Ban Shirley Q. Liquor, blackface minstrel character | Jackson Free Press | Jackson, MS

Ban Shirley Q. Liquor, blackface minstrel character

What Don Imus did pales in comparison to this disgusting portrayal of black women.

(Los Angeles, CA) – Today, in honor of Women's History Month and African-American women, activists launched BanShirleyQLiquor.com in an attempt to call attention to Charles Knipp, a self-described forty-five-year-old, fat, gay white man that performs nationwide as his alter ego character Shirley Q. Liquor. Knipp describes Liquor as being "an illiterate welfare mother with nineteen kids who guzzles malt liquor and drives a Caddy." The character is favorite among his core audience whom Knipp described in Rolling Stone Magazine as being "gay men, their moms, and rednecks." While in blackface as Liquor, Knipp's speaks in Ebonics and makes comments like "axe your mamma how she durrin" and misuses words like "ignunt."

Knipp's is also known for mocking the Black American holiday Kwanzaa and uses Black faces to make fun of stereotypical sounding Black names in a music video entitled, "Who Is My Baby's Daddy" where his character Shirley Q. Liquor tries to recollect the names of her "chirrun," "…Cheeto, Orangello, Chlamydia, and Kmartina..."

"Imus may have called Black women 'nappy-headed ho's,' but it's Knipp who routinely tries to bring that image to life onstage as Shirley Q. Liquor," commented journalist Jasmyne Cannick. "The hypocrisy is sickening. Isaiah Washington was unable to escape the wrath of gay America, but Charles Knipp, a white gay man, can perform a blackface minstrel and be rewarded by gay Americans to the tune of $90k annually. Someone has some explaining to do. This has gone on for far too long under the radar."

What takes the cake is when Knipp "superimposed the head of Black journalist Jasmyne Cannick onto the body of a nude porn star and posted it on the homepage of his website ShirleyQLiquor.com." Photo here. DISCLAIMER: This is a pornographic photo. Please use caution when viewing it.

Please join me in signing the petition to rid the world of this racist, sexist and inhumane portrayal of black women. Also, tell everyone you know to boycott future performances. To find out more ways to take action, go to banshirleyqliquor.com and look at the sidebar on the left.

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