Jul
26
The “Uncle Tom” smear
July 26, 2010 | 2 Comments
I propose that, as a society, we should all agree to stop using the term “Uncle Tom.” It is a disgusting smear, both for technical and substantive reasons. It is substantively disgusting because it implies that all black people ought to think and act alike. I would go so far as to say that employment [...]
Jul
26
Charles Sherrod: “We must stop the white man and his Uncle Toms from stealing our elections.”
July 26, 2010 | 2 Comments
For approximately 15 minutes last week Shirley Sherrod was a sympathetic figure. She was fired from her position at the USDA after a selectively edited video made it seem as though she advocated what was tantamount to bigotry against whites. The full context of the video exonerated her (for the most part), and that led [...]
Jul
22
Cognitive Dissonance
July 22, 2010 | Comments Off
Gee darn, I guess Michael Sean Winters didn’t care for my post on the KKK and the Progressive movement (which had been posted at The American Catholic). They have a bizarre post about the Klan and Progressivism that reads like cliff notes of a Glenn Beck special. You see, I wrote a post that challenged [...]
Jul
21
Shirley you can’t be serious
July 21, 2010 | 1 Comment
I think by now you are all familiar with the Shirley Sherrod affair. John Hawkins summarizes at Right Wing News for all of you who would like to get caught up. Long story short, a clipped video shows her speaking about how she once denied help to a white farmer, but the full clip demonstrates [...]
Jul
19
The Klan and Progressivism
July 19, 2010 | 11 Comments
Michael Zak does what all too many on the left fail to do: crack open some history books and take a real look at the history of the Ku Klux Klan. Zak correctly notes that when the Klan was at its zenith during the 1920s, it was a terrorist wing of the Democratic party, and [...]