Ghetto Stylin’

You do have to wonder what Miami City officials were smoking when they came up with this brilliant idea:

Miami city leaders are apologizing for a news release that invited summer campers to a ”Ghetto Style Talent Show” and ”Watermelon Eating Contest.”
The release said that children participating in the summer camp who “know the meaning of ghetto style” would have a chance to “prove just how ghetto they are.”

And far be it from me to get in a Scripture-Quoting Contest with the esteemed Rev. Carl Johnson, but I just don’t seem to recall this part:

“Watermelon, back in the days, was a good food for African Americans, according to the Bible, but at the same time, it had an attachment with slavery and bondage ties,” the Rev. Carl Johnson said.

Idjits.

4 Responses to “Ghetto Stylin’”

1. Ken Summers says:

   July 27, 2005 at 10:34 am

   What? No tap dancing?

2. Mr. Bingley says:

   July 27, 2005 at 10:35 am

   I heard Bojangles was hired as the caterer.

3. tree hugging sister says:

   July 27, 2005 at 2:09 pm

   A DEAD MAN?! Oh well hell, they vote there so why not let ’em dance, too?

4. Ken Summers says:

   July 27, 2005 at 2:34 pm

   Dead people also vote in Chicago too, but at least they have the decency not to vote in two states.