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Friday, November 19, 2004

Nice....

Its not just political cartoonists and columnists that are going after Condoleezza Rice in a thinly disguised racial manner, now its radio talk show hosts.

Radio talk show host John Sylvester on WTDY-AM in Madison has drawn criticism for calling Rice an "Aunt Jemima".

In his defense Sylvester said:

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.


This isn't the first time Sylvester has used racially charged language to describe members of Bush's cabinet.

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.


I can only imagine the outcry if a conservative talk show host had made similar comments concerning an African American member of a Democratic cabinet.

Oh, wait a minute, didn't Rush Limbaugh get in a little trouble a couple of years back for making some not too PC comments when describing the reasons behind the popularity of a certain black quarterback?

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