Flap over costume party winner at Homeland Security.
 

Note how they "massaged" the blackface issue! Does this say anything about the worldview and judgment of some officials (and the culture!) at, of all places, the Department of Homeland Security? God forbid!

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3824931&page=1

what's even more 'funny' is that her dumb @ss didn't think that her posing for a pic with the guy wouldn't be seen as offensive?

Wow....it will be amazing to see how much longer she keeps her job...


'Julie Myers, assistant secretary overseeing Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement division, was part of a three-judge panel that lauded the costume, worn by a white employee, last Wednesday. She also posed for a photo with him. '

Hm, if a Fraternity/Sorority, on a college campus, they would have been closed and suspended.

What kind of message does this pass along.:rolleyes:

Maybe GLOs can use this as a defense for stupidity!

Oh......I'm sure she will lose her job........usually happens pretty quickly to white males. Why not white females? Pretty sad someone can't put on a stupid costume without having to apologize about it.

I'm thinking about petitioning the Dave Chappelle show.....his sketches where he dresses up in "white face" are highly offensive and cause me much emotional distress..............and laughter.

Are you equating the goings on in the Bush administration with the skits on the Chapelle Show? You may have something there!:) But there's only one problem:the intent of their actions is not for comedic effect, or social or political satire; they make decisions which impact the lives of people,even over life and death--it's no laughing matter!

They were at a Halloween party. I'm pretty sure dressing up in a costume isn't a matter of national security.

too late....his reruns only are on...heheheh

What has me shaking my head is that someone in her position didn't see how picking that guy as having the "most original costume" and having her picture taken with him just might come back to bite her and the Department.

I guess her costume included a pair of Bad Idea jeans. :rolleyes:

Friend,do you have a job? There is such as thing as professional decorum and ethics. Government positions, like the legal profession and others, operate on the basis of public trust and fair play for all. Anything that would compromise that, esp. in the Dept. of Homeland Security, specifically in the Immigration area, is stupid politically and ethically. A couple of weeks ago at my place of employment, we had a staff meeting where my supervisor brought up issues similar to this which revolved around language and culture which she'd received compliants about.

The problem is that people who are likeminded, of the same culture or who have a certain comfort level together, at times, tend to engage in all kinds of "edgy" racial, ethnic, sexual or gender talk and behavior in the workplace, and most people come to accept or tolerate it. (Some won't speak up against it out of a sense of intimidation or a fear of being ostracized.) But this "tolerance" breeds a kind of impunity in the minds of some, where they feel as though they can say what they will and do what they will without there being any negative consequences, professionally speaking. I've had several talks with younger colleagues about these matters; they don't seem to understand quite as well the difference between acceptable speech and behavior in the "street" and a recreational/social setting and in the workplace.

Just an FYI....I passed this story on to my s.o. who so happens to work in DHS here in DC...she was shocked ot hear about it and also understands why her section was not allowed to partake in Halloween....hehe....go figger.

Soon the Department will have to publish a list of "acceptable" costumes. It's okay to represent something from column A, but not from column B.

What a waste of taxpayer money. Don't they have important issues to deal with? If not, perhaps they should be disbanded.

In law school, had internships, but no........I don't have a full time job.

I guess the only solution is to not have Halloween parties. Simple as that. It is ridiculous that this is news.

If the administration had been a Democrat one, this wouldn't have been in the news.

...it likely wouldn't have happened in the first place...

Yes.. I forgot. Democrats are so much more socially enlightened. Thanks for straightening me out there.