Posted on 01/14/2006 6:44:56 AM PST by texassizednightcrawler
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- An activist who was arrested after disrupting a City Council meeting in an Aunt Jemima costume has been banned by the council president from attending meetings until the end of March.
Brown was arrested and charged with causing a disturbance at a lawful assembly and resisting a police officer.
Jackie Brown was escorted out of a Nov. 22 City Council meeting after loudly criticizing the council for the city's small business incentive law.
Brown, president of the Jacksonville Coalition of Black Contractors, said the law treats blacks like "slaves" because it does not provide enough opportunities for minority contractors.
She returned during a later public comment period and scuffled with a police officer after refusing to leave when ordered.
Brown was arrested and charged with causing a disturbance at a lawful assembly and resisting a police officer.
A letter this week from Council President Kevin Hyde informing Brown she cannot attend council meetings until March 31 cites a rule that allows the council to remove disruptive citizens from meetings.
Bill Sheppard, Brown's attorney, did not immediately return a message early Friday.
Did I sleep through the chapter in American History where it discusses slaves as business owners?
Disbanding racist-in-name organizations is long overdue. Our best start is the Congressional Black Caucus.
Profanity and/or speaking out of turn should be prohibited, but I think we all have an interest in ensuring that free speech and the ability to attend & comment at public meetings is protected, even if we disagree with those in power or their decisions.
Yes poorly written at best. It began in Nov. 22, 2005 at a council meeting and apparently the action of banning took place last week. Other things have taken place in between I'd bet.
To this:
That's pretty funny. She looks like the maid in Lil' Rascals shows. Now, I have an idea for my next Halloween costume.
well that's a bit of a stretch. jeez
That is a sad perception you have. Aunt Jemima is remembered with love and respect.
Nancy Green, Rosie Lee Moore, Lillian Richard and many others who portrayed this image held jobs with high profile positions and traveled with expense accounts as celebrities in a time when women didn't work.
These women were also historians. The character of Aunt Jemima was more than and advertisement for pancakes, it was history that shouldn't be stifled.
The use of Aunt Jemima as a marketing campaign was brilliant for 40 years ago and should be remembered fondly.
I didn't mean to sound as though I personally felt that the Aunt Jemima mascot perpetuates a negative racial stereotype. I was merely thinking that in this day and age, with such hyper racial sensitivity, a company would continue to use this mascot knowing that somewhere, someone might possibly find it offensive.
I don't think Aunt Jemina is offensive and it is sad that people use it as a negative stereotype. That was a wonderful milestone for 40 years ago and should have been embraced, not shunned.
I once went to a parade in Falls Church, Virginia (back in 1956) that had Aunt Jemima in it. She was riding on the top of a cement mixer.
Really!
Aunt Jemima Pancakes without the syrup
Is like the summer without the fall--
There's only one thing worse in the universe
And that's no Aunt Jemima at all...
Yup. My mom (bless her soul) would specify product names when sending me to the store as a youth. Two of her favorites were Aunt Jemima and Martha White.
I remember the joke from when I was a kid.
Q: What's the name of that old black lady on the pancake box?
A:Aunt Jemima?
Punchline: Ain't ja daddy either!
But I liked aunt Jemima Pancakes what’s up??
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