Hey, just because you use the N word doesn’t mean you’re a racist. At least that what the “N-word” using county commissioner said in his “apology” about, you know letting that racial slur just slip out all accidental like at a public meeting in Saline County, Kansas.
Saline County Commissioner Jim Gile (R) used the term “nigger-rigging” during a commission discussion April 2 about hiring an architect to work on a county building, the Salina Journal reported on Saturday. […]
In a recording made by County Clerk Don Merriman of the study session, Gile, who is white, can be heard to say the county needed to hire an architect to design the improvements rather than “nigger-rigging it.”
His comment brought laughter from others in the room. Salinan Ray Hruska, who attends most commission meetings and study sessions, asked Gile what he said.
“Afro-Americanized,” Gile replied. […]
“I am not a prejudiced person,” Gile told the Salina Journal. “I have built Habitat homes for colored people.”
I’m sure all the “colored” folks you helped out are glad to hear that Jim-boy. Not.
Salinan Christina Humphrey spoke passionately, chastising Gile for using “the most horrible word in the English Language”. She said that the use of the n – word “tells of a time of hatred and ugliness in our nation, and it hurts my heart”. She said that in order to lead, a leader must have the faith of those being led. She concluded that she has lost that faith, and asked him to resign.
Judy Larsen of Salina also spoke. She told Gile that “what comes from a man’s mouth, comes from his heart”. She also asked for his resignation.
Gile concluded by again apologizing, and then personally apologizing to Humphrey.
Afterwards Humphrey told KSAL News that she is going to continue to push for Gile to resign. She said that if he does not, she will consider beginning a petition campaign for Gile to be recalled. “I hope that it doesn’t come to that” she added.
Lucky for you you live in a 89% white/3% black county in rural Kansas, so there’s a good chance a recall campaign will never get off the ground. A decent man would resign as a sign of atonement, but something tells me that ain’t gonna happen in your case.
