“Bean Feed” GOP fundraiser flyer contained a drawing of a dancing bean…wearing a sombrero
Perhaps I’m wrong. Maybe the GOP hasn’t been taken over by the TeaParty. Maybe it has, in fact, been takeover by ‘South Park’ creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone?
A flyer distributed by the Republican Party of Garvin County, Oklahoma has engendered a significant amount of criticism for being incredibly racist, reports KFOR.
How incredibly racist are we talking about here? So racist that Oklahoma’s Democratic Party initially assumed the flyer was fake, because it was so patently and incredibly racist.
The flyer is intended to promote a fundraising event and is headlined by the state’s GOP Gov. Mary Fallin. It promises to feature speakers who will share “things that you may not know about the NRA, Planned Parenthood, Ku Klux Klan and other organizations.”
And because it’s “Bean Feed” fundraiser, the flyer includes a little drawing of a dancing bean…wearing a sombrero.
“I feel like the GOP gets a bad rap,” complained Garvin County GOP head Allie Burgin when questioned about the flyer. He defended it, arguing that the reference to the KKK was included because “part of [the GOP’s] mission is to get information out to people” — including information about how there is no link between the state GOP and the KKK.
You’ve missed out on — it also includes a discussion of the “things you may not know about the Ku Klux Klan”.
Beans, peppers, and cacti wearing sombreros are pretty popular stock images for US Mexican restaurants. If they were serving beans with a Tex-Mex recipe, the image itself is not out of line – unless you consider a fair number of Mexican restaurant logos to be racist. Of course, that doesn’t mean the gathering was NOT racist, and doesn’t excuse the other racist angles on display.
“El Somnambulo” weighs in with….
Puck, perhaps the people who made that flier had that in mind. A bean wearing a sombrero is not inherently racist, but the GOP IS (mostly). The GOP mostly hates “mexicans”. I could imagine some “smart” opp using this specifically to possibly offend people, but have an “explanation” when called out….. then whine about how white folks these days aren’t allowed to say ANYTHING without offending someone…. que victim response from fat white men.