Renee Holcombe, formerly an associate vice president for student services with a staff of about 40, told employees in two separate briefings last week that the school's aid for the mostly black hurricane victims staying at the Palmetto Expo Center would include sending yellow buses to pick up the "yard apes," said Barton and senior vice president Ben Dillard.
This isn't some backwoods bumpkin, but a high ranking executive at a large educational facility that dealt with a high volume of minority students. The saddest part;
Reached at her home this afternoon, Holcombe said she was "numb and shocked."
If appears she had no idea that her phrasing was offensive.
No wonder these folks are so interesting in coming here.
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Disgusting, and not new. Many down here dont even know they are racist. and get pissed off and defensive when you tell them they are.
The Christian Exodus is planning to move more fundies to SC to take over state government. I hope they will tell us where they are coming from, so we who are fed up with living in this racist, redneck third-world corner of America will know where to look for a more appealing neighborhood.
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