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... y'know how I work with Idiots, right? (Yes, this time, it needs a capital letter.)
Let's just put it this way. The word nigger was used. In a purely descriptive sense. One of the lawyers was saying that a study that included only white men was racist and sexist, and the response, from a member of the ETHICS committee, was well, the study could be done on nigger women as well.. I'm ... shocked. Seriously. It's the first time I've ever actually heard that word used seriously. Mind you, he saw the look on my face and apologized, but... this is the guy who is approving things on an ethical basis? Am I missing something? Or...
Let's just put it this way. The word nigger was used. In a purely descriptive sense. One of the lawyers was saying that a study that included only white men was racist and sexist, and the response, from a member of the ETHICS committee, was well, the study could be done on nigger women as well.. I'm ... shocked. Seriously. It's the first time I've ever actually heard that word used seriously. Mind you, he saw the look on my face and apologized, but... this is the guy who is approving things on an ethical basis? Am I missing something? Or...