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Apparently there are some elevators in the arena the Republican convention is being held at in Cleveland that are designated "White Elevators". The labels are intended only as a convenience to make it easy to describe which lift you need to take to get to your seat reservation. But the title smacks of the segregation era in the context of a convention full of conservative politicians, so the RNC is trying to find a way to resolve this so they don't look bad.

 

The surprising thing is that nobody noticed this before, especially given that this is the arena where the Cavs play basketball.

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Are there "red" and "blue" elevators as well?  It would make more sense in that context.

 

I remember a comedy sketch many years ago, where a black man had been hired to work at an office in Alabama, the first black person to work in that office.  He's feeling very pleased with himself--and then he turns a corner and sees two signs--"WHITE ONLY" and "COLORED ONLY."  He stares at the signs with mounting disbelief and apprehension, and then a woman brushes past him and drops an armload of scrap paper into one of two plastic bins.  The man's apprehension drops as he realizes the signs refer to white and colored paper being separated--or perhaps, segregated--for recycling purposes.

 

Of course, there are plenty of other colors the RNC could use to designate elevators.  They could, in fact, use every color in the rainbow--

 

"See?  We know how to be inclusive!  We're using rainbows, just like all the gay people like!  We're being inclusive and friendly!"

 

And I am Marie of Romania.

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They're probably concerned about being liable if someone downloads something really bad over their WiFi as much as they are over little Judy seeing something on a random person's iPad that she isn't prepared for. Which is itself a liability issue.

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Florida Man shot at some teenagers playing pokemon go in a car. They weren't even trespassing. He blew out one of their tires. He claims he came at them with gun drawn, but he didn't shoot until they nearly hit him driving away.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-man-opens-fire-teenagers-125945182.html?nhp=1

 

He's lucky they didn't think to put the engine block between them and him and just run him over on the way out.

 

OK, maybe that's only something I'd think of.

 

<-- born in Florida. Unfortunately. Moved to the opposite corner of the country to get out.

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