More proof that Liberalism=Racism
It used to, but it doesn't anymore. You expect a snake to be a snake, right? Well, there you go.
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.
Sylvester isn't qualified to cook pancakes for Condi.
If true I would expect him to be canned
Actually this is a compliment to Condi...Aunt Jamima was one fine lady. She took her job seriously, was a hard worker, was kind to everyone, and held her family very close.
Joycelyn Elders, of Eric Clapner fame was X42's first Surgeon General.
Yeah, sure they will, surrrrrrrrrrre...
That would be: Minnie Lee Jones (aka Joycelyn Elders)
Regards,
GtG
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It used to, but it doesn't anymore. You expect a snake to be a snake, right? Well, there you go.
The Dems are miffed because the Pubbies have prettier window dressing than they!
Whoops... Sorry for the lack of paragraphs above...
email Sly and tell him what you think though!!
Sly in the Morning
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Email: sly@wtdy.com
Anyone, black or white, who ranks as a concert pianist, was a successful provost at Stanford University(the best of the best in a difficult job), was awarded on her outstanding achievements two top teaching honors from that institution.... and reached these hights without affirmative action....was a successful National Security advisor, received an honoary degree from Notre Dame (among others) and because of her intellect was made a member of the board...among other achievments..isn't Window Dressing
She is no Jocylen Elders
True. If we freaked out at every stupid and hypocritical thing the Left does, we would spend our lives freaked out.
Before ascending to Clinton's Cabinet nationally, she was the Surgeon General of Arkansas.
There she did her job for Clinton the way he wanted her too. She promoted teen sex and caused the teen pregnancy rate to go up. One of the ways was that when thousands of Condoms were found to be defective, she decided to send them to the kids anyway.
Which in the liberal mind (what there is of it) is good so the multi-Billion dollar Planned Parenthood and Aboritoriums can thrive.
Then when kicked upstairs to do the same for the whole country, her statements caused a fury in Conservative circles:
"It was her December 1994 statement that “masturbation is part of human sexuality and a part of something that perhaps should be taught” that prompted President Clinton to seek and receive her to resignation."
The thing that this sanitized biography where this statement came from fails to mention is that she thought the practice should be taught starting in Kindergarten.
A "B" student of Kinsey's, she didn't quite get to his level of teaching those joys to infants as he did.
All in all, my experience has always been that Northerners are somewhat more racist than southerners...MUD
the NATIONAL NAACP has condemned the comment and the locals
have ignored it. This radio guy is a known liberal democrat.
I know a guy that used to work with him.
She was African American but I can't recall anything but her face. Jocelyn something. Yes, she was a real dip!
Oh, uh, of course we'll be fair (guffaw)! (Smile) M
I should say! I had forgotten also about Janet Whacko and Maddie Notbright. But they weren't people of high quality like Bush has surrounded himself with.
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