Nah, bro, I don't facebook...
Even though in this situation, I am glad that they person resigned from their job. Anyone who reads the blog knows how I feel about Facebook. It is becoming like the Borg of our society.
By joining Facebook, you join us....
Sometimes, I do feel powerless, as everyone I know is on Facebook, except for Ronin and myself. I mean, I do see the benefits of Facebook, but for the benefits, you have to take the detriments as well, and they are too extreme for me. For instance, using facebook can get you fired, just ask Lee Landor.
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s deputy press secretary has abruptly resigned after spending time at the office railing against Barack Obama and defending racial profiling on her Facebook account, following the controversial arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates last week.
Lee Landor, who joined Stringer’s staff several months ago, first posted a link to a news report on President Obama’s remark that the Cambridge police had “acted stupidly” in arresting Gates. She commented on the incident, writing that “the situation got ‘out of hand’ because Gates is a racist, not because the officer was DOING HIS JOB!”
Well, Ms. Landor, had you been doing your job, you wouldn’t have to resign, and become a story yourself on the news. IF I had a facebook account, I would post this story to my wall. (Of course, I would wait until I got home to do it…)
The comments were posted at 11:43 a.m. on Friday, July 24, while Landor was apparently working in the borough president’s office. That same day, she posted to Stringer’s official government blog about a plan the borough president had proposed for reviving mayoral control of the city’s public schools.
Landor defended her initial remark in subsequent comments on the page posted at 12:32 p.m. the same day, adding that “racial profiling does exist, but for good reason. Take a look at this country’s jails: who makes up the majority of inmates? Exactly.”
I am waiting for you to make the next argument about look who is on welfare…exactly. (For those of us not in the know, it’s whites who make up the largest population of people on welfare)
Now, if you just look at some stats, it might prove Ms. Landor’s point. From the Bureau of Justice
Highlights include the following:
- On June 30, 2006, an estimated 4.8% of black men were in prison or jail, compared to 1.9% of Hispanic men and 0.7% of white men.
- For the 12 months ending June 30, 2006, State systems reported a larger increase than the Federal system in the number of inmates housed in private prisons.
- Between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006, the number of persons held in local jails increased 2.5% to reach 766,010 inmates, the lowest growth since the 1.6% increase in mid-year 2001
But, what she fails to realize is that even though Black Men (the target group she hates) represent almost 5 percent of the total population of men who identity as black, we only make up less than 7 percent of the TOTAL population. Whites in America make up 80 percent of the overall population in America. Let’s do some simple math. The population of the U.S. is about 307 million people. For conveinence sake, let’s make it 300 million. Also, let’s assume an even gender split as well. So, 120 million Americans are White Males. From that population, 0.7 percent find themselves behind bars. 840,000 white males are behind bars.
6.5 percent of the population of America would identify themselves as Black. So, roughly 19.5 million men in America are black. 4.7% of the population are behind bars, which is roughly 900,000 black males are behind bars. So, the total numbers are pretty equal. So, what are we to take from Ms. Landors statements? Draw your own conclusions, but, I am going to go with she is a certified racist, whether she self identifies as on or not…
this is where reperations should start....
The comments were made in Facebook posts traded with two other people, neither of whom are government employees, and one of whom is apparently related to Landor.
Landor also referred to the president as “O-dumb-a,” and said that “Black people, Hispanic people, Indian people, Asian people, whoever, are being over-the-top racists in recent weeks, as highlighted in the media since the Sotomayor-New Haven issue.” She was apparently referring to the case in which Sonia Sotomayor ruled that the New Haven Fire Department had the right to cancel a test determining promotions within the department because no black firefighters passed.
So, basically everyone but whites are racists. Yup, I got it. You want to preserve white privilege…why wouldn’t you? I like privilege as much as the next person…it was a broad sweeping brush that this racist used to paint her picture of woe…
It's just easier to say this...At least then her racism wouldn't be cloaked in a false air of academia and polite society. Just get gritty and grimey and say what is really on your mind. I can respect that approach...
In a statement issued late Monday evening, Dick Riley, Stringer’s communications director, said the borough president had accepted Landor’s resignation, effective immediately.
“Ms. Landor’s comments were totally inappropriate and in direct contradiction to the views of the borough president and his office,” Riley said in the statement.
Landor did not return messages left on her cell phone seeking comment.
Landor’s Facebook profile, which could be viewed by people beyond her selected “friends” network (including others in government) through Monday afternoon, was apparently deleted after Riley was reached out of the office on Monday evening for comment. Screen shots of the comments had already been obtained by City Hall.
This is what I don’t get. If you are not ashamed of the things that you write on the wall or in comments (or however it works, since I don’t have it) then why would you delete them later? I only get rid of the things that I am ashamed of, or know that the subject matter is inappropiate.
Michael Hardy, an attorney for the National Action Network, had called for Lander to be fired immediately.
“If this statement is accurate, then this person should be terminated from the office if [Lander] made the statement during [her] government service,” he said in a phone interview after reviewing the comments. “And if [she] didn’t make this statement during [her] government time, then the public should be advised—and we certainly will advise them—that this should be taken into consideration when voting for Scott Stringer as your Manhattan borough president.”
He added: “It would be very sad if this statement represents the position of the Manhattan borough president’s office.”
A funny comment that I read later was, “What does a borough president actually do?” I have no idea, but I am assuming that it is rolling around in the layers of fat surrounding any made up political office…
Dick Dadey, the executive director of Citizens Union, a good-government group, said Landor’s comments were inappropriate because they were made on government time and with government resources.
“The use of social networking sites during the work day by government employees is not something that should be permitted, unless it is specifically a part of a communication effort of the elected official or department for which they work,” Dadey said. “Commenting on a political matter not germane to the performance of their job during work hours is questionable.”
Dadey added that allowing government employees, especially those involved in representing elected officials to the public, to comment on political issues on personal websites made it difficult to discern official policy from private opinion.
“It’s easy to draw conclusions that they’re blending the personal with the political in questionable ways,” Dadey said. “The line becomes blurry as to whether they’re representing themselves or the elected official.”
Regardless, Facebook at work is wrong, and when you are stupid enough to name call the president at work, then you get whats coming to you. BTW, where did you go to college, becuase they did a terrible job of preparing you for the real world. It;s not all about Facebook and hopefully this will teach someone a thing or two…
Bye-Bye Lee, don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya...
