State Central Committeeman Urged To Resign Over Racist Email

by: tparty

Wed May 16, 2007 at 12:17:57 PM EDT

Three members of [Meriden's] state delegation and Democratic Town Chairwoman Mildred Torres-Ferguson have asked Patsy Papandrea to resign from his state committee seat, an elected position representing Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown and Cheshire.

Papandrea, who has served in that post for 27 years and is a former town party chairman, sent a message titled "Proud to be White" to 16 people on March 22. The list included three town committee members.

The e-mail, which opens with "Someone finally said it," appears to be written from the perspective of a white person challenging holidays and institutions dedicated to minorities.

"If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships, you know we'd be racists," the anonymous e-mail writer states. "There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black colleges in the US, yet if there were White colleges, THAT would be racist."

Majority Leader Chris Donovan is among those demanding that Papandrea resign.

Papandrea's explanation? That he thought the email was a "joke" (beacuse, as we all know, there's nothing funnier than defending white supremacy), and that, in reality, this is all blowback for his support of Lieberman last year:

Papandrea says Donovan is out to control the party, and that the e-mail fallout is because he questioned Donovan's actions before the party primary last year.

You can vote in a poll on this on the front page of the Record Journal's website.

Update: Full text of the forwarded email below the fold (and mattw notes that this one seems to have been going around the internets for a while):

Proud To Be White

Someone finally said it.

How many are actually paying attention to this?

There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, Native Americans, etc.

And then there are just Americans.

You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction. You Call me "White boy," "Cracker," "Honkey," "Whitey," "Caveman" .. And that's OK.

But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger, Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink . You call me a racist.

You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you, So why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?

You have the United Negro College Fund. You have Martin Luther King Day. You have Black History Month. You have Cesar Chavez Day. You have Yom Hashoah You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi You have the NAACP.

You have BET. If we had WET (White Entertainment Television) .. We'd be racists.

If we had a White Pride Day .. You would call us racists. If we had White History Month  We'd be racists.

If we had any organization for only whites to "advance" OUR lives ...

We'd be racists.

We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce. Wonder who pays for that?

If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships

... You know we'd be racists. There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US , yet if there were "White colleges" ..

THAT would be a racist college.

In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights, You would call us racists.

You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're Not afraid to announce it. But when we announce our white pride ... You call us racists.

You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug-dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society .. You call him a racist.

I am proud. But, you call me a racist.

Why is it that only whites can be racists?

There is nothing improper about this e-mail. Let's see which of you are proud enough to send it on.