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DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:54 AM Dec 2016

Denver doc "feels better" after Facebook rant against Michelle Obamas "monkey face and poor ebonics"

Hope she "feels better" when she is shunned and unemployed.

An anesthesiologist with Denver Health is facing backlash over her racist Facebook remarks about First Lady Michelle Obama, the Denver Post reports.

Herren wrote, “Doesn’t seem to be speaking too eloquently here, thank god we can’t hear her!” She added, “Harvard??? That’s a place for ‘entitled’ folks said all the liberals!”

JoAnn Nieto, a friend of the original poster told the Denver Post that she was outraged by the comments, and especially after learning where Herren worked. “It really outraged me to see that she works at Denver Health, which serves a huge minority population,” Nieto said.

Herren’s comments got progressively worse. In a following comment, she wrote, “Monkey face and poor ebonic English!!! There! I feel better and am still not racist!!! Just calling it like it is!” But she is “still not racist.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/denver-doc-feels-better-after-facebook-rant-against-michelle-obamas-monkey-face-and-poor-ebonics/
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Denver doc "feels better" after Facebook rant against Michelle Obamas "monkey face and poor ebonics" (Original Post) DesertRat Dec 2016 OP
Keep your kids away from this jerk. muntrv Dec 2016 #1
Do any of these people brucefan Dec 2016 #2
Over the past two weeks, those saying racists things yet claiming not to be racist LanternWaste Dec 2016 #3
You're right. nt DesertRat Dec 2016 #5
She reminds me of another famous physician. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #4
Ugh DesertRat Dec 2016 #6
Hyperbole much? Jake Stern Dec 2016 #9
Don't confuse lack of opportunity with intent. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #12
Please let us know when she loses her job. Baitball Blogger Dec 2016 #7
She's a doctor, so I doubt she'll be jobless for long. cwydro Dec 2016 #10
exactly mercuryblues Dec 2016 #11
It seems to me that the past few months have made some people feel that statements like these Arkansas Granny Dec 2016 #8
I have always secretly felt that many people, underneath, were pretty horrible, and Nay Dec 2016 #13
"Monkey face and poor ebonic English!!! There! I feel better and am still not racist!!!" Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2016 #14
 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
3. Over the past two weeks, those saying racists things yet claiming not to be racist
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:58 AM
Dec 2016

Over the past two weeks, those saying racists things yet claiming not to be racist seem to be rising exponentially. "Stop calling people racists!!!" is the new battle-cry of racists and idiots.

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
9. Hyperbole much?
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 11:31 AM
Dec 2016

As far as anyone can tell she hasn't performed gruesome experiments on captive people.. So no, she is nothing like Josef Mengele.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
10. She's a doctor, so I doubt she'll be jobless for long.
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 11:34 AM
Dec 2016

And I don't think she's lost her current job yet either.

mercuryblues

(14,525 posts)
11. exactly
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 11:40 AM
Dec 2016

I would not trust her taking care of minorities. Will she purposely inflict pain to people whose skin color she doesn't approve of?

Arkansas Granny

(31,507 posts)
8. It seems to me that the past few months have made some people feel that statements like these
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 11:28 AM
Dec 2016

are now socially acceptable. It's even more disturbing to realize how many people agree with them.

Nay

(12,051 posts)
13. I have always secretly felt that many people, underneath, were pretty horrible, and
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 12:33 PM
Dec 2016

boy howdy, it's being confirmed in spades. I think I'll stick with my little circle of nice people.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,155 posts)
14. "Monkey face and poor ebonic English!!! There! I feel better and am still not racist!!!"
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 12:38 PM
Dec 2016

Please proceed, Captain Picard.

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