Posted on 11/19/2004 10:27:24 AM PST by squirt-gun
U.S. National - AP Radio Host Calls Rice 'Aunt Jemima'
Fri Nov 19,12:33 AM ET
U.S. National - AP
By JAMES A. CARLSON, Associated Press Writer
MILWAUKEE - A radio talk show host drew criticism Thursday after calling Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites) an "Aunt Jemima" and saying she isn't competent to be secretary of state.
John Sylvester, the program director and morning personality on WTDY-AM in Madison, said in a phone interview Thursday that he used the term on Wednesday's show to describe Rice and other blacks as having only a subservient role in the Bush administration.
Rice has served as President Bush (news - web sites)'s national security adviser and was named this week to replace the departing Colin Powell (news - web sites) as secretary of state.
Sylvester, who is white, also referred to Powell as an "Uncle Tom" — a contemptuous term for a black whose behavior toward whites is regarded as fawning or servile.
He said Thursday night that he was referring to remarks by singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte that the price of admittance for blacks to the Bush White House was subservience.
As for Rice, "they're using her for an illusion of inclusion," he said, adding that he feels her history as national security adviser showed a lack of competence.
Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz called the remarks "racially insensitive," while Sen. Russ Feingold (news, bio, voting record), D-Wis., said in a statement he joined "all Wisconsinites in rejecting" the statements.
Linda Hoskins of the NAACP's Madison branch said she could not comment on Sylvester's remarks until she had heard them in their entirety.
The station's corporate office received about 100 calls about his comments, Sylvester said.
He added that he has a long history of commitment to civil rights and has supported Madison's black community.
He said he was planning a giveaway on Friday's show of Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup. "I will apologize to Aunt Jemima," he said.
The incident came after a radio host in Milwaukee had his talk show taken off the air all of last week after he used word "wetback" to refer to undocumented Mexican immigrants, sparking protests from Hispanics.
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Associated Press writer JR Ross in Madison contributed to this story.
Um... EVERY job in the Executive Branch is "subservient" to the President's.
Das rap talk Bro...
Put it this way: a Milwaukee radio talk show host, a conservative, during today's noon hour is reporting the Madison office of the NAACP is saying it is reserving comment on the matter to determine how the racist term was used in context.
Also note another Milwaukee radio talk show host, also a conservative, recently was suspended from his talk show for the past week following his use of a derogatory term toward illegal immigrants from south of the border, and then following up with a non-apology. (He did later apologize.)
CRIMINY! It's a good thing they have all these liberals to promote tolerance and diversity.
Oh yes, as will the NOW gang and other women's libers groups
Yeah, if you can call her human that is, the Surgeon General of his first term....what's her name? The real wacko
You know, Aunt Jemia...the wife of Uncle Tomia.....
Anyone remember?:
"Aunt Jemima Pancakes without her syrup,
is like the spring without the fall.
There's only one thing worse
in this universe
and that's no Aunt Jemima at all."
Aunt Jemima was a beloved part of childhood breakfasts!
How dare they pick on Aunt Jemima!
Dr. Rice, of course, has nothing to do with pancake mix, and the folks who are out there slurring both Aunt Jemima and Dr. Rice ought to be beat with a spatula and tossed on the griddle.
Jemima's lesser known sister.
Are any commie-libs defending this asshat?
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
Who's Aunt Jemia?
heh.. hhehe... hehehehehe... heheheheheheheheh... hehehehehehehehehheheheheheheheheh... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Doesn't this kind of thing just piss you off?
More proof that Liberalism=Racism
I agree. And I remember!
She wore a sailor suit and wanted all elementary school children to be taught how to have safe sex(as well as how to masturbate in order to relieve tensions)......A very nice Dem!
Ah, sarcasm. We don't get that around here.
(he he he)
I guess it's okay to belittle minority folks who don't agree with you. That having been said, Danny Glover is an asshat!
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