May 19, 2008

Speech Police Investigate Posters

Remember those Family Guy-quoting racist posters noted a little bit ago?

Well, it appears they've spread outside of our little Internet circle? The city's official speech police, the Human Rights Commission, has launched an investigation into those posters!

KYW 1060 reports:

Nick Taliaferro, executive director of the Human Relations Commission, says its response is more like outreach than investigation: "We are not policemen. We don't go out and try to arrest people. What we do is try to proactively engage the community in ways that will resist that type of poisonous engagement of an otherwise very decent community. You won't find better people than you will find at Shiller and Almond Street." Taliaferro says the commission will look to see if the law was broken and if the poster had any effect beyond creating upset.

They are not policemen, yet they will look and see if the law was broken. Clearly, these posters aren't sanctioned city billboards -- someone has to pay with some time in jail.

Phila. Human Relations Commission Probes Racist Fliers [KYW 1060]

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May 12, 2008

Family Guy-Quoting Racists!

Hey, look, there are racist posters everywhere! I guess. The above shot is from Cottman and Frankford; it was posted at Domelights (the thread later turns into posters arguing that few black officers go to benefits for slain white officers). It's also, uhm, a freaking joke from Family Guy.

And, hey: A poster at Young Philly Politics found a different one (uh, I guess) after regaling us with a story of buying a new belt at the Gap outlet and realizing some people might not like Barack Obama because he's black.

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