Kansas City Star Decries 'Auntie' Racism

Sorry, that lead photo is our silly TKC way of encouraging unity . . . AND, it still makes us laugh after all these years. 

Also . . .  

We talked about this one yesterday and it's important not to lose sight of the fact that so much of this "outcry" is directed at a POLITICAL NOBODY LONG-SHOT CANDIDATE who probably didn't even merit a place in the discussion. 

Nevertheless . . .  

We notice the newspaper report that merits even more attention given the preachy tenor of the polemic intended to browbeat readers into political submission.

Here's the word . . .  

When a candidate for Jackson County executive referred to CEO and president of the Urban League as auntie, she was appalled. 

He said he meant no disrespect to Grant. I don’t believe that. An older white man greeting a professional Black woman of influence he does not know as “Auntie” is in no way endearing. Who would think that? It’s insulting and demeaning, and a lot of professional Black women reject the term.

That has a lot to do with its history and because Black women had been referred to as “Auntie” by white people during slavery and Jim Crow to signal their age and to diminish them at a time when white folks wouldn’t refer to Black women as “Mrs.” or “ma’am,” but rather as “Antie.” Think Aunt Jemima.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

'Auntie'? White man disrespects one of KC's most revered Black women | Williams

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