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I think the "sly' Sylvester, Condi Rice insult presents another great case study in how we as citizens have been given the power, via outlets such as FREE REPUBLIC, to get involved in getting all the news out, not just the news which the media elite wants us to see. How did the Condi Rice, Aunt Jemima comment by WTDY radio talk show jerk John 'Sly' Sylvester make it on to the airwaves of the MSM, rather than getting buried like so many stories about liberals malfeasance? I would like to think that I played a small part in that....

MADISON, Wis. - (KRT) - African-American leaders in Madison on Friday criticized a local radio personality, calling his use of the pejorative Aunt Jemima to describe Condoleezza Rice insulting and inappropriate. The talk show host, John Sylvester, did little to mollify those he offended. Instead, he apologized to the character Aunt Jemima and gave away boxes of pancake mix and syrup on his morning show. Sylvester, a white man who performs as Sly on WTDY-AM 1670, said he respected the woman who portrayed Aunt Jemima to advertise pancake mix in the early 1900s. "It is with a heavy heart that...

He's not called John ``Sly'' Sylvester for nothing. He is, as the saying goes, sly like a fox. He knows what he's doing. He's one more white guy with a big mouth who happens to have a radio talk show and who knows exactly how to play the game. The game is fame. And never mind how you get there. On his Madison, Wis., blab fest Wednesday, Sly called national security adviser and President Bush's choice for secretary of state Condoleezza Rice ``Aunt Jemima.'' The reference is pure racism. ``Whites gave us this image,'' says Marilyn Kern-Foxworth, author of ``Aunt...