Probably you’ve already heard about the new waffles which is trying to bring it’s deliciousness (with a little taste of Racism) on American’s breakfast table.If you have not heard that here’s the story.
Mark Whitlock and Bob DeMoss, two freelance writers from Franklin, Tenn. created boxes of waffle mix depicting Barack Obama as a racial stereotype on its front and wearing Arab-like headdress on its top flap and sold it for $10 a box at the Values Voter Summit sponsored by the lobbying arm of the Family Research Council.The organizers cut off sales after people complained, but the product is still available at: ObamaWaffles.com .Plunderbund did some research about the domain:
The domain registration is private so we can’t get any info on the guys there. But a quick check of the Tennessee Secretary of State’s website reveals that the business is registered to a guy named W. Mark Whitlock in Franklin, Tennessee.
They claim that the product was meant as political satire: They saw Obama waffling a lot, So they came to the idea of Obama Waffles.But can’t you see anything wrong in their political satire?
Watch this ANP Report:
What’s really going on behind all this? The Campaign Silo says Obama “Waffles” Creator Works For Fox:
Whitlock also worked for Focus on the Family, as well as Thomas Nelson. These days, though, Whitlock works for Fox. Fox Faith, yet (if you get a password screen, just hit cancel). Yep, one of the minds which brought you Obama waffles is teaching our children about God for Rupert Murdoch.
whether Fox is behind this parody or not something is quite obvious: It’s OK to say that Barack Obama waffles on the issues, but to humorously make that point with a box of Obama Waffles is not OK. In fact, it’s racist:
Tags: 2008 Elections | Bob DeMoss | Controversy | Franklin | Mark Whitlock | Obama | obama waffles | politics | Racism | Racist | waffles
12 comments ↓
This whole black racist thing sounds like a bunch of Southern Confederate Traitors. They pledge allegiance to another flag. They need to get out of my country. We are in the UNITED States of America you treasonous b*ast*rds.
I’m not sure you get WHY it’s racist, so I’ll spell it out for you:
There’s a not-so-subliminal association of Obama Waffles with Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix. Aunt Jemima, the pleasant, smiling subservient colored lady who since 1893 knew her place, even if (to carry the subliminal association 30 years further back to the slave in “Gone with the Wind”) she didn’t know nuthin’ about birthin’ no babies.
Y’see, if Obama knew his place like Aunt Jemima did, he wouldn’t be uppity, he wouldn’t be runnin’ fer no Presidency. Understand?
That’s the loop of non-rational thought that flows through the kind of mind that can come up with a product like “Obama Waffles.” And it’s the loop of thought evoked in so, so many white Southerners when they see that product.
They ignore facts, like the fact that Obama’s ancestors were not slaves of their ancestors, or that slavery has been gone in the South for 145 years. ‘Cause they’re conservatives, ’cause they like the past when they (perhaps imagine) they were top dogs and had a well-defined race/class to look down on.
I don’t know of any way to change that mindset except through the passing away of the old generation and the education of a new generation, which has been happening continually since the end of the Civil War but has not yet reached a non-racist endpoint.
name:
I’m not sure you get it. It’s not racist because of its association with Syrup. Saying that someone ‘waffles’ is another way of saying someone is indecisive, or changes their mind frequently.
The reason it’s being considered racist is because of the depiction of Obama on the box as well as the jokes about him being a Muslim (which we know he’s not). I think the fact that you made the somewhat obscure connection to Maple Syrup says more about you than it does the state of our nation. The clear intention was the play on the word “Waffles”.
Hey what, who said anything about syrup? I’m talking about Aunt Jemima pancake mix. Yes, there’s an Aunt Jemima syrup also. See, for example, http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/brainiac/2007/03/jane_vs_jemima.html.
Lest we forget, the Doonesbury cartoon strip representation for Bill Clinton was a floating waffle, so the Obama waffles product also creates an association with Bill Clinton, who has been (inappropriately) characterized as “the first black president,” and who (this may surprise you) the conservatives hate. So that’s another subliminal racist connection for you. (Again, not about syrup.)
You guys are hilarious. Its a freakin box of waffles. I am black. Do I care? NO. Come out with some McCain Stool Softener or whatever. Who gives a damn?!!! Get a life people.
Okay, first off I’m not black, but I recognize the overt racism with this so-called parody. In M.M. Manning book, “Slave in a Box: The Strange Career of Aunt Jemima”, it states that in Aunt Jemima’s first incarnation she was portrayed by a white man with black face, in drag. The first model of the, then, bag of pancake flour was portrayed by Nancy Green, who was actually born as a slave. The history of Aunt Jemima is steep in the southern sentiments of deep resentment for and racism toward African Americans. This box contains stark imaginary of the objectification of Blacks as servants and slaves. It is this history which is offensive to Blacks. And what’s more is that while Blacks get it, white have chosen to be indifferent to about the valid historic implication of this product.
Lastly, there are those who insist that this not racism and that it only demonstrates the waffling on positions need to read the latest AP-Yahoo poll, which reveals “…40 percent of all white Americans hold at least a partly negative view toward blacks…”. Interesting, these white were both democrat, republican and independents.
The consequences:
For the Republican, party which boasts family values. This is a moral insult to their (as Joe Bidden calls it) their “brand”. Since this product was spawned by the minds of Christians and promoted by Christians. It’s inconceivable that True Christians would support this anti-Christ perspective. They have given way to hatred and lost their integrity in the process.
The Democrats will not get off here. And the party is the potential big loser here. It has been speculated that if Obama loses in this election, large numbers of Black voters will not vote in future presidential elections. This could mean that Democratic seats in both the Senate and the House that up for grabs during presidential elections could be lost. The logic here is that Black voters have historically voted for White males, but when it came time to vote for a Black president, white voters could not reciprocate.
What is good?
The consistent argument by some white that claim that racism in dead in America has drowned out the voice of reason, in the face of often covert racism that abounds. It takes strong conviction and courageous leadership to navigate the hearts and minds of Americans away from the post-civil war mentality of racial bigotry. But what makes it more difficult to remedy is that there is adamant denial of our racist inclination. This type of denial holds little sway when we see products like this.
Is this racism?
Of course it is. But what this demonstrates is that the offending side, the latent bigots that are steering the boat via their permissive stance, enable racism and prolong it’s inevitable death.
On day Americans will proudly be able to say there is no racism here in the USA. But without strong leadership that flight has been delayed.
This is proof that the “conservative Christian right” is neither Christian nor right!
Jesus Himself asked the question, “How can you say that you love the Father (God) who you can’t see, but hate your brother that you can see?
This is the oxymoronic state of those who in the name of conservative Christianity lie, cheat, steal and to grab power to only benefit those that share their same racial status and ideology.
They supposedly stand for life of the unborn while approving the murder of whole nations of those who have been born. Afterward, they confiscate Naboth’s vineyard and think that they have escaped the judgment of God on the matter.
They are in for a rude awakening at the second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He is not a man that He should lie, nor the son of man that He should change His mind.
Upon His swift return He will separate the sheep from the goat, the wheat from the chaff, the stillborn from the alive, and not least of all… the wolves from their sheep’s clothing. At that time He will sentence all those who do not repent of the sins of their fathers’, and choose to walk in the way of man thieves, enslavers, and murderers to the unquenchable lake of fire.
I am sincerely grateful for all of those who choose to walk in their independence, given by God, away from the sins of greed, lust, hate, vanity and idolatry as represented by the latent fingerpints of the authors in question.
May God save America by leading it’s people to true repentance, love sacrifice, service and fearlessness… instead of cronyism, false religion, hate greed and fear mongering!
When will people learn? I this is not racist then the whole definition of the word has changed.
Good people need to stand up against this. You may not like Obama, but supporting this racist humor is wrong. The people of Tennessee should be embarrassed tho have this originate in ther state.
With a little bit of research, I find that Mark Whitlock has worked for Focus on the Family and other right wing christian organizations. His involvement in this shows the limits of his understanding of Christianity.
It is very racist. The fact that some people are actually taking in the fact that his middle name is Hussein is not only bad but it effects the United States Hugely. You insult other countries and OUR OWN!!! People just don’t get it. You can’t do these kinds of things. It just doesn’t work out. They say America has the right of free speech. But i say some of you should just shut the F*ck up!
Has anybody heard of or read political satire cartoons before? Absolutely! That’s what this is. Get over it and get a good laugh! It was funny.
I’m with JonInDetroit, you’re all wasting time. In fact, you’re all racist for making me waste my time in reading your asinine comments. WHO CARES?!
You’re kidding me, right? So now this guy with darker skin is president, so all parodies are now going to have to worry about someone calling it a racist attack? Give me a break. If Barak was a white guy with the same waffling personality and the same “I was never a Muslim and never studied the religion of Islam even though my school records and family all concur that I did, but I didn’t, and if I did, so what, but I didn’t, so stop believing the documents and family accounts that prove that I did” religious background, the box would have depicted him JUST THE SAME! Barak’s family was never slaves. The black Africans that were selling their people into slavery never sold his people, which is why they are still citizens of KENYA. Barak doesn’t give a rat’s butt about his poor opressed family. His illegal immigrant auntie had to transfer to STATE funded government housing in Massachusettes to avoid deportation, but Mr. Barak “I think we should take all of your money and put it in a pot and spread the wealth, so there are no longer any rich people to hire poor people, but I’m not giving up a red cent of my millions” Obama sure isn’t going to do what it takes to help legalize her or get her into decent housing. OH WAIT! That’s right! Barak hasn’t got a clue how to get her legalized since he himself is an illegal alien citizen of Indonesia. I am so sad that of all the AMAZING men and women of color, integrity, AND patriotism that America chose this unpatriotic, socialist, non-citizen to be our next commander in chief. GOD HELP US!!!!!!!!!!!
Leave a Comment