http://www.citizensugar.com/ Breaking News, Together. en http://www.citizensugar.com/1535542 <p>I don't know if it's just me, but every news story I read today is another tale of people getting bent out of shape. Have we built a culture of super sensitivity, or are there just so many things to object to nowadays? To the evidence!<br /> <span class="inline left"><img src="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/10/104169/15_2008/absolutead.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image right preview" height="335" width="250"></span><span class="inline left"><img src="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/10/104169/15_2008/absolut2_0.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image preview" height="335" width="250"></span></p> <ul> <li>Barack Obama's campaign has just persuaded a delegate <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/883120,CST-NWS-trustee08.article" target="_blank">to step down</a> after she was ticketed for describing her neighbor's children's behavior using the word, "monkeys." The kids were playing in the tree next door to her house. According to police, the woman "came outside and told the children to quit playing in the tree like monkeys." The woman says she didn't want the children to get hurt, and she even calls her own grandchildren "monkeys." Why the ticket and her banishment as a delegate? The children were African American. Obama's campaign called her use of the word monkey "divisive and unacceptable."</li> </ul> <p>There's more offensive evidence if you'll just </p> <p><a href="http://www.citizensugar.com/1535542">read more</a></p> http://www.citizensugar.com/1535542#comment Absolut Barack Obama Check This Controversy culture Racism Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:00:40 -0700 CitizenSugar http://www.citizensugar.com/1535542