In the background of a live drunken escapade on CNN was something many find offensive, according to the Western Journal.
I'M NOT MICHELLE @donlemon!! I was just saying hi!!!! HAHA!!!! This is too hilarious!! Happy New Year @BrookeBCNN and Don!!!! @WWLTV #NEWYEARSFUN #MYNAMEISCARESSE #NOTMICHELLE #HappyNewYear pic.twitter.com/DtlayGJ5uF
— Caresse Jackman (@CaresseJ) January 2, 2019
That’s what’s known as a “mammy jar.”
“The mammy stereotype portrays black women as obedient maids to white families.”
“Like blackface, racist objects such as mammy jars perpetuate deep-rooted stereotypes about African-Americans by portraying them as docile, dumb and animated. But some white families view these objects as keepsakes, passed down through generations as relics of the past.”
“They were everyday objects which portrayed black people as ugly, different and fun to laugh at,” David Pilgrim, founder of the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Michigan’s Ferris State University, told The Times.
“They were, in a word, propaganda.”
Old yearbooks? Here are two NEW photos posted TODAY. Grace Coddington, current @Vogue contributor, who was creative director for years. She has a lucrative collaboration with @LouisVuitton and @IMG.
On her kitchen shelf she has a collection of racist Mammy figurines
📸 @bferry pic.twitter.com/OfDpQOomiM
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) February 8, 2019
Oh, you mean that veggie in front of the black face cookie jar? That's a green bell pepper. https://t.co/oQWwBzavUU
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) January 1, 2021
Racy Kitsch art no? https://t.co/bHDlxaw59O
— 🌺🐚Cheyenne🐬🌺 (@DesertPoppy19) January 3, 2021
I thought I was the only one that saw it🤷🏽♀️ https://t.co/c0Wz3w2z8a
— Conversational Lush (@AlterMiGo) January 2, 2021
Sooo a Mammy cookie Jar is NOT offensive, but a bottle of syrup is?🤔🤦🏼♀️ https://t.co/kE6l5rmFsW
— Mad MAGA Momma🇺🇸 (@MadMAGAMomma) January 2, 2021
The same people doing mental gymnastics to say this is normal are the same people who got Aunt Jemima erased https://t.co/U5m2f0ww7g
— Olivia Rondeau (@rondeaulivia) January 1, 2021
"Megyn is 47 years old, she's our age, there has never been a time in her 47 years that blackface has been acceptable" @DonLemon on #CuomoPrimeTime pic.twitter.com/aihmlQ0VOd
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) October 24, 2018
Get a grip. It’s reclaiming ownership and serving as a reminder of how far we have come… https://t.co/ll138npsL8
— brandon w 🗽 (@monsieurmoscato) January 1, 2021
