04-09-2008, 12:22 AM
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CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. (WBBMSTNG) - <b>Barack Obama's campaign reportedly has persuaded a delegate to step down after calling her neighbor's African-American children "monkeys" in scolding them for climbing a tree</b>.
Carpentersville village trustee, Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski was elected as an Obama delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
On Saturday, she told two neighbor children to stop playing in a tree next to her house.
Ramirez-Sliwinski admits she used the word "monkeys," but said she did not intend racism. She said she was only trying to protect them from falling out of the tree.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that<b> Barack Obama's campaign felt her remarks were "divisive and unacceptable" and persuaded her to step aside as a delegate</b>.
Ramirez-Sliwinski was charged with disorderly conduct after making the allegedly racist remark.
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CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. (WBBMSTNG) - <b>Barack Obama's campaign reportedly has persuaded a delegate to step down after calling her neighbor's African-American children "monkeys" in scolding them for climbing a tree</b>.
Carpentersville village trustee, Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski was elected as an Obama delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
On Saturday, she told two neighbor children to stop playing in a tree next to her house.
Ramirez-Sliwinski admits she used the word "monkeys," but said she did not intend racism. She said she was only trying to protect them from falling out of the tree.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that<b> Barack Obama's campaign felt her remarks were "divisive and unacceptable" and persuaded her to step aside as a delegate</b>.
Ramirez-Sliwinski was charged with disorderly conduct after making the allegedly racist remark.
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