John Wiley Price Tells Citizens To “Go To Hell”


As Price stood to leave, he looked at Turner and the five other citizens who addressed the court. Price said to them, “All of you are white. Go to hell!”

Price repeated “go to hell” three more times. An unknown member of the audience said, “You should be ashamed!”

“I’m not ashamed!” Price answered. “I’m not ashamed! Go to hell!”

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/02/15/john-wiley-price-dallas-county-commissioners-go-to-hell/

It's OK because he is black. Imagine if the colors were reversed do you think he would still have his job? There is absolutely a double standard in this country for racism and it helps no one. Let the apologists begin their indignant rants about how what he did is not only right, but he should be given a raise and a Nobel Peace prize!

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Although I'm not a real fan of some of the members of the Dallas city council, let's get both sides of the story:

"DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Tuesday’s Dallas County Commissioner’s Court meeting erupted into an argument between Commissioner John Wiley Price and a citizen, ending with Price repeatedly telling several citizens to “go to hell.”

The exchange started during the public speaking portion of the meeting, which happens after the commissioners have gone through their weekly agenda.

Six citizens addressed the court. All of them talked about the recent controversial departure of county Elections Administrator Bruce Sherbet. Sherbet, who was the Elections Administrator for 24 years, said he felt Price and Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins forced him out.

The last public speaker at Tuesday’s meeting, Jeff Turner, began by stating that he would refer to “a certain member of the court” — Price — as “the Chief Mulllah of Dallas County.”

Court rules state that public speakers may not address individual commissioners by name.

As Turner spoke, he continued to call Price “Chief Mulllah.” Price interrupted Turner several times, yelling at him, “don’t call me Chief Mulllah” and “call me by my name.”

The New Oxford American Dictionary defines “mullah” as “a Muslim learned in Islamic theology and sacred law.”

Turner continued speaking, ignoring Price’s ongoing interruptions.

At that point, Jenkins adjourned the meeting.

As Price stood to leave, he looked at Turner and the five other citizens who addressed the court. Price said to them, “All of you are white. Go to hell!”

Price repeated “go to hell” three more times. An unknown member of the audience said, “You should be ashamed!”

“I’m not ashamed!” Price answered. “I’m not ashamed! Go to hell!”

Turner left the commissioner’s court immediately following the meeting.

At 3:00pm Commissioner Price spoke with 1080 KRLD to explain why he chose to use the words he did.

Later in the afternoon, Price released a written statement about the episode in commissioners court. It contains offensive language. Here is Price’s statement, published in its entirety exactly as he sent it to us:

In the absence of a fair and balanced media outlet in Dallas, I wanted to submit a statement that offers my perspective of an “encounter” that took place at Dallas County today. Unfortunately, my comments were broadcasted without the benefit and the full context which they were made.

I have been patient and accommodating in every regard as it pertains to the recent resignation of a Dallas County employee. There are laws and business practices in place that govern the discussion of personnel matters and I will honor and respect them. I even went as far as to grant a candid one-on-one interview with the Dallas Morning News and have done countless interviews with others.

However, in open court today, after every considerate attempt to discuss the matter further, one of the speakers shot off a racial slur. “Chief Moolah” has its roots in a slang that was used against Italian immigrants and was later used by the same to defame or discredit African Americans. The speaker continued to use terms like “tribal” and his intent to make race an issue was obvious. “Ni%%er” is “Ni%%er,” spoken overtly or incognito.

My history and record will reflect that I am one whose tolerance is limited or non-existent when it comes to racial slurs. The comments were bad enough, but to have them hurled by a member of the Tea Party, known for their racial insensitivity, was more than I plan to absorb.

This is in no way an attempt to apologize to those with who felt the need to infuse race into an otherwise orderly meeting. But all of my friends, black, white and brown alike, are well aware that I am always willing to debate, but never at the expense of my race and my heritage.

CBS 11 caught up with Price Tuesday night at an event featuring filmmaker Spike Lee. Price continued to say he was frustrated on how the media was covering his statement, but said his statement was not an apology.

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Editor’s note: When we first reported this story, we said Price “shouted” at citizens in the meeting. After watching our videotape of the exchange more closely, we changed our description to “Price said.” We feel this better characterizes the exchange. Also, we originally reported that Turner had called Price “chief moolah,” not “Mullah.” Based on Price’s statement, above, it appears that’s also what Price heard. We talked to Jeff Turner later in the day and he said he intended to call Price “Chief Mullah,” but acknowledged that he might have mispronounced it as “moolah.” We have changed the references in our story to “Mullah.”

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Simple misunderstanding being mined for political points by right wingers. The Italian word "mulanyan" is essentially their word for "n*gg*r". I also would be offended if I were black and someone made a religous slur as well, Price had every right to tell this clown where to relocate himself.

Whatever you say, *****.

Excellent defense for racist behavior, bravo my good man!

If you could use more racist terms without a infraction I'd bet a nickel you'd be on that like white on rice.

I met Price in the late 1960's when he and I were both taking a class at El Centro College which at that time was the only campus of the Dallas County Community College system.

He is smart and very political astute. He made most if not all of his money flipping houses in the 70's and early 80's. He would buy old homes, fix them up and either sell or rent them and it has worked out well for him.

He is often over the top in his statements, but the roads and bridges in his district are in top notch shape. And he always comes in under budget.

He has NO tolerance for ANYONE making racial slurs to him or in his presence. This is very well known. It would seem that the person who was calling him names, which is a violation of the County Comm meeting, knew this and was trying to get a reaction out of him. Of course I was not there so I don't really know for sure.

I have seen him, with my own eyes, be much rougher on a person for referring to him with a racial slur. The fact that he just walked out on the speaker shows that he is becoming a little more laid back than he was 40 years ago.

By the way.....

John Wiley had a lot of friends back in the college days that were both black and white.

I would not say he was a racist but race is important to him because he will not put up with that sort of behavior from anyone.

Why do white people have to point out racism from "the other side"?

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racism is racism is racism....I would have noted this story if Mr. Price had been white and commed in a similar fashion to blacks, Hispanics, asians or arabs...it all sucks

I don't see any posts from you about racism concerning Blacks, Hispanics or Asians. Only when whites are on the receiving end...

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glad to see that you seem to be monitoring my posts for content and are now indirectly accusing me of being a racist.... you are far off course with that accusation. what's truly sad is when someone assumes something based on a supposition of how that person will act b/c of what they think the person's beliefs are.

for that matter, how do you know what race I am?

Because if you were black you would not post your original post. And I never, direct or indirect accused you of being a racist; those are your own words.

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I think they should all go to the mayor's house for beers. It's a teaching moment.

John is a County Commissioner. I think there are four of them in Texas Counties and a County Judge is also a part of the group for a total of five members. With five votes there can never be a tie vote on a county wide subject.

His job is to take care of the roads and bridges that are not in a city but are still in the county, but only if it is in his district.

There are still parts of Dallas County that are not part of a city. Mostly flood zones and such that no city wants because they don't want to have to maintain the roads in an area that will never develop.