Here is another public official who neglected to check with the Trademark Office on Language, Expressive Racial Adjectives, and other Nondescript forms of proper social Communication and Etiquette (a.k.a T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E). So far, the following words are under trademark and should only be used by those who are regestered with the office.
Hang or lynch®
Bull Connor®
Plantation®
Today, T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E is pleased to add yet another word to their registry: Ghetto®
Detroit’s top lawyer resigns after calling court ‘ghetto’
Christine MacDonald and Doug Guthrie / The Detroit NewsDETROIT — The city’s top lawyer resigned Thursday night after she told an official with the 36th District Court that it was “acting like a ghetto court.”
Kathleen Leavey, who is white, made the comment Wednesday to a court administrator, Constance Allen, but she said it was misinterpreted.
Leavey, Allen and Dennis Mazurek, the city’s chief assistant corporation counsel, were talking about a $400,000 judgment recently decided against the city, but Leavey said the conversation branched into the overall performance of the court.
“I called it that because of the way they treat people,” Leavey said, speaking in part of the long lines for service that are common in the court. “They treat people poorly … whether you are black or white. You just get less service than you get in the suburbs. It’s just a bad situation.”
“She (the administrator) interpreted it as racist. That’s not what I am.”
“There was nothing I could do to explain. They just concluded it was racist.”
Later in the article, Detroit Chief District Judge Marilyn Atkins said the following:
“How dare you! Not only are your words insulting and racist to this court and the entire city, but they are highly unprofessional coming from the highest ranking attorney for the City of Detroit,” Atkins wrote. “You should really think before you speak, especially when referring to this court — a predominantly African American court in a predominantly African American city with an African American about to become president.” (more…)
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