Calling Your Black Assistant “Mammy” Is Probably Not the Best Idea
Posted in In the News on December 13th, 2006 No Comments »
Golden Beach, Florida town manager Bonilyn Wilbanks-Free resigned Tuesday night, after an investigation initiated by town officials concluded that she had called assistant town manager Barbara Tarasenko a “mammy”, and then continued to dig her grave deeper by expressing much admiration for Aunt Jemima.
Wilbanks-Free, who is white, reportedly called Tarasenko, who is black, a ”mammy” […]