Paula and her black mammy, and an autopsy from St.Louis.

I guess you just can't teach an old racist new tricks.


It didn't take long for Paula Deen and her peeps to revert to being....well, Paula Deen.


Yes, the black mammy image is racist and ignorant, but the explanation for it was even worse.

"Oh Paula Deen, will you ever learn? An image on the website for Lady & Sons, the restaurant Deen owns in Savannah, Geor., features a "mammy figure," according to a post on Facebook. The controversial mother-type figure that rose in popularity during and after slavery, is shown ringing a dinner bell, as child caretakers — often called mammys — did in plantation days to let the family know dinner was ready. The advertisement is mean to notify patrons of the restaurant's new hours of operation.

A group on Facebook has taken notice of the ad, and is enraged by its racist undertones. "Paula Deen longs for the antebellum south when Blacks, especially black women were non-threatening servants." The Facebook message encourages black women to "kill the mammy within" and avoid associations with people like Paula Deen.

UPDATE: According to a Deen spokesperson, the image depicted in the ad is not new, but has been used on the restaurant's website for "five years." The restaurant further explains, "the lady featured in the picture has worked at the restaurant for over 17 years and is like family to the Deens."


"Like family"? You mean like a mammy that raised all dem little white pickaninnies back in the  day?

I am sorry, I know that some of you Negroes love Paula and her cooking, and that you have no problem with her whole down home Southern (pardon my Yiddish) schtick. But at some point you have to say enough already. The mammy figure and slavery love is just so eighteen hundreds.

Finally, I see that there is a new autopsy coming out of St. Louis. (No, not the one that the authorities have been leaking from the Michal Brown  grand jury.) This one was privately done by the family of another alleged unarmed teenager who was shot to death by a police officer.

"ST. LOUIS (AP) — An 18-year-old killed earlier this month by an off-duty St. Louis police officer was shot eight times, including six times from behind, said a forensic pathologist who performed a private autopsy Thursday.

Dr. Cyril Wecht, who has investigated the deaths of John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley and JonBenet Ramsey, conducted the autopsy at the request of Vonderrit Myers Jr.'s family and outlined the findings during a news conference at the funeral home that will handle Myers' burial. The family's attorneys said the autopsy suggests Myers was running away from the officer. Myers' parents attended the autopsy announcement but did not comment.

"The evidence shows that the story we've been given by the Police Department does not match up," one of the attorneys, Jerryl Christmas, said. "There's no evidence that there was a gun battle going on."

Wecht said it's likely that Myers was initially shot six times in the back of both legs. He said another shot hit the side of the left leg, shattering his femur.

The fatal wound was to the side of Myers' face, Wecht said.

Police have said Myers shot first at the officer. They released details of lab tests by the Missouri State Highway Patrol that showed gunshot residue on Myers' hand, waistband and shirt. Police union leaders said the finding dispelled claims by Myers' family that he didn't fire at the officer, whose name hasn't been released." [Source]

Interesting.


But unlike some folks who have jumped to conclusions based on their own prejudices and biases, I will reserve judgment until I get more facts about this particular shooting. 





   


  

When white friends come in handy.

There is so much racism to chase and so little time.


I honestly don't know where to start.


First, let us acknowledge that there are actually some good people in the world who have their "color arousal" issues in check.


I am thinking of that poor teacher in Arizona who was fired for standing up for a little nine year old who was being bullied for being a Negro.


"An Arizona teacher was canned for defending a fourth-grade boy from bullies who called him the N-word, "monkey" and "crackhead" after one bully's mother complained, the tormented boy's family and other community members say.


Pam Aister, a 25-year teaching veteran, was booted from her classroom at Four Peaks Elementary School near Phoenix after administrators said she was too harsh on a group of boys who'd been picking on 9-year-old Malachi Gillis.
The Gillises told local CBS5 the abuse was so bad they had to move Malachi to a different school.


"'You belong to a zoo,' 'stupid head,' 'monkey,' 'crackhead,'" said Malachi, quoting what he said were daily taunts from a group of five boys.


Things came to head last spring when Aister confronted the alleged bullies.
"He is not alone. When you pick on him, you pick on me," Aister told the group, according to CBS5. "It is not five to one anymore. It is five to two." [Source]


So she defends a child who is being bullied and having racial taunts thrown his way and she is fired after 25 years of service?


Yep, we are "post-racial" alright. I am sure that the parents of these bullies are  teaching them how to be good citizens at home. Not!


Then there is that Notebook guy, who is now getting the Paula Deen treatment from one of his former employees. (Speaking of Paula Deen, please tell me that Steve Harvey isn't jigging for her as she tries to get her black card back. I know you don't "give a damn, Steve", but I am going to blog about your ass.)


This dude has made a ton of money writing love stories, but apparently he has no love for the Negro.


Anyway, I have seen a couple of his movies, and the feelings-at least when it comes to his body of work-are mutual.


And finally, to the Big Apple, where were it not for a white woman who happened to see injustice raining down on a bunch of little Negroes this story would have never seen the light of day.


"Cops protecting tony Park Slope, Brooklyn, trailed a group of black teens in their patrol car and ordered them to “get out of the neighborhood,” a stunned witness claimed.


Sara Bennett said five teens were walking along Ninth St. between Sixth and Seventh Aves. at 2:45 p.m. on Sept. 22 when she saw an NYPD patrol car following the youths with its lights and sirens on.


Then, over the loudspeakers, a cop told the teens to leave the area, Bennett said.


“I was upset by (the) police behavior,” Bennett wrote on her Facebook page Wednesday. “I notified my city council person (Brad Lander) about what I had witnessed. His office told me I should voice my concern at a precinct council meeting, so I did.”


At the meeting, Bennett said she “was really, really upset and disturbed” by what happened.


“Not by the kids, but by the way the police were yelling at them to get out of the neighborhood," Bennett said. "They were just walking down the street." [Source]


Ms. Bennett, welcome to our world. And thanks for being brave enough to stand up to the Big R.


I know that it's somewhat paradoxical, but in order to combat the Big R you are going to need folks on your side who look like the racist.  As I told you Negroes before, you should listen to Katt Williams and get you some white friends.  ("Murder! Murdered who?")


"In addition to telling the police and Councilman Lander’s office, Bennett also informed school officials inside the John Jay Educational Complex and members of the Police Reform Organizing Project about what she saw.


“I hope this little bit of press attention makes the police change their practice,” she wrote on Facebook."


It did bring some press attention Ms. Bennett. But unfortunately it will not make the "police change their practices". We can thank the Big R for that.

Paula beats out Dr. King.

I have a lot of friends who live in the Atlanta area. It's a nice city with some good people. But then you think about the state that it is in and you have to step back a little bit. Not the Pistolvania is much better, but as bad as some of the folks are here, I am pretty sure that you would not have the following kind of poll numbers in the Keystone state:

"Paula Deen may have lost support from her sponsors, the Food Network, and much of the public but, according to a recent poll, there’s one area in which she’s still going strong: among Georgia Republicans.

According to Public Policy Polling, the embattled Southern cooking mogul has a whopping 73% favorability rating with Georgia Republicans, even following her recent and well-publicized “fall from grace” involving her past use of racist language.

Deen previously admitted to using the “n-word” during a suit filed by a former employee alleging “violent, sexist, and racist” behavior from both the chef and her brother “Bubba.” She also received strong criticism for her expressed desire to have a “Southern plantation-style” theme wedding for her brother complete with all-black waitstaff, apparently harkening back to the days of slavery in the American South. Following this admission, and the ensuing controversy, the Food Network (which airs her show Paula’s Home Cooking) and numerous other businesses have ceased relations with the chef.

The real kicker here is that, according to the PPP, her favorability is markedly higher than another famous southerner –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He garnered 59% favorability among self-identified Republicans in the state." [Source]

Hmmm, 73% for the racist Queen of fried chicken and 59% for Dr. King. Kind of why I am keeping as far away from that republican tent as possible. No wonder their minority outreach isn't going too well.

Finally, I am glad to see Eric Holder's Justice Department reviewing the Ramarley Graham case up in New York. What happened to that young man was just wrong. Shot in his own home by a New York police officer who claims that he feared for his own life. Of course the young man was unarmed, and the officers kicked in his door and initiated the confrontation.

A Judge in New York dismissed manslaughter charges against the officer and he is now free to go back to the streets and do his thing.

"There was something haunting about the moment in the Bronx courtroom when the decision was announced regarding the charges against the police officer who shot and killed Ramarley Graham. As the judge dismissed the manslaughter charges against the officer, Constance Malcolm, the mother of the dead 18-year-old, shrieked in grief and shouted so heatedly at the judge that she was removed from the courtroom.

“I am angry and cannot express my feelings alone,” she said, speaking to reporters afterward. “I am ready to take it to the streets and the highest of the highest. Please be prepared for a major protest.” She was later hospitalized after the emotion of the experience.

Acting Justice Steven Barrett, of the State Supreme Court of New York, said in his ruling that the prosecution failed to give precise instructions to the grand jury that indicted Richard Haste, the police officer who faced manslaughter charges.

The judge further explained that the members of the grand jury were not provided sufficient information that Haste had been told that the teenage Graham might have been carrying a weapon. “With not great pleasure, I’m obliged in this case to dismiss the charges.”

There remains a huge problem here. An 18-year-old young man is now dead, killed by an overzealous police officer who soon discovered that Graham was unarmed. With the justice’s decision, no one has yet been held accountable for the death of this young man." [Source]

Sound familiar?

The racist in the kitchen, and a "Patriot" is in hot water.

So black folks are tripping out after hearing that Paula Deen is a racist.

"What? Paula Dean is a racist? Nooo, not Paula."

Yes, Paula. You Negroes should learn from this. Never assume that you know someone.

"Paula, you disappointed me. You used to channel my black southern grandma so well. I almost believed you were one of us!" 
Oh stop it! Charming Paula, the Southern Belle, was in the kitchen cooking up some wholesome American Southern food while dropping the N-word and planning slavery themed weddings.

Still, to be fair to Paula, she was an equal opportunity hater, and she hated Jews and rednecks as well. It all just goes to show you how far a little talent can go in hiding the demons that lurk within some people.    

Paula, let this be a lesson to you: Always settle those lawsuits. You never know what will come out in a trial.

 "Deen cited a restaurant she had visited: "The whole entire waiter staff was middle-aged black men, and they had on beautiful white jackets with a black bow tie...I mean, it was really impressive. That restaurant represented a certain era in America…after the Civil War, during the Civil War, before the Civil War…It was not only black men, it was black women…I would say they were slaves." [Source]

I would say that you were born about 100 years too late.

Are you all following this Aaron Hernandez story? This is crazy. I sure hope that we don't have another O.J., or Rae Carruth story on our hands, but it's not looking good for the Patriot's tight end.  Apparently Aaron likes his guns.

"Police plan to go back to the home of New England Patriot's tight end Aaron Hernandez today with another warrant based on evidence that "he destroyed his home security system,'' an investigator close to the case told ABC News.

The investigator, and other law enforcement sources, confirmed that the security system - which included video surveillance - was smashed intentionally.
And a cell phone used by Hernandez was handed over to investigators "in pieces'' by his attorneys, the sources said.

Police also want to know why a team of house cleaners were hired on Monday to scrub Hernandez's mansion, sources told ABC News.

The revelations come as multiple sources tell ABC News that the star NFL player has not been ruled out as a suspect in the murder of a semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, 27, who was Hernandez's friend.

Hernandez has been at the center of the investigation since Lloyd's body was found shot in the back of the head in a scrubby clearing of an industrial park roughly a mile from the Patriots star's million-dollar mansion in North Attleborough Monday." [Source]

Calling Nancy Grace in 5...4...3...2...