Ten Little “N” Words
Gary Hines, as president of GPH Consultants - a diversity training company, repeatedly approached the school district for a diversity training contract; when they failed to comply (i.e., failed to pay him off) the very same Gary Hines, as president of the local chapter of the NAACP brought the hammer down on them. Its more than high-time that prosecutors started using the R.I.C.O. Act against criminal extortion artists like Gary Hines!
Racism concerns kill school production of Ten Little Indians
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - A school canceled its stage performance of Agatha Christies “Ten Little Indians after an NAACP official objected to the novels original N-word title - ditched by publishers six decades ago.
The play was to be staged at Lakota East High School this weekend, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. Local NAACP president Gary Hines complained, citing the 1939 title and cover illustration of a black person and a noose.
“The original title was ‘Ten Little Niggers,’ and it is important to say that because that was the actual title,†Hines said. It later became popular in school productions as “Ten Little Indians†or “And Then There Were None.â€
A school district spokesman said, “After learning of the play’s origins and the hurt that it caused, we had hoped to use the performances as a way to create a discussion about diversity of all kinds in our community. However, students and staff continued to raise issues, and it was quickly obvious that bad feelings about the play were much more widespread and strong than originally thought.â€
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