# Why the need to deny bias that others have experienced? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 10, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-need-to-deny-bias-that-others-have-experienced/560164 "2010-11-10T13:06:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 35
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-need-to-deny-bias-that-others-have-experienced/560164/35 "2010-11-10T18:06:45Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It _is_ a stretch, and an unwarranted assumption on your part. It’s really unfair. [Here’s what actually happened.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/williams/williams020499.htm) The speaker (white) was an aide to the mayor of Washington DC (black) and was asked about the budget of the agency he ran. He said he’d have to be niggardly with the money, and someone who heard him complained it was a racial slur. A week and a half later he resigned his job. The mayor rehired him after a national controversy that included criticism from Julian Bond of the NAACP. There was basically universal agreement that the mayor blew it, and that the offended party was wrong. It was the Shirley Sherrod incident of its time. I stand by my post. People who use ‘Niggardly’ may just be naive. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-need-to-deny-bias-that-others-have-experienced/560164)._