Another blackface uproar -- only this time it's brownface!
We read:
"The mayor of a Kansas town issued an apology Thursday for appearing as a drag-queen in blackface last weekend as part of a fundraising event, according to the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Arkansas City Mayor Mel Kuhn participated in and won a drag queen contest held as part of an annual fund raiser sponsored by Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), an agency that supports foster children in the court system.
Kuhn appeared dressed as a character which he called "Smellishis Poon," with his face painted dark for the event. But Kuhn told FOXNews.com that he was not in blackface, but in "tanface," and did not intend to offend anyone. "Blackface is shoepolish," he said. "That's not what I did. I dressed up to win and because it was so hilarious."
According to the NAACP, he also had suggestive back-up dancers for the talent portion of his performance, which he called the "Red Hot Puntangs." "We danced to black music. The Weather Girls and Aretha Franklin," Kuhn told FOXNews.com. .....
For many Americans, blackface minstrelsy has a long and painful history dating back to the Jim Crow era, when white actors would paint their faces with grease or tar and exaggerate their lips and hair to mock African Americans. While changes in racial attitudes have effectively eliminated its use in comedy, films and theater, it is still occasionally seen. Actor Robert Downey Jr. recently appeared in blackface in the hit film "Tropic Thunder."
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8 comments:
"Smellishis Poon"?!?
"Red Hot Poontang"?!?
I'm usually pretty open-minded, but come on! Why the f*ck was a MAYOR of a city participating in something like this?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
WTF. I'm colored. Sure, maybe a bit pink or light tan, but they are still colors.
I'd still like to see an organization called "National Association for the Advancement of Caucasean People".
This is why I hate people.
Yesterday I was out shopping for props for my daughter's Halloween costume. As is typical during an election year, the store was selling masks of both major party candidates. If--as it appears--wearing blackface is Politically Incorrect and nearly illegal, what whill happen if a white person wears an Obama mask?
I am severely disappointed that he lacked the backbone to go ahead and say it wasn't black-face and the complaint is pointless and the complainer needs to see a shrink to see why they have a persecution complex.
So now all actors should be prosecuted for "identity theft"??
I wonder what political party this mayor belongs to. It was mysteriously left out of the article. I know most mayors are not usually partisan, but if this mayor had any kind of relationship with the Republican party, the headline would read something like, "Republican Mayor of Arkansas City Mel Kuhn and George Bush Hate Black People".
The photograph belongs to me and you did not get permission .
I would have given permission had I been asked.
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