It’s probably safe to say business has slowed down at Sunshine Cleaners on Madeline Street in north Lafayette. The business’ Facebook page has been getting slammed for a week now by angry residents and now-former customers calling for a boycott after Darlene Cormier, a co-owner of the business, posted comments on Facebook about former President Barack Obama and his family that even in this dawning alt-right Age of Twitler are about as ugly, ignorant and racist as you one can get. That’s saying something.
The head-scratcher here is that, based on photos she’s posted to her own Facebook page and on comments on social media, Cormier has bi-racial grandchildren born of a relationship between her son and a black woman. The disconnect is jarring. We won’t even get into the dysfunctional relationship Cormier has with English grammar and spelling, bless her heart.
KLFY did a story on the controversy. Read it here.