Did the GOP get Michael "Stepin Fetchit" Steele from rent-a-negro.com?

[wndycty]

Cross-posted at: http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/12/did-gop-get-michael-stepin-fetchit.html

Did the GOP get Michael "Stepin Fetchit" Steele from rent-a-negro.com?


John Cook and the fine folks over at Gawker have come across pictures of GOP Chairman Michael "Stepin Fetchit" Steele posing for pictures with some of his interns, after viewing the photos I came to a realization, Steele is not a real person, but may in fact be an actor that the GOP hired from rent-a-negro.com. Steele, who even President Obama has ridiculed for his regular use of ebonics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS7-DEwJLW0), consistently plays a role that reinforces the stereotypical coonery that many Republicans associate with being Black.


Until now I thought rent-a-negro.com was a satirical website but after witnessing Steele and re-reading the website's "about" section I have my doubts:

rent-a-negro.com serves today's changing nations by allowing you the chance to promote your connection with a creative, articulate, friendly, attractive, and pleasing African American person. This service comes without the commitment of learning about racism, challenging your own white privilege, or being labeled "radical." In fact, rent-a-negro.com allows you to use your money and status to your advantage! In addition, your dollars go to support the African American community...

Any day now I expect the GOP to post a testimonial thanking rent-a-negro.com for Michael Steele. As Black man I just cannot take this fool seriously.

[monmouth]

1. Whew, thank dog you're a Black man....n/t

[Hassin Bin Sober]

2. I don't think it's gonna help.

yikes

[monmouth]

3. Me neither, that was harsh....n/t

[wndycty]

4. Sometimes I have to be harsh. . .

. . .Steele is an embarrassment

[noiretextatique]

5. the truth is harsh. steele is total buffoon

playing the coon role to a tee. yet another laughable, cynical, stupid racial ploy by the truly clueless GOP. my late uncle was the only black republican i knew, and i he would be appalled by this idiot.

[firedupdem]

9. +1 n/t

[11 Bravo]

6. Exactly! Michael "Fo' shizzle" Steele is a caricature of a wannabe hipster.

If he were white, he would be Ted Nugent.

[classysassy]

7. " The love of money "

there are people out there who will do or say anything for money,yes blacks do it too.

[wndycty]

8. Well for the record I still believe rent-a-negro.com is satire

:kick:

[firedupdem]

10. Something is truly wrong with him. He looks like a damn fool. n/t

[wndycty]

11. LOL I wonder who keeps unrecommending this. . .

I've upset somebody.

[peace frog]

12. Don't tase me bro, but,,

I always suspected Steele is actually some dumbfuck fundie white dude who dyed his skin dark, ala "Black Like Me".

[wndycty]

14. Now that is funny. . .I got this one via twitter:

@alpha1906: RNC Chair Michael Steele is a black man, playing a white man, playing a black man

[backscatter712]

15. Or like Soul Man.

That's a movie about a college kid who took overdoses of tanning pills to turn himself black so he could get a black scholarship to Harvard.

[backscatter712]

13. OK, I'm a bad boy...

Because I laughed... :evilgrin:

I'll take "Stereotype Reinforcement" for a thousand, Alex!

[wndycty]

16. He does reinforce stereotypes. . .

. . .imagine if Obama acted like Steele.

[backscatter712]

17. Exactly. Obama's the anti-stereotype. n/t

[wndycty]

18. And that is what makes Steele even more embarrassing

:kick: