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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMississippi Rep. Not Sorry For Calling Clarence Thomas An 'Uncle Tom'
DANIEL STRAUSS APRIL 30, 2014, 4:32 PM EDT
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) isn't sorry for calling Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom."
In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash, Thompson, who made the remarks in an appearance on the New Nation of Islam radio program, didn't back down. Thompson stood by his decision to call Thomas an "Uncle Tom."
Here's the exchange between Bash and Thompson:
Bash: When you said Clarence Thomas was an "Uncle Tom," what did you mean by that?
Thompson: "Well if you look at his decisions on the court, they have been adverse to the minority community, and the people I represent have a real issue with an African American not being sensible to those issues."
Bash: Isn't that a racially charged term?
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Mississippi Rep. Not Sorry For Calling Clarence Thomas An 'Uncle Tom' (Original Post)
DonViejo
Apr 2014
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Will this pot belly racist pig apologize for going on a racist radio show to spew his hate?
951-Riverside
Apr 2014
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(82,849 posts)1. "Racially charged"?
Yeah, it is. And in this case, it's highly appropriate.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)2. Bash is an idiot...when will she press Repukes about their blatant racism...
Instead of berating someone who calls out Thomas for what he is.
MADem
(135,425 posts)3. Well, I agree with those who say that "Uncle Tom" is too kind.
He's more of an Uncle Ruckus, if you ask me.
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)4. Will this pot belly racist pig apologize for going on a racist radio show to spew his hate?
Rep. Bennie Thompson was appearing on a New Nation of Islam radio program over weekend where he made the comments.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/democratic-congressman-makes-shocking-racial-comments-about
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/democratic-congressman-makes-shocking-racial-comments-about
If there is a hell Bundy, Sterling, Thompson and Farrakhan will all be roasting in it soon enough.
"There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die," - Oprah on the topic of old racists