Plain Dealer And Call And Post Newspapers Spar Over Aunt Jemima Caricature Of State Sen. While Journalist Says Mayor Got Her To Get At Call And Post
Ohio State Senator Nina Turner (D-25) Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes Plain Dealer Editor Susan Goldberg Cleveland, Ohio Mayor Frank G. Jackson Call and Post Associate Publisher and Editor Connie Harper (center), and Call and Post former and current reporters and staffers Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason Ohio State Representative Barbara Boyd (D-11) Journalist Kathy Wray Coleman From the Metro Desk of The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com). The Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper and the Call and Post, a historical Cleveland weekly that targets the Black community, are at blows over a front page caricature cartoon and editorial in last week's Call and Post that links State Sen. Nina Turner (D-25), who is Black, as an “Aunt Jemima” for the White establishment. Aunt Jemima is a stereotype and cultural icon to many Whites, and a racist caricature to many African