"Stupid dirty girl"

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by ladysycamore

*sigh, I know I shouldn't, but...*

But see, if they hadn't said ANYTHING, then all would have been right with the world. They made a mistake, and I see nothing wrong with them backing off because the child isn't white. There are plenty of child advocate groups that can surely come forward (and would have made more sense for them to respond to the comments anyway, IMO). Oh well.

No, actually you should. What is the Cellar for if not that?

But I wanted to say that I interpreted wolf's post (as well as the underlying fact) a little differently. I found it interesting that the NAACP assumed she was black solely on the basis of her name. I thought folks weren't supposed to make assumptions like that - I'll even go out on a limb and say that they would criticise someone for making a similar error.

But I agree that it makes no sense for the NAACP to expend its resources defending a white person (child or grownup). That implies, in theory at least, that at least one black person who needed representation wouldn't get it - a much bigger screw up, imho.