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Monday, April 19. 2010

Lefties go nuts

White Lefties go nuts when black Americans leave the plantation. They act like Simon Legree. h/t to Driscoll's Frank Rich Covers All The Bases


Related: Taranto's Why the Left Needs Racism - It serves a political purpose.


Also, at Tiger: Race as a political weapon against the right


Image is Tom's Final Beating, from the 1853 Illustrated Edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Tom has been a hero of mine since I first read the book in junior high school. How "Uncle Tom" became a pejorative is beyond me. His infraction, if you recall, was to refuse to whip the other blacks to "keep them down."

Posted by The Barrister in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 15:00 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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I was just reading about this, "Uncle Tom" became a pejorative not from the book but from the books spin offs of popular minstrel shows called Tom Shows which showed blacks as lackeys to whites.
#1 Rick on 2010-04-19 18:16 (Reply)
That is interesting.
#1.1 The B on 2010-04-20 07:05 (Reply)
The Dems are inviting Hispanics (except those nasty anti-Castro Cubans) to the plantation. As long as they stay in line and blindly followed their betters, everyone will be happy.
#2 NJSoldier on 2010-04-20 09:57 (Reply)

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