Quit hogging the hurricanes, Whitey!

Do devastating hurricanes need affirmative action help?

A member of Congress apparently thinks so, and is demanding the storms be given names that sound “black.”

The congressional newspaper the Hill reported this week that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, feels that the current names are too “lily white,” and is seeking to have better representation for names reflecting African-Americans and other ethnic groups.

“All racial groups should be represented,” Lee said, according to the Hill. She hoped federal weather officials “would try to be inclusive of African-American names.”

A sampling of popular names that could be used include Keisha, Jamal and Deshawn, according to the paper.

Okay by me. Next time the letter “s” comes up, I say we name it Sheila.

I understand Rep. Jackson Lee also demanded that oil and other pollutants be dumped into the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, to provide more diversity in the color of actual hurricanes.

And you know, if Hurricane Katrina had been Hurricane Keisha, that would’ve been racism, too.

Hat tip to The Blogprof