that one I can answer. I would consider it mostly likely a derogatory remark and yeah, possibly racist. Interestingly it makes a difference in my mind whether the speaker is white.
Maybe it's analogous to the n word being all over rap songs but constituting a grievous insult coming from a white. A lot depends on context and in those cases where I am sure that sexism is at work there is rarely any one remark that objectively supports it. Dana On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 23:36:46 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It just makes me wonder if she were white and someone said she looked > like Betty Crocker, if that would be considered racist or just in poor > taste. > > > > > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:02:18 -0700, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes. > > > > I am not comfortable, as a white woman originally from another > > country, with saying whether certain images are or are not racist. I > > *think* however from what I have seen that the problem with Aunt > > Jemima was that it said that the place of black women was in the > > kitchen, and that there was no other place that it was appropriate for > > them to be. In other words, subservient. That was why they changed the > > marketing images a while back. > > > > Dana > > > > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 23:49:30 -0500, Larry C. Lyons > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > thie image of Aunt Jemima was very stereotypical, It was rather > > > contemptuous at least. > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 19:03:38 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Larry wrote: > > > > > Its very much like the stereotype Uncle Tom. Its a commercial brand > > > > > that used to depict a fairly stereotypical black woman. > > > > > > > > But what's racist? Is he saying that all black women are symbols of > > > > successful branding? Or all black women make good pancakes? Or all > > > > black women like pancakes? > > > > > > > > I don't get the racist part, to me just seems like a funny comparison; > > > > like saying Mr. Bush looks like Alfred E. Newman. It's not racial, > > > > it's just a funny comparison. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137267 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
