Take a pinch of Coffy, mix it with some Christie Love, and add a whole lotta Angela Davis and you get a strong African American woman named Ieshuh Griffin who is running for the Milwaukee Assembly.
I won’t say Ms. Griffin has “attitude” because what Black woman doesn’t? However, Ieshuh may have more of it and she wants the whole city to know it.
Journal Sentinel
State elections officials Wednesday narrowly rejected a Milwaukee Assembly candidate's attempt to run with the slogan "NOT the 'whiteman's bitch' " under her name on the ballot.
Ieshuh Griffin, an independent candidate with a history of feuds with local officials, said in response she would sue the state Government Accountability Board for infringing on her freedom of speech.
She is running to replace retiring Rep. Annette "Polly" Williams (D-Milwaukee).
"I'm not making a derogatory statement toward an ethnic group. I'm stating what I'm not," Griffin told board members. "It's my constitutional right to freedom of speech."
Unlike candidates from the established Democratic and Republican parties, independents are allowed a five-word statement of purpose on the ballot to explain to voters what their candidacy is about.
Shane Falk, a staff attorney for the Accountability Board, said that the board had the ability to restrict obscene or derogatory candidate statements from the ballot.
The board staff ruled that the statement was derogatory and should not be allowed. With one member absent, the board voted 3-2 in favor of reversing that ruling and allowing the wording. Under state law, however, four votes are needed for the board to act.
As a result, the staff decision stands, and Griffin will be on the ballot with "independent" by her name and nothing else. Falk noted that Griffin was still free to use the phrase in her campaign literature and any ads she might run.
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I think Ms. Griffen got a raw deal!
This is the United States of America, damn it! And if she doesn’t want to be the “White Man’s Bitch”, then she should be allowed to say it. And if others candidates want to be “Nigger Free”, “Faggot Friendly”, “Wetback Weary”, or “Spic Suspicious”, it all should be allowed as well.
God damn it, this is America ain’t it?
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I won’t say Ms. Griffin has “attitude” because what Black woman doesn’t? However, Ieshuh may have more of it and she wants the whole city to know it.
Journal Sentinel
State elections officials Wednesday narrowly rejected a Milwaukee Assembly candidate's attempt to run with the slogan "NOT the 'whiteman's bitch' " under her name on the ballot.
Ieshuh Griffin, an independent candidate with a history of feuds with local officials, said in response she would sue the state Government Accountability Board for infringing on her freedom of speech.
She is running to replace retiring Rep. Annette "Polly" Williams (D-Milwaukee).
"I'm not making a derogatory statement toward an ethnic group. I'm stating what I'm not," Griffin told board members. "It's my constitutional right to freedom of speech."
Unlike candidates from the established Democratic and Republican parties, independents are allowed a five-word statement of purpose on the ballot to explain to voters what their candidacy is about.
Shane Falk, a staff attorney for the Accountability Board, said that the board had the ability to restrict obscene or derogatory candidate statements from the ballot.
The board staff ruled that the statement was derogatory and should not be allowed. With one member absent, the board voted 3-2 in favor of reversing that ruling and allowing the wording. Under state law, however, four votes are needed for the board to act.
As a result, the staff decision stands, and Griffin will be on the ballot with "independent" by her name and nothing else. Falk noted that Griffin was still free to use the phrase in her campaign literature and any ads she might run.
Full story
News Report
I think Ms. Griffen got a raw deal!
This is the United States of America, damn it! And if she doesn’t want to be the “White Man’s Bitch”, then she should be allowed to say it. And if others candidates want to be “Nigger Free”, “Faggot Friendly”, “Wetback Weary”, or “Spic Suspicious”, it all should be allowed as well.
God damn it, this is America ain’t it?
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