Kansas mayor wins prize for dressing in blackface drag: ‘All this PC is bullshit.’»

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/02/kuhn-blackface-drag/

Kansas mayor wins prize for dressing in blackface drag: ‘All this PC is bullshit.’»

The Wichita NAACP blog reports that Mell Kuhn, mayor of Arkansas City, KS, appeared last weekend in a beauty pageant fundraiser wearing a blackface drag costume. Appearing at the event to support Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), a group helping abused and neglected children in court, Kuhn dressed as a character named “Smellishis Poon.” During the talent portion of the event, he even had backup dancers called his “Red Hot Puntangs.” In an interview on Tuesday with the Arkansas City Traveler, Kuhn defended himself:

All this PC is bullshit. We go around walking on eggshells all the time, we don’t get anything done.



At the fundraiser, Kuhn won awards for “most creative talent” and the overall Ms. CASA 2008. He has insisted he didn’t intend his costume to be “blackface” because he “can’t do a black accent.” Since that time, under pressure from the NAACP and other organizations, Kuhn has apologized for actions.

[Bicoastal]

1. .....

There's just so much wrong with this.

[Fridays Child]

2. Forget politically incorrect. This guy is just creepy.

[YOY]

3. You don't have to be PC clownshoes...you DO have to NOT be a RACIST F***.

and Sexist I may add? “Smellishis Poon”???

[Warren DeMontague]

4. I tell you, these Mac people are getting more and more obnoxious!

Seriously, though- "We don't get anything done" :rofl:...

and what grand mayoral accomplishments did he achieve by dressing up as "Smellishis Poon"? :shrug:

[rubberducky]

5. .

:wow:

[MuseRider]

6. Ahh, not fucking again!

I am so sick and tired of these assholes making my entire state look like assholes, bigots and dummies.

I know quite a few people from Ark City and not a one of them would think this remotely appropriate, hell I would even say that the majority of Kansans know this is wrong.

What the hell are these idiots thinking by awarding this piece of shit?

I hope CASA turns back the money made on this loser fundraiser.