'We're part of the master race': White county official under fire over comments to black woman

[Julian Englis]

Source: Washington Post

A Kansas county commissioner is facing calls for his resignation after he brought up the idea of a “master race” in an off-the-cuff comment while talking to a black woman during a meeting.

“I don’t want you to think I’m picking on you because we’re part of the master race. You know you got a gap in your teeth, you’re the masters. Don’t ever forget that,” Leavenworth County Commissioner Louis Klemp, who is white, told the woman, a Kansas City city planner who was making a presentation about a development project that Klemp did not seem to approve of. As Klemp spoke, he motioned toward his teeth.

Klemp’s comments, made during a Tuesday meeting of the Leavenworth Board of County Commissioners, were rebuked by officials in Leavenworth County, just outside Kansas City. Leavenworth Mayor Mark Preisinger called a special meeting during which he denounced Klemp’s comments and urged him to apologize to the city planner.

“It just violated common decency. . . . It’s time for him to resign,” Preisinger said. “He’s been an embarrassment to the county, which reflects on the city and reflects on everyone.” Preisinger said the comments were, at best, a poor attempt at a joke.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/16/were-part-master-race-white-county-official-under-fire-over-comments-black-woman

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WTF?

[Stuart G]

1. Where do you suppose that this jerk got the idea to say something like this?????

Need a hint???? hit the link below...a truly disgusting pig (apologies to pigs) sets the standard..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211440893

[samnsara]

2. these people need full length mouth mirrors!

[saidsimplesimon]

3. The Mayor's comment "...poor attempt at a joke."

The remarks not only violated common decency, this was no attempt at a joke unless your standards for decency are at a low bar, it was racist.

[TexasTowelie]

4. I went with a local news source for the story.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10521511 .

[iluvtennis]

5. WTF is right. Master race - yeah, right.

[Midnight Writer]

6. "off-the-cuff". Hilarious.

[Raine]

7. "Gap in your teeth"???

What does that have to with anything, I don't get it.

[peekaloo]

9. Some people believe it to be a sign of high intelligence.

I heard that a lot growing up in the South.

Of course this arsewipe just disproved it.

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. Sounds like a theory that someone with a gap in their teeth came up with n/t

[peekaloo]

12. for real

used to also hear jokes about the ability to spit watermelon seeds at greater distances through those gaps

[Progressive Jones]

14. OT, but gaps between teeth are good from a dental standpoint.

More space between teeth equals less chance of tooth decay.
I have been told this by my daughter's dentist.
I have a friend who has teeth that you could drive a truck between. He's 60 years old, and has never had a cavity.

[raccoon]

8. His ass should be fired or forced to resign. Nt

[Drahthaardogs]

10. Mr. Klemp, as a descendent of Greece and Rome, I call bullshit

When your ancestors rule the world twice for over five hundred years each time, you may start THINKING about the possibility of being a Master race.

Last I checked, your people tried three times, and failed...

Sorry, you just can't call yourself a Master race with that track record

[leftyladyfrommo]

13. Leavenworth is a strange town.

Ft. Leavenworth is there so there is a huge turnover of people living there. And lots of civilians work for the government.

And Leavenworth Federal Prison is there. It is a massive presence right on the main drag.

Lots of slightly off kilter people there. It really is a very strange place.

[Captain Stern]

15. I don't get it. I don't understand what he was even trying to say.

“I don’t want you to think I’m picking on you because we’re part of the master race. You know you got a gap in your teeth, you’re the masters. Don’t ever forget that,”

Did he mean that the woman shouldn't think him and others like him weren't picking on her just because him and his friends are part of the master race?

Did he mean that she shouldn't think he was picking on her, because him and her were part of the master race?

I have no idea what he meant about the gaps in the teeth. Is he saying she's a 'master' because she has gaps in her teeth? Is he mocking her?

If there's a joke in there someplace, I'm having a hard time finding it.