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‘Unmasked!’ Tenn. doctor, James Turner, says calling black patient ‘Aunt Jemima’ was a ‘misspoken blunder’ – Lexi Carter said his persistent use of the derogatory, demeaning, and racist term was intentional

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h3><em><strong>Oh dear&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;James Turner thinks being innately and blatantly racist is just a minor matter of being &&num;8216&semi;unfortunately&&num;8217&semi; getting caught in the act&period; Go figure&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a0101&semi;"><strong>Lexi Carter is furious with her doctor after he called her &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Aunt Jemima” several times&comma;  during an examination in the presence of an assistant on July 11&comma; in Memphis&comma; Tenn<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a0101&semi;"><strong>James Turner says Calling his black patient &&num;8216&semi;Aunt Jemima&&num;8217&semi; was a &&num;8216&semi;misspoken blunder&&num;8217&semi;&comma; he admits  using the term&comma; but said he immediately apologized to Carter <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a0101&semi;"><strong>Carter said not only did he repeat the insult several times&comma;   Dr&period; Turner did not apologize for the remark at the time&comma; she will be reporting him to the State Medical Board<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a0101&semi;"><strong>The term Aunt Jemima is considered derogatory&comma; demeaning&comma; and racist <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a0101&semi;"><strong>It  is  a stereotypical image of an African-American servant woman&comma; created by the makers of Quaker Oats <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-212856" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;dr-james-turner-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Dr James Turner 1" width&equals;"644" height&equals;"598" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>James Turner admits using the racist and pejorative  name-calling on his patient&comma; but describes it as an unfortunate slip up<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>A Memphis woman said her doctor greeted her with an insulting racial term during her visit on July 11&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Lexi Carter is furious with her doctor after he called her &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Aunt Jemima” during an examination&period; Carter said she was at a July 11 appointment with James Turner when he entered with a trainee and greeted her with the racial slur<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was just sitting there waiting to be seen and he walked in&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Carter <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wmcactionnews5&period;com&sol;story&sol;35879087&sol;doctor-greets-patient-with-racist-name" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">told local NBC affiliate WMC<&sol;a>&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He had a young girl&comma; physician&&num;8217&semi;s assistant trainee&comma; a student with him and he looked at me and he goes &OpenCurlyQuote;Hi Aunt Jemima&period;’”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-212854" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;lexi-carter-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Lexi Carter 1" width&equals;"756" height&equals;"528" &sol;><strong>Patient Lexi Carter is furious and disappointed that her doctor could be so openly racist and <&sol;strong><b>disdainful<&sol;b><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Carter&comma; who is black&comma; said Turner&comma; who’s white&comma; referred to her that way several times during the doctor&&num;8217&semi;s visit&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;I haven&&num;8217&semi;t slept&period; I haven&&num;8217&semi;t&&num;8211&semi;I haven&&num;8217&semi;t really been able to deal with this&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Carter said&period; &&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s just the most horrible feeling really and I try to understand it and I don&&num;8217&semi;t understand it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;I was just sitting there waiting to be seen and he walked in&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Carter said&period; &&num;8220&semi;He had a young girl&comma; physician&&num;8217&semi;s assistant trainee&comma; a student with him and he looked at me and he goes &&num;8216&semi;Hi Aunt Jemima&period;'&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-212830" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;lex-carters-tweet-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Lex Carter's tweet 1&period;png" width&equals;"743" height&equals;"299" &sol;><strong>Lexi Carter posted an account of her experience online<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-212858" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;aunt-jemima-image-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Aunt Jemima image 1" width&equals;"665" height&equals;"427" &sol;><strong>Aunt Jemima is a stereotypical composite of an African American maid cum nanny for white families<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-212855" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;doc-turners-office-2&period;png" alt&equals;"Doc Turner's office 2" width&equals;"766" height&equals;"293" &sol;><strong>The incident took place on July 11&comma; at Dr Turner&&num;8217&semi;s office in Memphis&comma; Tenn&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Not only did he repeat the insult Carter said&comma;  Dr&period; Turner did not apologize for the remark at the time&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;It was an insult&comma; racial ethnic insult&comma; a joke&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s putting me on a level of someone who is subservient with a smile&&num;8211&semi;kind of step and fetch it&period; It was very derogatory&comma; very demeaning&period; Especially for someone who prides myself in being none of that&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Carter said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Aunt Jemima is a brand of breakfast foods owned by the Quaker Oats Company&period; It debuted in 1889 with a stereotypical image of an African-American servant woman&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Quaker Oats was sued in August 2014 by the descendants of two women the company used to create their Aunt Jemima brand&comma; seeking &dollar;2 billion in revenue for the likeness&period; 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demeaning&comma; and racist as it refers to a servile acting black woman who works as a nanny cum housekeeper for whites&period; The original incarnation portrayed Aunt Jemima as a servant before her appearance was changed in 1989&comma; but the racist and derogatory undertones remain&comma; something Carter said she was affected by when her physician used the term&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Contacted by local station WMC Action News 5&comma; James Turner admitted to using the derogatory term&period; He admitted that he used the term&comma; but said he immediately apologized to Carter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-nativo ic"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Ms&period; Carter is one of our very dear patients and has been for years&period;  She is one of many African American patients and I count it a privilege to be their doctor&period;  Anything I said that tarnishes that image and my respect for her was a misspoken blunder on my part and was not intended to show disrespect for Ms&period; Carter&period;  I am very sorry for that misunderstanding&period;&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8211&semi; Dr&period; James Turner<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Speaking with<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wmcactionnews5&period;com&sol;story&sol;35879087&sol;doctor-greets-patient-with-racist-name" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"> WMC<&sol;a>&comma; Carter said the apology came a little too little&period; She  plans to file a complaint with Tennessee’s medical board&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wmcactionnews5&period;com&sol;story&sol;35879087&sol;doctor-greets-patient-with-racist-name" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">MC<&sol;a>&comma; Carter said the apology comes a little too late and she plans on filing a formal complaint with Tennessee’s medical board&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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