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Princess Michael of Kent sorry for wearing 'racist' brooch
BBC ^ | 12/23/17

Posted on 12/23/2017 8:39:15 AM PST by Joe Dallas

The royal, who married the Queen's first cousin, attended a Christmas banquet at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday wearing a blackamoor brooch. Prince Harry's fiancée, Meghan Markle, who is mixed-race, was also a guest at the lunch. A spokesman said the princess "is very sorry and distressed that it has caused offence". Blackamoor figures and sculptures are exotic figures which usually depict African men and were prominent in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; History
KEYWORDS: apology; blackamoor; blacks; markle; royals
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To: Rurudyne
So a piece of jewelry that shows a black man decked out in extravagant royal finery is racist?

Only when a white person is wearing it.

41 posted on 12/23/2017 9:20:09 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: knarf

I’ve been on FR for 15 years. Have no idea how to post a pic.


42 posted on 12/23/2017 9:20:29 AM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: bagster
In my kitchen, I have a collection of several glass figurines. They are of human shape and are also functional. I have a cookie jar, salt and pepper shakers, sugar bowl, butter dish, and several others. They have the likeness of fat negro ladies dressed in old timey red and white dresses and scarves on their heads. Some of them are green and white.

I call it my plantation and the fine ladies I call my "mammies." In the midst of my plantation, I have a framed picture of a drawing of a little negro boy in overalls with no shoes, running. The caption reads, "I'se a comin' mammy.I'se a comin"

Is that racist?


43 posted on 12/23/2017 9:20:32 AM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: knarf
Close up...


44 posted on 12/23/2017 9:21:44 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Yaelle

I suspect she thought it was a good idea, but she was wrong. I imagine she thought she was wearing a 20,000 dollar Cartier brooch of a black princess to honor the new black princess. She was wrong.


45 posted on 12/23/2017 9:22:02 AM PST by ichabod1 (White Male)
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To: Qiviut

It might be an heirloom, but, whatever.

When The Arabic word for “black” is almost identical to the word for “slave”, and human trafficking is the norm in certain islamic countries, I am not going to waste my indignation over a piece of jewelry.

Years ago, I committed a similar faux pas, appearing as a Confederate general in a beautifully detailed hand made costume, at an office Halloween party.

Believe me, the opprobrium was WAY out of proportion to my offense.

I suffered for MONTHS after that.


46 posted on 12/23/2017 9:22:02 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: bagster

I used to collect old Christmas postcards. One I found said: “Do I wish you a Merry Christmas?” and below that was another caption that said: “Do a nigger love watermelon?” along with a drawing of a black man eating watermelon. I have no idea what year it was printed, or where it was printed. And for the life of me, I can’t remember what happened to it.


47 posted on 12/23/2017 9:22:41 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Yaelle

Stupid people are those who refuse to learn anything from experience.


48 posted on 12/23/2017 9:23:18 AM PST by EEGator
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To: ichabod1

IMO she should tell everyone to F-— Off


49 posted on 12/23/2017 9:24:00 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Build Kate's Wall)
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To: bagster

LOL!


50 posted on 12/23/2017 9:24:37 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Qiviut

It’s only a “faux pas” for any who care to wear their feelings on their sleeve, IMO. You sure you wouldn’t be more comfortable over on DU?

As others have said in comments here, her response should have been “sorry, not sorry”, especially since both she and the future “royal” are of common birth, not having pretense to stand on. Also, since Ms. Markle likely claims to be “black”, she’s the larger “racist” in this exchange since she’s agreeing with the old “one drop rule” used by the Kluxers since they began.


51 posted on 12/23/2017 9:31:06 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: morphing libertarian

Ifs she did that, Liz would cut her off of the Dole and she would lose her Royal perks and I’m sure that Welfare Queen knows better than to offend the hand the feeds her.


52 posted on 12/23/2017 9:31:22 AM PST by Joe Dallas
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To: left that other site

I have quite a collection of black folk-art, New Orleans historical ‘mammy’s’ and wooden ‘pickaninnys’, adults and children. They are charming and historical. I have black relatives. When visiting my home they have never said a word. If they are offended by what I consider art the offense ends when they go out my door.I can think of LOTS of current black cultural items that offend me.


53 posted on 12/23/2017 9:35:07 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
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To: Joe Dallas

Well, I guess I’m among those you classify as “dolts” since I regularly post my opinion that the US would have been better off to have picked our own cotton rather than being encumbered with the slavery problem and its historic impact through current times.


54 posted on 12/23/2017 9:37:08 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Hey, a black relative GAVE me the Mammy cooky jar I’ve been wanting! She’s on my kitchen table every day- except at Christmas when it’s my alligator Santa.


55 posted on 12/23/2017 9:38:45 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
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To: ClearBlueSky

“I can think of LOTS of current black cultural items that offend me.”

So, you understand how a cultural item may offend someone?


56 posted on 12/23/2017 9:38:55 AM PST by Joe Dallas
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To: cornfedcowboy

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3378678/posts

If you wish to learn the HTML code and process to post a photo, go to the link above and read about it. It’s really not too hard.


57 posted on 12/23/2017 9:40:55 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: T-Bird45

Yes, but do you go to a foreign country and tell its citizens to go back to the colonies?


58 posted on 12/23/2017 9:41:00 AM PST by Joe Dallas
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To: ClearBlueSky
Hey, a black relative GAVE me the Mammy cooky jar I’ve been wanting! She’s on my kitchen table every day- except at Christmas when it’s my alligator Santa.

What's your black relative doing on your kitchen table? :0)

59 posted on 12/23/2017 9:41:13 AM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: Joe Dallas

How DARE jewelry depict a black man as wealthy royalty.


60 posted on 12/23/2017 9:43:24 AM PST by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We MAGA)
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