So is having a homogenous, disaffected group that is organized and ready to Mau-Mau the Man at a moment's notice. That is one of the missions of the congressional black caucus. Predictably,they're doing their job.
Exactly right. We saw a prime example of that with the attempt to Mau-Mau* the Duke lacrosse players into prison.
From the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000:
*Mau-Mau: To attack or denounce vociferously, especially so as to intimidate: "In years past, [the civil rights leadership] … would mau-mau the government or the corporate sector or the white community" (Joseph Perkins, Atlanta Constitution January 12, 1994).
ETYMOLOGY: After the Mau Mau, a secret society of Kikuyu terrorists that led a rebellion against the ruling Europeans in Kenya in the 1950s, from Kikuyu mau-mau, sound of the voracious gobbling of a hyena.