Topic: Rick Perry's "Niggerhead" hunting camp
marvin !H0G.H/BnJg started this discussion 15 years ago #12,550
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/rick-perry-familys-hunting-camp-still-known-to-many-by-old-racially-charged-name/2011/10/01/gIQAOhY5DL_story.htmlPaint Creek, Tex. — In the early years of his political career, Rick Perry began hosting fellow lawmakers, friends and supporters at his family’s secluded West Texas hunting camp, a place known by the name painted in block letters across a large, flat rock standing upright at its gated entrance.
“Niggerhead,†it read.
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[T]he name of this particular parcel did not change for years after it became associated with Rick Perry, first as a private citizen, then as a state official and finally as Texas governor. Some locals still call it that. As recently as this summer, the slablike rock — lying flat, the name still faintly visible beneath a coat of white paint — remained by the gated entrance to the camp.
When asked last week, Perry said the word on the rock is an “offensive name that has no place in the modern world.â€
It's not clear when the name on the rock was painted over - sometime in the 1980s, or as recently as a few years ago.“Niggerhead,†it read.
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[T]he name of this particular parcel did not change for years after it became associated with Rick Perry, first as a private citizen, then as a state official and finally as Texas governor. Some locals still call it that. As recently as this summer, the slablike rock — lying flat, the name still faintly visible beneath a coat of white paint — remained by the gated entrance to the camp.
When asked last week, Perry said the word on the rock is an “offensive name that has no place in the modern world.â€
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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later[^] [v] #225,223
African-America head.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #225,336
Did you hear about the new hunting camp he's making if he becomes president? Spichead hunting camp, in Mexico.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 31 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #225,347
Obama is no doubt looking to purchase some land on which to start his own Camp Crackerhead.