# So, black hole is racist?.... Really? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 22, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358 "2008-07-22T12:54:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/1 "2008-07-22T12:54:24Z")
This guy is just too stupid for words. [Link](http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/07/dallas-county-meeting-turns-ra.html) from the link: > [@](#): > > Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections “has become a black hole” because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office. > > Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud “Excuse me!” He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a “white hole.” > > That prompted Judge Thomas Jones, who is black, to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/2 "2008-07-22T12:55:54Z")
[QUOTE=SHAKES] This guy is just too stupid for words. [Link](http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/07/dallas-county-meeting-turns-ra.html) from the link: [/QUOTE] Sooo last week. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/3 "2008-07-22T12:59:11Z")
This just proves that John Wiley Price is an **ass** -hole with a black-hole where his common sense should be! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/4 "2008-07-22T13:30:12Z")
That is pretty fucking stupid. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/5 "2008-07-22T13:34:07Z")
Wow, that sort of thing really has me seeing red. My apologies to the Native Americans on the boards. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/6 "2008-07-22T13:36:57Z")
I want to condemn this too, but I’m yellow. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/7 "2008-07-22T13:38:47Z")
The guy is a real jewel. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/8 "2008-07-22T13:41:20Z")
I think calling something that is ‘eco-friendly’; “Green” is an insult to corpses. :rolleyes: This hole discussion has made me a little ‘blue’; my apologies to those of you that are holding your breath. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/9 "2008-07-22T14:00:08Z")
[QUOTE=chacoguy420] This hole discussion has made me a little ‘blue’; my apologies to those of you that are holding your breath. :eek: [/QUOTE] Why are you so insensitive to the plight of Smurf-Americans? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/10 "2008-07-22T14:03:45Z")
Before astronomers talked about black holes, there was the Black Hole of Calcutta, which historians now think was a myth, or at least exaggerated. (There is a [SD staff report](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mblackhole.html) on the subject). That’s at least equally apposite as a place when things disappear without trace. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/11 "2008-07-22T14:06:17Z")
And the [hole](http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2008/07/john_wiley_price_would_have_pr.php#end) gets bigger still. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/12 "2008-07-22T14:16:22Z")
My first thought was that he should tell that to [Neil deGrasse Tyson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson), author of “Death by Black Hole”. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/13 "2008-07-22T14:22:04Z")
Hmm, no contact info for the guy. So much for expressing my RO directly to him. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/14 "2008-07-22T14:29:52Z")
I read somewhere that Russian astronomers are reluctant to use the term “black hole”, because translated literally into Russian it has a rather … rude meaning. Dunno if it is true or not. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/15 "2008-07-22T14:36:28Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Hmm, no contact info for the guy. So much for expressing my RO directly to him. Oh well. [/QUOTE] This page gives a street address, phone number and fax number for him. This site given a mailing address for the John Wiley Price Campaign, in case you want to send money to help support him in the ceaseless battle against racism. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/16 "2008-07-22T14:44:08Z")
I don’t see why it can’t be both depending on which seedy side of town you cruise. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/17 "2008-07-22T14:44:51Z")
[QUOTE=Giles] This page gives a street address, phone number and fax number for him. This site given a mailing address for the John Wiley Price Campaign, in case you want to send money to help support him in the ceaseless battle against racism. [/QUOTE] I saw those, but notice that one the 2nd link, if you click “Contact us”, a big question mark pops up. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/18 "2008-07-22T15:11:05Z")
Isn’t it sexist, too? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/19 "2008-07-22T15:23:28Z")
[Relevant thread on the same topic.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436744&highlight=anal+bleaching) ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358/20 "2008-07-22T15:30:00Z")
John Wiley Price has been doing this kind of thing in Dallas for quite a while now. Marc [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-black-hole-is-racist-really/457358.md?page=2)