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  • Wisconsin Radio Host APOLOGIZES for Calling Secretary of State Nominee 'Aunt Jemima'

    11/22/2004 6:38:45 PM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 43 replies · 1,058+ views
    AP ^ | Nov 22, 2004 | Jr Ross
    A radio host apologized Monday for calling secretary of state nominee Condoleezza Rice "Aunt Jemima," but refused to back down from his criticism that she is a "black trophy" of the Bush administration. John "Sly" Sylvester, the program director and morning personality on WTDY-AM, wrote a letter of apology to local newspapers. "I'm concerned that I have offended many African-Americans by using a crass term to describe an incompetent, dishonest political appointee of the Bush administration. I apologize," wrote Sylvester, who is white. Sylvester wrote he would not, however, apologize for criticizing Rice, saying "she has allowed herself to be...