‘Memba when the NAACP held it’s mock funeral where they claimed they were burying the nigga word (Whoops! Was I supposed to say “The N-word?”. Well apparently the President of its local branch in Cleveland saw no problem recently of using his local paper to portray a Black politician as an Aunt Jemima. Cleveland Plain Dealer Columnist Phillip Morris had a wonderful suggestion.

The NAACP annually recognizes important people with an honor called the Image Award. The awards are presented to people in the arts and politics who promote social justice through creative endeavors.

Beyonce and the late Michael Jackson have Image Awards. So do Muhammad Ali, Bono and Al Gore.

I think the NAACP should create a new version of the image award and give it to the organization’s Cleveland branch president, George L. Forbes.

I propose that in 2010 the NAACP consider creation of an Aunt Jemima image award and bestow it upon a public figure who has consistently gone out of his or her way to mine old racist stereotypes, inject race into racially benign matters and work to ruthlessly kill off the careers of promising young African-American politicians.

The inaugural award would have to go to a real hater. The Aunt Jemima standard barrier would have to be someone whose credentials are beyond challenge. That’s why I would nominate Forbes, general counsel and overseer of the Call & Post, Ohio’s largest black newspaper. He’s earned it.

Read the rest of his article for all the details.

Here is a link to the original article with cartoon that appeared in Call & Post.

Bottom line, Cleveland State Senator Nina Turner did not go with the Black flow and was portrayed as an Aunt Jemima.

More on Forbes (2007)

The accused drunks, thieves and prostitutes fell silent yesterday morning when George L. Forbes, with a trademark scowl and well-dressed entourage, walked into the hot, crowded room in Franklin County Municipal Court.

“Who is it?” whispered some onlookers. Others just shrugged when it became apparent the man that the horde of reporters, photographers and television crews were waiting on had arrived.

Moments later, Forbes, still a powerful Cleveland Democrat at 76, entered pleas and was convicted of ethics charges in the ongoing investment scandal at the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.

The president of the Cleveland NAACP and former Cleveland City Council president was the 20th person charged in the investigation. Sixteen of those, including former Gov. Bob Taft and Toledo coin dealer Thomas W. Noe, already have been convicted.

Forbes’ troubles stemmed from taking meals, airline flights and limo rides from those doing business with the bureau while he was a member of its oversight commission. State law prohibits such relationships.

I fully expect to see a press release in my inbox from the NAACP condemning this action.
I also expect to eat ice cream and never lose weight.