The story is out. It's true. Now Kansas City is waiting for the media to react to a report that TKC readers brought to the forefront.
GLORIA SQUITIRO USED THE DEROGATORY TERM "MAMMY" TO ADDRESS A BLACK FEMALE AT CITY HALL.
Really, there's no room at City Hall for a person who uses those kind of dismissive terms when addressing Black people. If she really feels that she needs to express herself in that manner, then maybe she should start a blog.
I know for a fact that the voters and residents of Kansas City don't support that kind of stereotypical characterization from an administration which once championed reform.
As of now, I'm calling for Ms. Squitiro to APOLOGIZE and STEP DOWN from her duties in the Mayor's office. Her presence there will only continue to be a polarizing and disruptive force for most of Kansas City residents who believe in treating people of color with respect (other than
Anyhoo, the point is that this is an important story which started on a joke blog but now needs to get serious.
Think about it, the woman that Ms. Squitiro insulted by using the term "mammy" is a professional, educated and an upstanding citizen in this town. This degrading language is simply unacceptable from the most influential person in the Mayor's office.
At this point I'm tempted to note that the dismissive and inflammatory language used by Squitiro is the same type of rhetoric used by so many Minuteman members whom the Mayor endorsed with his refusal to accept Frances Semler's resignation . . . But really, this blatant act of disrespect toward the entire Black community stands alone as A CLEAR SIGN THAT MAYOR FUNKHOUSER'S ADMINISTRATION IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH KANSAS CITY'S MINORITY COMMUNITY.
What is most important is that the Mayor and his men stop playing politics with this issue. The secret is out, there are questions that need to be answered, apologies that need to be made and salary inequities that must be resolved.
Still, I'm afraid that the Mayor will do nothing but demonstrate his infamous stubbornness once again.
Obviously, The mayor's wife was never qualified to work in Funkhouser's office and she has failed him and so many of his supporters along with folks who care about race relations in Kansas City.
I can only hope that this humble joke blog will be the starting point of a serious discussion.
But after all the talk, one thing remains clear:
GLORIA SQUITIRO MUST GO!!!
Look, righteous indignation! Who'da thunkit?
ReplyDeleteWay to stay focused on the real issues facing the city. Stay shallow, dude.
ReplyDeleteontrary to what some people think, this DOES matter. It shows an alarming stupidity and insensitivity to blacks and to women(not unlike Tony's site). It also shows that bigotry rules in the mayor's office--not what KC wants to be known for, but thanks to Funk, it's true.
ReplyDeleteyou stupid, stupid bitch
ReplyDeleteAnd you have this on the record from who?
ReplyDeleteDat's right. Fo' sho dis bitch has got to go!
ReplyDeleteWell,
ReplyDeleteBlacks are to blame. That's right. The fact that this big toed, no shoe wearing hypocrite is allowed to use negative and disparaging terms towards others is not her fault.
We attack from a different angle. The "Funks" could have been kept out of office had the african americans in this community got out to vote earlier this year. You can thank our good white americans from north of the river for this quagmire that we have on 12th street right now. Somehow, they carried the votes for the tall, brainless mayor and his podiatry challenged wife.
The alternative was Alvin Brooks. We don't believe there was a racist bone in his body. He has been a public figure in this city for a while.
The equivalent of what we have going on here is akin to Jesse "The Body" Ventura's term as Minnesota governor. The American political system can be made out to be a farce from time to time. You just work on your lie during the campaign and then get elected and flip on everything you stated previously. That behavior goes all the way to the top.
However, we figure that these lower level political offices would have novice crooks and racists in office, but we digress. Looks like it's starting earlier.
I guess I'll have to drift back another level and goto the high school student councils to see good people elected by their peers and do what they set out to do.
As of today, if the community doesn't rally around the fact that the mayor and his toe-jammed spouse must be evicted from City Hall, then we are a sad excuse for the "heart of America".
Instead, we become captivated with the 1 week wonder of a home built for the veteran injured in Iraq. I served in Iraq alongside many others. There are other veterans in this area that have sustained more life altering injuries than this fine American. Don't they all deserve the same?
Just remember, it's good to pay tribute to the men/women of the military, but it's more important to remove the bigots from public office.
Tony, I probably should have blogged this instead of hiding it on your comment page. Oh well...send the love man!!!
This is such a very important and vile misstep, there is no way it can be ignored. We should protest.
ReplyDeleteHowever, it does beg an obvious question, which would be made all the more obvious by standing outside city hall in the morning. Why is it filled with a lot of slow, overweight, black women with a high school education at best?
Just curious.
Maybe Gloria didnt want Dog the Bounty Hunter to get all this "free PR".
ReplyDeleteI think they both think they are "too cool" and have an unrevocable street cred card and therefore can make this wild and hateful statements.
If Gloria does not retract her hand from Funks butt (the real puppet master), then they BOTH HAVE TO GO!
Toward the end of the day on Friday Gloria was deciding whether she was going to call Dutch Newman to ask for help getting her out of this mess. Why in the hell she thinks Dutch can or would help her is beyond anyone who knows the characters involved. If anything, Dutch is the type who would take great pleasure taking Gloria away from City Hall in order to tell her that she needs to never go back.
ReplyDeleteCity Hall tipsters it is time to start a "Dutch Watch" concerning Gloria's schedule.
"You can thank our good white americans from north of the river for this quagmire"....Don't lump all of the people north of the river as white nor as voters. Some of us are Indians and live in Happy Rock. And Maybe this woman's name was Mammy...you know how weird some of the urbanites name their kids, Lexus, Shaniquay, Chantay, Shauntee',Dejohn, Walla Walla Bing Bang, I'm just saying, since I get all of my news from this anti white Mexican powered website, I don't have both sides of the story.
ReplyDeleteWho's to say that maybe she was needing some syrup?
Hey hand me that bottle of "Mammy" Short for Aunt Jamima..OR maybe she is a huge racist bitch with her head jammed in her Cunt? I mean she could be just that stupid. This is what happens when you elect a mayor one short step out of the trailer park.
Since "she whose name should not be uttered" is not officially a City Hall employee, due to a statutory prohibitions against nepotism, can her actions result in legal action or charges of "malfeasance" directly against the Mayor as her host in the building?
ReplyDeleteThe trigger for Recall of city officials is malfeasance in office. By keeping that the shoe-less bigot in his office, the mayor has now opened the city to liability for material monetary losses. Sounds like malfeasance to me.
Since she isn't a city employee, but rather a volunteer, I would think that the prosecution would be creating a hostile workplace.
ReplyDeleteThis is not really a sanity test. It's a test to determine if you have been in the public school system which, for the purpose of social control, gets people in the mode of following suggestions instead of thinking for themselves.
ReplyDeleteWould you shut your (expletive) mouth? God's not going to help you; you need to do something for yourself, you sniveling ...
ReplyDeleteRaise a bogus issue and then demand that the Star legitimize it. Classic Tony!!
ReplyDeleteBut Tony has proof! Proof of what? Proof that someone has made an accusation.
ReplyDeleteToo bad so many people don't realize the reality of a hostile work environment. But this story isn't going to go away just because some folks don't care what the Mayor's wife says.
ReplyDeleteGloria is into this much deeper than what Tony reported. She even took retribution against the long-time employee once a complaint was filed.
ReplyDeleteGloria forced the woman to give aback freebee tickets after the woman filed a compliant -- very stupid.
ReplyDeletePorchPundit,
ReplyDeleteI should remind you that under the law nepotism is a matter of function, not title. Just because someone calls themselves a volunteer doesn't mean they're immune from nepotism. If they perform functions like directing staff, attending meetings etc. that is classified as nepotism, regardless of the title or pay.
Follow the function and true action, ignore the hyperbole.
Since when is calling black women at City Hall "Mammy" a bogus issue 4:04pm? I'm not African American and I am pissed that our city hall is running rampid with elitest racists.
ReplyDeleteEEOC Report with wtinesses is called proof 4:21pm. On top of that, believe it or not, being that he is the number 1 blog in the city I am sure that people/sources actually report to TKC just as they do any other media source.
Why are people here killing the messenger and not the message? Our cit can do better than this joke of a mayor's office.
Light the torches! Gather the mob! It's off to Funky's house for justice!
ReplyDelete(One hour later and a stop at Go Chicken Go later, the mob reaches the Funky estate)
I AM NOT A MONSTER!!!! says Funky.
A lot of you seem to have a lot of "facts" at your disposal.
ReplyDeleteAn EEOC Report? Publish it. Make photocopies and post it online.
Two women? Who are they? Let's have names so others can talk to them and ascertain the truth?
Witnesses? Let them come forward?
Freebee tickets? To what?
You are all like a bunch of dogs chasing your tails. I have not seen a single fact presented. Nothing but rumor, gossip and inuendo.
XO: Shut up Mammy! You're fucking facts are not going to get in the way of a good argument.
ReplyDeleteTony: I didn't even know Mammy was a racial slur. Here, all these years of being a white oppressor, I missed an opportunity to add a slur to my repertoire.
Thanks TKC!
Doh! My white educational system failed my whiteness. That should be "your"
ReplyDeletetony you need to talk too some city employees and get the facts straight. when you have black women saying the same thing as gloria said why is it one way street. when some white person says it. you need to go down to the cafeteria and listen to all the blacks playing card and calling each other the n word but i doubt your mom ever said anything bad anbout any black women or men that she worked with
ReplyDeleteWhat is the n word? Negro?
ReplyDeleteThis b funny. I have a lot of contacts at the state level (NC)of the Democratic party. Believe me, when those boys can't take the Sharptoons and Jacksons any more they lock themselves in a room and yell "Nigger" all night long.
ReplyDeleteAll this crap is just "plan A" that's been going on for 20 years to get stuff. Someone says something stupid and bingo! The mau mauing starts and the gravy train arrives.
To the dear morons who think this constitutes "Racism". Your day, and your scams are ending. Freedom of speech rawks.