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Posted: Wednesday, 09 April 2008 4:06PM

Monkey Comment: Obama DelegateNot Quitting, Mayor Warns Of Backlash

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CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. (WBBM) - A Carpentersville village trustee who got into hot water for a comment that some interpreted as racist says she is NOT resigning as a delegate for Barack Obama after all.

WBBM's Regine Schlesinger has the latest on the story.

Ben Labolt, a spokesman for the Obama campaign, says that, on Monday, Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski told the campaign she would step down as a delegate for the Senator at the Democratic National Convention.

That came after Carpentersville police issued Ramirez Sliwinski a $75 disorderly conduct ticket for calling some African-African neighborhood children "monkeys" as they were climbing a tree.

Carpentersville Mayor Bill Sarto says he talked with Ramirez Sliwinski today and she told him she has no intention of resigning as an Obama delegate.

Sliwinski has said her remark was in no way, intended to be a slur on blacks.

Mayor Sarto says the whole thing is a tempest in a teapot and the Obama campaign says it's her choice whether to remain as a delegate.

Sarto tells Newsradio 780 he also he wishes police in his town had not given Ramirez-Sliwinski the $75 disorderly conduct ticket for referring to African-American boys as "monkeys" as she ordered them out of a tree near her home.

Sarto said Ramirez-Sliwinski is definitely not a racist.  He says she has never once uttered a racial slur in the three years he's worked closely with her.  Ramirez-Sliwinski is a Carpentersville village trustee.
 
Sarto said "I hear parents every day refer to their kids as 'little monkeys.'"
 
Sarto said the officers did what they think was right on the scene, and he won't try to intervene in a police personnel matter, but he says he believes Ramirez-Sliwinski did nothing wrong.
 
"This is an injustice to her. I support her in this cause," he said.
 
He said the Obama campaign was wrong to ask her to step down as a duly elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Denver. 
 
Sarto noted Carpentersville is 40 percent Hispanic and that Hispanics are not Obama's strongest bloc. 
 
"While they are in a heated campaign for delegates, it would behoove Obama to hold on to the support of his delegates, and not alienate any group of delegates,” Sarto said.

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04/14/2008 1:41PM
It's no Wonder!
No wonder we can't get good people to run for office! No wonder Congress can't get anything accomplished! No wonder the world laughs at the USA! We could have world peace and eliminate hunger with thetime, effort and money spent on "monkey" issues and interrogating baseball players!
04/15/2008 9:11AM
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04/15/2008 1:57PM
Once Again Response
I don't know your name but if I did I'm sure I'd call you a friend of mine. I agreed with every bit of your comment, there isn't a single person who could put it better. The truth is, that is the twisted America we live in today, "equal-rights" is a big joke that only educated people like you and me will laugh at. This story is a waste of time, just another example of PC, stumbling to make everyone comfortable, this time it was Minority against Minority, if a White person would have made this comment, there would have to be blood! A while back a few friends of mine were having a race discussion that quickly escalated to an argument. I jumped in towards the end when one friend said, "You think a Black Quarterback is not as good as a White QB...", to which he defended himself, but was quickly called racist by others, at this point I stepped in and made one comment that silenced them all, I said, "If a Black guy said a White guy can't dunk, thats acceptable, but if someone says a Black QB isn't as good hes a racist?".
04/16/2008 9:32AM
Why??
Why are there so many hate groups? Why can't we just be ourselves and be accepted. Racist remarks are a part of life you can't change that. People are going to be who they are no matter what you say or do but to escalate something so ridicules to the point of issuing a ticket is preposterous. Its not like she said anything we haven%u2019t said to children climbing trees of any race. Is it racist to have kids play on the %u201CMONKEY BARS%u201D? Where does it end?
04/16/2008 10:13AM
Added to Once Again
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04/16/2008 10:18AM
Did you see on the news awhile back?
There was a cop in Texas and 2 border patrol officers that went to prison for protecting our borders. What is wrong with our country? This had nothing to do with race because the officers were all hispanic.
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04/16/2008 11:59AM
Think about it...
Read the story again, of course she isn't going to step down as a Obama supporter, SHE'D BE CALLED A RACIST!
04/16/2008 12:01PM
More to Once Again
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04/16/2008 5:43PM
That's Enough
Ok, so it's now a punishable by fine crime to call a black person a "monkey"? Are you kidding? What might be next? You had a radio jock fired because he called some black girls "nappy headed ho" Why is that racist? Because someone says so? So if I call one of my fellow soldiers "Bro" I should be busted down in grade? I think the lady that complained about the "Monkey" should be fined for having her so called "monkeys" on someone elses property. Should someone be put in jail for calling someone a "nigger"? How about if someone wants to have a "White" Music Awards? Is that racist? Well, when the race war kicks off here in the U.S. it will all come to a quick end, trust me.
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