Ga. Mayor Says City is 'Not Ready' for Black Employee.

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Councilman Agrees, Citing Jesus' Stance Against Race-Mixing

By: Michael Harriot

The mayor of a nearly all-white Georgia town has come under fire after allegedly acknowledging that she disqualified a candidate for employment because of his race. Meanwhile, her fellow city councilman excused her actions, explaining that interracial relationships are against his religion.

The small town of Hoschton, Ga., is 84.6 percent white and only 3.5 percent black, according to census data. So when the small town recently narrowed its search for a city administrator down to four potential employees, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that one candidate was specifically excluded by the mayor’s office “because he is black, and the city isn’t ready for this.”

Mayor Theresa Kenerly reportedly told a member of the city council that she removed Keith Henry, a black man, for consideration for the job. But when Kenerly was asked about the allegations, she stated that she “can’t say I said it or not said it,” adding that she could not comment on things that happened in executive sessions.

“I do not recall making the statement attributed to me regarding any applicant for the City Administrator position,” she later said in a statement, before adding the trademark racist grammatical error. “I deny that I made any statement that suggest (sic) prejudice.”

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https://www.theroot.com/ga-mayor-says-city-is-not-ready-for-black-employee-co-1834564202

[dalton99a]

1. "That's just not the way a Christian is supposed to live"

Councilman Cleveland revealed that he also ranked the black candidate last. But he says he only did so because Henry did not come in for an in-person interview, not because of Henry’s race. Then Cleveland explained how not racist he was by testifying about his Christian teachings:

I’m a Christian and my Christian beliefs are you don’t do interracial marriage. That’s the way I was brought up and that’s the way I believe...I have black friends, I hired black people. But when it comes to all this stuff you see on TV, when you see blacks and whites together, it makes my blood boil because that’s just not the way a Christian is supposed to live.

[prodigitalson]

9. He seems nice. nt

[Crunchy Frog]

24. Another "Christian" who's never bothered to read the Bible.

[Blue_Tires]

36. What fuckin' bible is he reading from?

[vlyons]

2. Inter-racial marriages

Hmm wasn't it Joseph, who was sold into slavery in Egypt and ended up married to an Egyptian, who gave him the sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. This is such BS. The Bible is full of inter-racial marriages, including David and Bathsheba. Solomon bed many women of many nationalities.

[brush]

10. I learn something everyday on DU. You filled in some holes of my...

biblical knowledge with the info on Joseph and his other sons and other wife. Thank you.

[3catwoman3]

3. This person probably believes...

...that Jesus was a blue-eyed blonde.

[trev]

12. Well, *blond* anyway.

"Blonde" is feminine.

[3catwoman3]

16. I actually do know that - a...

...momentary lapse in my usual vigilance.

[trev]

17. Figured that.

But I'm an editor, and I can't resist.

[3catwoman3]

18. Although I am a nurse, I call myself...

...a “word nerd,” and often have to restrain myself from pointing out other DUers errors. I sometimes wonder if I used to be an English teacher or editor in a previous incarnation.

[trev]

20. I parse spelling automatically

although I seldom mention it if it's obviously just a typo. But I've noticed lately that even famous novelists make the blond/blonde error. That one kind of bugs me, for some reason....

No offense intended.

[3catwoman3]

21. None taken. I'm glad you noticed. One of my chief irritants of...

...late is the increasing occurrence of people making a possessive out of “I.” When I hear things like “John and I’s vacation,” it is all I can do not to shriek in horror.

I will solicit your opinion on the possessive of “guys.” I keep hearing “guyses,” as in “You guyses back packs are already out in the car.” I think it is one of those instances where the possessive of a word already ending in ‘s’ needs only an apostrophe to make the possessive.

And don’t get me going on the aggravating practice that ANY word that ends in ‘s’ must have an apostrophe.

I’ll bet you and I could have a most enjoyable IRL conversation.

You might like this:

Ode To Spell Check

I have a spelling chequer.
It came with my PC.

It planely marks four my revue,
Miss takes eye can knot sea.

I’ve run this poem threw it,
And I’m shore your glad two no,

It’s wonder full in every weigh.
My chequer tolled mi sew.

(I can spell but am a lousy typist, and I don’t always remember to hit the check spelling button before I post.)

[912gdm]

26. ffs.

get a pet.

[trev]

34. I'm in agreement with you.

I never run a spellchecker, although I will take note of words that are underlined automatically. I make typos too, but not too many. I edited a book last month (written by a professional novelist) that had 500 typos in 100 pages...! All I could do was shake my head.

What's IRL?

[3catwoman3]

35. "Computerese" for...

...In Real Life.

[trev]

37. Ah, cool.

Wish I could find some real life....

[marble falls]

4. Just purely disgusting.

[Chin music]

5. Sounds to me like,

they really are then. Overdue even.

[TeamPooka]

6. Crackertown GA

[912gdm]

22. "crackertown"

That is really racist and derogatory.

[Crunchy Frog]

23. It kind of sounds like it deserves it. n/t

[912gdm]

25. Okay. so "cracker" is acceptable now.

Right on...

[tenderfoot]

39. No it isn't.

The less crackers the better.

[Spider Jerusalem]

27. Would you prefer Redneckville?

[Rambling Man]

31. cute

they haz a sad cuz someone is picking on the poor widdle racists.

So very cute.

[athena]

7. Is this even legal?

I don't care if African Americans make up 3.5% or 0.1% of the town. They pay taxes; they vote; and they have a right to be represented in government.

I feel sick. I really think that we are witnessing the end of the American experiment in democracy.

[obamanut2012]

11. No.

[Ohiogal]

8. Wow.

He believes that interracial marriage goes against Christianity? Whew, I didn’t realize we had any extreme bigots like this left over from the 1950s.

[Blue_true]

13. Cleveland Mississippi was forced to finally integrate it's

schools about two years ago. There are pockets like that Georgia town across the USA.

[Mariana]

14. You had no idea Christians like this exist? Seriously? nt.

[Cold War Spook]

40. We need to stop calling them Christians.

They are not Christians. This is one I ask adults. Abraham Lincoln - "How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg." Most get it wrong.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Time for you to enter the 21st century Mayor Kenerly

[spanone]

19. What decade is this?

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

29. In GA: 1970s In AL: 1950 In MS: 1861

[Rambling Man]

30. Most of the United States

outside of major metro areas is just one big White space.

White places, white faces, white spaces.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

28. Citing executive privilege - must be a Trumpster.

Hiding their evil in executive session....... ......

[struggle4progress]

32. "Why! Hiring based on merit would threaten our entire city government!"

[Girard442]

33. If a significant % of self-identified Christians believe it...

...then it is a Christian belief. If the words of Jesus were the only defining factor then there would be fewer Christians than Rastafarians.