Friday, March 29, 2024

Mrs. America Contestants Allege Org’s Founder Made Racist Statements; He Responds – WATCH

*Dammit. Here we go again with a story about some white person who’s feeling himself in the sense that since he’s been around some black folks who he claims called him “brother” … he’s comfortable enough to think he just say any old crazy racist crap around black folk and thinks it’s welcome.

That’s the case of the co-founder of the Mrs. America pageant. On Monday, three black (and one white) former Mrs. America contestants alleged that David Marmel made offensive, racist comments about black men and women during an event this past August in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Marmel, who’s also the Mrs. America President and CEO, allegedly made comments about racial stereotypes and professional athletes who kneel during the national anthem while at a party prior to the televised competition, the women claimed.

The four women — Kimberly Phillips, Brandy Palacios, Jeri Ward, and Crissy Timpson — said that they could not stay silent on the matter and did not want other women to be subjected to those types of comments.

“Black women need to stop having babies with four baby daddies and all black men are in jail because they need to stop selling drugs and killing each other” and “You black women need to stop having babies,” Marmel allegedly told them.

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Marmel, 82, also asked whether the women knew about his work with the Black Achievement Awards, claiming he thought of creating the award shows when he saw Ebony magazine’s Top 100 influential black people. He then said he knew the magazine owners and that they were “the most racist people he ever met because they all used the term n*gg*r freely with each other.”

The women said that Marmel justified using the n-word because the Ebony owners called him “brother.”

Jeri Ward said she was not seated at the table with the other women, but was behind Marmel at another table and corroborated her fellow contestants’ story.

Crissy Timpson, the Mrs. New Jersey, claimed she had heard Marmel make similar comments to her just days prior when he introduced himself to her. Marmel allegedly told Timpson:

“The asshole who kneels needs to stop disrespecting my flag” upon learning that Timpson’s husband currently serves in the U.S. Air Force.

Interestingly, attorney Gloria Allred, who is representing the four women, said there are currently no plans to file a claim against Marmel or the Mrs. America Organization. Attorney Allred said the former contestants ask that the organization create a plan of action, one that includes sensitivity training on racial bias and stereotyping.

Meanwhile, in an interview with NBC News, Marmel said after the women’s news conference that he did have a conversation with them about race in August but that the women were wrongly characterizing his statements — calling their statements “ugly” and “false.” He also said he didn’t understand the former contestants “crusade” and questioned whether this was “reverse racism.”

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