City manager David Corliss defends use of spear-chucker, and other spear-based phrases

From: Pitch Human Resources Department
To: City of Lawrence
Re: Calling people “spear-chucker”

It has come to our attention that during a recent meeting of Lawrence’s Health Care Committee, City Manager David Corliss used the term “spear-chucker.” The Lawrence Journal-World helpfully defines: “The phrase in some slang circles has become a derogatory term meaning black people.” We’re still trying to figure out which slang circles don’t use “spear-chucker” as a derogatory term, but either way the point is taken.