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Price, the only African-American on the commisioner's court, was offended because a speaker named Jeff Turner called him "the Chief Mullah [moo-lah] of Dallas County."
Price said the term "mullah" is close to "moolie" -- a slur that 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 ruckus on Tuesday morning went like this:
“Why are all the speakers white? Ain’t nobody else? Anyway, let’s go,” he said.
The audience began yelling at Price and he shot back.
“All of you are white. Go to hell,” he said.
One person shouted that Price should be ashamed of himself.
“
I’m not ashamed. Go to hell,”
Commissioner Price Tells Citizens to
There is an accompanying video at the link.
All I have to say is that both sides went over the top. I'm not sure what the mullah reference was meant to be. I'm just wondering out loud, but was the citizen trying to call him muslim or making a reference to some sort of curroption envolving money? I can't see how this had anything to do with Italians, and I've definately never heard it in reference to blacks...not to say it hasn't been used that way, just that it has escaped me.