finally tells him “go back to India”. After the clip, Vinita didn’t just shove the comment under the rug, but instead, she was shocked and raised her concern about the trooper’s comments.<\/blockquote>\n\n

Go Vinita! As a massive insomniac (who grew up in a home with no cable), I have always loved WNN<\/a>— I even list it under my favorite TV shows, on my facebook profile ;). Now that the beautiful and brainy Ms. Nair is co-anchoring it, consider me a rabid fan. Yay for calling out stupidity and not glossing over the truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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