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Sly defends 'Aunt Jemima' comment (Update)
Wisconsin State Journal ^ | 11-19-2004 | Patricia Simms

Posted on 11/19/2004 8:00:05 AM PST by lindor

An unrepentant Sly explained why he called the nominee to be secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, an "Aunt Jemima" and outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell an "Uncle Tom" on the radio Wednesday.

Sly, the on-air name for John Sylvester, told WTDY-AM (1670) morning show listeners that Rice, who is black, bought her way into the White House with obedience to President Bush.

"I'm not apologizing for what I said," Sylvester said Thursday in an interview. "I stand by it.

"I was aiming that directly at a black person that is letting himself (and herself) be used by an administration that has been extremely hostile to minorities," he said.

"Being subservient and being a black role model are two different things. I think (Rice) has not only been bad for the country and for national security, but I think she's been a bad black role model.

"I don't think being subservient to white people and not blowing the whistle on their misdoings is a good role model at all."

Sylvester said his comments were not a ratings ploy. "People know who I am. I don't need to get attention."

Response was negative, from Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold to Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and the Urban League of Greater Madison. Sylvester has been intensely supportive of Feingold and Wisconsin Democrats in general.

The comments came in the wake of conservative Milwaukee talker Mark Belling's five- day suspension from WISN-AM (1130) for using the word "wetback," a derogatory term for illegal Mexican immigrants, on his Oct. 27 show.

"While it is not my intention to comment on every extremely inappropriate remark made in our society," Feingold said in a statement today, "given the proximity to the unfortunate comments made by another member of the media, I feel it is necessary to completely reject and repudiate these recent comments."

Cieslewicz said he didn't hear the broadcast but understood that Sylvester's comment were racially insensitive. "Our society is not well served by a coarsening of political discussion," the mayor said, "and comments with negative racial overtones are even more troubling."

The Urban League said it was deeply disturbed. "Such slurs based on racial and ethnic stereotypes have no place in the 21st century," said its statement. "We call upon WTDY and John Sylvester to apologize for using the basest form of racial derision to highlight a political viewpoint."

Sylvester, who is also program director, said he would not take himself off the air nor would station owners, the Mid- West Family Broadcast Group. General Manager Tom Walker did not return phone calls Thursday.

Sylvester said the issue was being stirred by Milwaukee talk show host Charlie Sykes. "I didn't think anything about it," he said. "I think I've even said it before. Anybody who knows me knows I'm not a racist."

"I did call her the Aunt Jemima of the administration because I think not only have they used her race as a trophy, but I think her price of admission to the White House has been complete obedience to the white power structure in the White House," Sylvester said. "(And) I called (Powell) Uncle Tom. Frankly I think they bought his silence."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: auntjemima; boycottwtdyam1670
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To: lindor

is anyone going to try and list their advertisers?


41 posted on 11/19/2004 8:29:19 AM PST by DrkEyez
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To: Cinnamon Girl; All

Better yet, here is the telephone number to the radio station business office,608-273-1000.
And the G.M. is Larry Walker(another clown who thinks that Sly's racist remarks are funny)

And here is a partial list of some of the sponsers of the radio show. You just might want to see if they're racists' too or if racist's remarks offend them.


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Molony Tile Your ceramic tile specialists. Just off the frontage road on the beltline by Saturn in Madison. (www.molonytile.com)

Pedro's Mexican Restaurant East: 609-241-8110, 3555 East Washington Avenue. & West: 833-9229, 499 D'Onofrio Drive (www.pedrosmexicanrestaurante.com)

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42 posted on 11/19/2004 8:30:11 AM PST by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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To: lindor
The Urban League said it was deeply disturbed. "Such slurs based on racial and ethnic stereotypes have no place in the 21st century," said its statement. "We call upon WTDY and John Sylvester to apologize for using the basest form of racial derision to highlight a political viewpoint."

Good for the Urban League! How about the NAACP, SCLC, Rainbow Coalition, Jackson, Sharpton? Are you there? I'm waiting...

43 posted on 11/19/2004 8:31:18 AM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: lindor

>>I was aiming that directly at a black person that is letting himself (and herself) be used by an administration that has been _extremely hostile to minorities_," he said.

Give some examples. Oh, and give some examples of high ranking black people in the Clinton administration while you're at it.


44 posted on 11/19/2004 8:31:54 AM PST by raccoonradio (Raccoon News Channel: Fur and Balanced)
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To: BenLurkin

You forgot, conservative blacks aren't really blacks or minorities.


45 posted on 11/19/2004 8:31:56 AM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: rdb3
According to this article in Seattle's PI, here is John Sylvester's response to calls for him to apologize:

He said he was planning a giveaway on Friday's show of Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup. "I will apologize to Aunt Jemima".

46 posted on 11/19/2004 8:32:20 AM PST by lonevoice (Vast Right Wing Pajama Party)
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To: lindor; mhking; Trueblackman
"I don't think being subservient to white people and not blowing the whistle on their misdoings is a good role model at all."

I agree.

Wait... we are talking about just about the majority of the black voting populace and Bill Clinton, right?

Dan

47 posted on 11/19/2004 8:33:32 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: lindor

"I think (Rice) has not only been bad for the country and for national security, but I think she's been a bad black role model."

(((:::Shaking my head in utter disbelief at the empty-headed, drugged- and boozed-out, liberal-demokkkRAT moron:::)))


48 posted on 11/19/2004 8:33:41 AM PST by 7.62 x 51mm (• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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To: rdb3

I continue to be amazed at how so many people overlook the fact that Bill Clinton continually had minorities take the fall for his personal and administrative failures.


49 posted on 11/19/2004 8:36:15 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter
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To: kellynla

infopmr@tds.net,info@pedros.us
Pedros Restaraunts


50 posted on 11/19/2004 8:37:12 AM PST by DrkEyez
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To: lindor
The Dems are marginalizing themselves with these types of comments. Bush more than doubled his votes from the black community in this election, from 8% in 2000 to 17% in 2004. He tripled his votes from black Christians (36%).

As Star Parker states in her column on Town Hall:

Black pastors and their congregants are waking up to the fact that the liberal agenda that they have been supporting all these years does not liberate but denigrates, dehumanizes, and enslaves. They are beginning to see the liberal agenda, the welfare state agenda, as a moral problem, undermining the dignity and responsibility that makes men and women free.

Town Hall

A good article about this problem can be found at The Rant. (Warning: graphic use of the "n" word involved)
51 posted on 11/19/2004 8:39:15 AM PST by ravingnutter
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To: lindor
but I think her price of admission to the White House has been complete obedience to the white power structure in the White House

Only a real idiot would make a remark like this. No matter what your job is you better show some loyalty to your boss and the company especially when you hold one of the highest offices in what is the highest office in the world.

Somebody please start slapping this incompetent moron and dont stop untill you have knocked some common sense into him. Come to think of it, it is too late.

52 posted on 11/19/2004 8:40:13 AM PST by winodog (We need to water the liberty tree)
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To: lindor

This Sly is a honky!


53 posted on 11/19/2004 8:41:26 AM PST by JesseHousman (Execute Mumia Abu-Jamal)
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To: DrkEyez

I don't do business with any of the advertisers, since they are all locals.

I could possibly trade with Vermont Teddy Bears (a national brand) but, given their State in which incorporated (Big Blue Vermont), I don't see much coming of it.


54 posted on 11/19/2004 8:42:39 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: gov_bean_ counter
people overlook the fact that Bill Clinton continually had minorities take the fall for his personal and administrative failures.

Like the (unautopsied) Ron Brown?

55 posted on 11/19/2004 8:45:25 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: JesseHousman

And a cracker of the driest kind.


56 posted on 11/19/2004 8:46:50 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: kellynla

Call for more information toll-free 866-206-FEET or 866-206-3338.

GoodFeet.com contact info....no email


57 posted on 11/19/2004 8:52:22 AM PST by DrkEyez
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To: kellynla

MM DMIY@aol.com BodySHop


58 posted on 11/19/2004 8:55:21 AM PST by DrkEyez
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To: DrkEyez

MMDMIY@aol.com Body Shop Email


59 posted on 11/19/2004 8:56:37 AM PST by DrkEyez
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To: rdb3
John Sylvester. Never heard of him.

Neither have I. Yet he is stupid enough to think that he actually KNOWS MORE than truly accomplished people like Powell and Rice.

60 posted on 11/19/2004 8:57:01 AM PST by BunnySlippers (George W. Bush is our president ... Get over it!)
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