Of Toms and Sambos (MUST READ!)

Digital Publius ^ | August 26th, 2009 | Hassan Nurullah

[Jenny Hatch]

We have a new Mayor in the city of Detroit, prominent business man and Hall of Fame NBA star Dave Bing. “I wish Dave Bing would run for mayor”, “Now Dave Bing is the one that should run for mayor.” “If Dave Bing ran for mayor I’d vote for him in a second.” You could hear words like these echoing from the propped open doors of Detroit’s barber shops, over the sound of squeaky shopping cart wheels in the local grocer and across the fellowship halls of every church denomination extant in the city.

Dave Bing did finally rouse himself and has become Mayor and now that he has suggested some rather draconian measures to attack the problems facing what could be the most problematical city in the union; a new refrain has replaced the sanguine cries of “run Dave run!”, Now we hear the stentorian and ugly crowd calling Dave Bing a “straw hat negro” and an “Uncle Tom”.

I even heard Tom Barrow, a man who has sought the office of Mayor for decades without positive results and the likely main challenger to Bing in the upcoming elections refer to Mr Bing as the tool of the Republicans who are trying to take over the city. I am not one for repeating platitudes but, the definition of insanity is to do the same thing repeatedly and expect a different result. Detroit has elected the same kinds of liberal democratic politicians without exception for well over thirty years.

Detroit has not had a republican or even a conservative democrat in any position of authority for decades. In fact we have scarcely had any whites in government in Detroit, the few who have gained office in the city have been liberals of the highest order...

[Jenny Hatch]

I loved this piece by Hassan! Give the whole thing a read, the comments attached are also excellent...

Jenny

[Misterioso]

I pass on all the “must read” posts.

[cripplecreek]

That didn’t take long. Bing shows a little backbone and the city of entitlement wants a rerun of King Kwamee.

[Question Liberal Authority]

For further study into the phenomenon, see Lynn Swann.

[MortMan]

Well, I would agree it is a “should read”, because it clearly identifies the cognitive dissonance so very common these days.

[cripplecreek]

Dave Bing is a good man as far as democrats go. Just the other day some 50 of the city’s bus drivers took it upon themselves to stage an informal strike. Bus service wasn’t affected so Bing fired their worthless butts. LOL

[agere_contra]

Ditto, great read!

[alice_in_bubbaland]

For later, Thanks!

[ryan71]

Brilliant.

If a thousand black Americans read this I wonders what their reaction would be? I fear, not good.

[Albion Wilde]

From Chris Rock, a black comedian whom I always like, very funny monologue from '96:

You know, I've been on tour, checking out America! There's no more America!

Remember when you were a kid, there'd be an America? You'd go see your Grandma, and go to her little town? There's no more little towns - it's all malls! And they're all the same! The mall in St. Louis is the same mall in Detroit.. it's got the same Gap, Banana Republic, Chess King, Sunglass Hut, all the same crap!

And every town's got two malls! They've got the white mall, and the mall white people used to go to. 'Cause they're ain't nothing in the black mall but sneakers and baby clothes!

This struck me so funny at the time. Now, substitute "major American city" for "mall", and it's the same routine.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Thanks for posting.

[bcsco]

I’ve been re-reading portions of James McPherson’s “Battle Cry Of Freedom”; those portions covering the political background leading to the Civil War. Just last night I read the section about Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. It dovetails nicely with this article. I thought then it would be good to read the book. Now that thought’s confirmed. Thanks!

[staytrue]

And every town's got two malls! They've got the white mall, and the mall white people used to go to.

In Rockville, MD, the upscale "white flint mall" is often jokingly referred to as "black flint mall".

[Albion Wilde]

The modern day Sambos and Quimbos fall under two categories They are the poverty pimps like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton who may have begun on the proper path but have since been co-opted by the racist liberal democrats into peddling programs to black folks that have the virtue of keeping them servile and in constant need of the reassuring hand of the government in their affairs, whilst playing up perceived indignities so they can remain the preeminent spokes persons for the black community.

And you have the just plain stupid black leaders who have been selectively bred to drink the Kool-Aid with an insatiable thirst despite the glaring evidence of the devastating toll that liberal policies have wreaked upon the black community. These are the people that are most responsible for the day to day promotion of the liberal mindset, they are the triumph of the changed southern democratic strategy adopted after they realized they couldn’t win with fire hoses, attack dogs and the hangmen’s noose.

If you can no longer lynch them and beat them with sticks, rot them from within, sap their will to overcome by their own energy, control them with entitlements so they live in constant fear of losing them. This way they stay ignorant and servile and they will thank their oppressors who now love them.

[bcsco]

Well, I just downloaded the e-book version of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. It’s the next one up...

[Albion Wilde]

...how did Uncle Tom become the symbol of race betrayal when he died to protect his fellow slaves? It begins with Malcolm X, not as a castigation of Tom as one who was an unctuous betrayer, but rather denouncing his Christian sacrifice. Malcolm was declaring that he would not give up his life with docility as Tom did, but that he would resist and fight by “any means necessary” This was an attack on the concept of Christ’s self sacrifice and the Christian ethic of love for ones enemies.

[Albion Wilde]

This is just plain brilliant.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Now, substitute "major American city" for "mall", and it's the same routine.

We call this "Generica." Ain't it the truth?

[fortunate sun]

it’s quite telling how one would exchange chains of iron for chains of ignorance.

[coldoc]

I recall one day while a freshman in college when I “got it” for Calculus. I felt all sorts of wonderment and awe. Such moments of insight have been rare for me in my 68 years, but this was one of them. Thank you for posting this and “making my day”. I have passed the link on to all those whom I hold dear.