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Showing Original Post only (View all)Calling folks Uncle Toms, House Negroes, Aunt Jemima's and other similar terminology is racist. [View all]
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Just to let you all know. Some people seem confused and think that it's only racist if said by a republican about a Democrat. Sorry, but that is just not true. I have no idea why SOME white liberals have the burning desire to use racist terminology when dealing or speaking of a Black Republican they don't like. I really don't.
If the GOP was calling Michelle Obama 'Aunt Jemima' and Obama 'house Negro' it would not be cool.
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Calling folks Uncle Toms, House Negroes, Aunt Jemima's and other similar terminology is racist. [View all]
bravenak
Jan 2015
OP
That would be disgusting for anyone to use those terms about anyone, no matter their
Autumn
Jan 2015
#1
1SBM made a suggestion, not a statement of fact. Your response is what's uncalled for.
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2015
#141
Perhaps you should alert the next time you see the post, you should alert on it.
mimi85
Jan 2015
#94
I was on that jury. I think that context matters - and the context in that case
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#17
I know George Carlin is some DU God (I know practically nothing about him) but the idea that
Number23
Jan 2015
#353
I agree to an extent. But it is possible for people to point out the flaws in our society without
Number23
Jan 2015
#367
Can they? Of course, just like while liberals can. There is no law against it. Should they, or,
kelly1mm
Jan 2015
#96
I wouldn't use any language for black conservatives that I couldn't use for white ones
MrScorpio
Jan 2015
#205
They can but it is still racist. Instead of attacking the behavior or hypocrisy
still_one
Jan 2015
#277
It is all part of the 'otherization' process. But when 'we' do it it is for good reasons, or so I
kelly1mm
Jan 2015
#100
I disagree. Calling Clarence Thomas or Ben Carson an oreo is not racist in my opinion.
HERVEPA
Jan 2015
#21
If you're thinking of the word 1SBM used, it's hardly equivalent as an insult
Gormy Cuss
Jan 2015
#124
So, do you think a black person cannot philosophically be a conservative?
TexasMommaWithAHat
Jan 2015
#60
Many, if not the majority, of Blacks are conservative, and there's absolutely nothing wrong
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2015
#158
Why do you need a label to say that? Why the need for constant 'otherization'? nt
kelly1mm
Jan 2015
#104
If others are offended by the labels you use then perhaps you should rethink using them.
kelly1mm
Jan 2015
#146
Thank you for the kind words. You are free to use whatever words you wish in my book! And if
kelly1mm
Jan 2015
#217
Because you say you represent African-American thought does not mean that you do.
HERVEPA
Jan 2015
#284
I doubt it because the voices on DU in general are much more liberal than voices nationwide overall
HERVEPA
Jan 2015
#290
In which case, call them hypocrites, the other terms are saying they are not "black enough" which
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#301
"doing white peoples bidding"? Thats YOUR opinion. To then denigrate them is NOT.
7962
Jan 2015
#435
No, not always. Because "It's the 21st Century, but the house Negro is still here."
jtuck004
Jan 2015
#23
What offends me is poverty, kids not eating, countries that enrich bank$sters at the expense of
jtuck004
Jan 2015
#359
malcolm is talking about the white liberal leadership there. and citing him
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#61
No, you don't. Neither do others. And I guess malcolm x was also black history in motion.
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#67
He does not in any way specify that he is talking about white liberal leadership
Number23
Jan 2015
#363
It's clear who he's talking about, and it isn't your ordinary white liberal, unless
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#384
His point was that many civil rights leaders were beholden to white liberals because they pretended
Number23
Jan 2015
#389
The quote I cited was about helping people recognize when they are in servitude, regardless of
jtuck004
Jan 2015
#358
He had an incomplete understanding of the dynamics of slavery in the big house
BainsBane
Jan 2015
#319
No kidding. I'm not sure that any Dem, Progressive or person with a conscience would find any
R. Daneel Olivaw
Jan 2015
#39
That Gomerard?(spelling) man who wants speaker of the house was the one who wanted West speaker.
Sunlei
Jan 2015
#48
I think President Obama got called some of those and worse by political 'leadership'.
Sunlei
Jan 2015
#44
To avoid that I just use bigoted instead for both 'racist' and 'bigoted' actions. Kind of one of
kelly1mm
Jan 2015
#185
Except that bigotry also is tied to institutional and cultural power, your claim that bigotry is not
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#245
I have thought that bigotry can be against any number of group of people sharing a
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#312
the ignorance surrounding race relations on this board continually astounds me. n/t
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2015
#54
also true .. however ... "deliberately obtuse" does better with regards to DU3 juries
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2015
#154
It's also politically stupid, but I think most who use such terms 'ironically' do so just to use the
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#102
I've seen words tossed around here that were last used (I thought) 50 years ago.
greatauntoftriplets
Jan 2015
#91
So, is it racist (or sexist) for me to say "A black person (or woman) voting for a Republican is
kath
Jan 2015
#77
Anyone other than the top 10%. The Republicans represent the top 10%'s interests
KingCharlemagne
Jan 2015
#193
I'm Hispanic and I've paraphrased that to say it about Hispanics to my Repub sister.
Rozlee
Jan 2015
#402
No--context is not all. As a woman, I still don't want to see another woman referred to with
msanthrope
Jan 2015
#177
Derogatory terms based on race, gender, sexuality identity, or age are never acceptable.
bluesbassman
Jan 2015
#86
Of course calling names to insult based on skin color is racist. I wont, but have a question
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#113
I am firmly in the describe behavior vs insult the person, group. people do act not in
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#165
I was wrong, about my question if it is a negative but accurate term ever. Hypocrite is
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#210
The Miss Lindsey stuff is wrong because it implies there is something wrong with being gay.
HERVEPA
Jan 2015
#300
Come on, don't you understand it is all the rest of us who need it explained to us? So we can be
kelly1mm
Jan 2015
#160
So when Malcolm X called Martin Luther King an Uncle Tom, Malcolm X was being racist
Android3.14
Jan 2015
#357
Are you serious? "calling black people" an insult of their skin color is...not racist?
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#172
A race based insult is not racist? Wow. I'd quote Inigo Montoya but it's getting old.
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#348
is asking for an answer merely supporting your little Language Police Industrial Complex?
LanternWaste
Jan 2015
#178
Are you saying "uncle tom" does not have it's origins in racism or isn't racist?
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#345
Because, after all, the only people who should comment are sociologists and anti-racism educators
Android3.14
Jan 2015
#355
no idea why anyone is arguing this at all. its exactly why we shouldn't use sexist commentary
La Lioness Priyanka
Jan 2015
#225
For those confusing and defending racist speech with the "free speech" argument
ismnotwasm
Jan 2015
#216
OK, you got it, I promise not to speak about race in 2015 so I don't risk offending anybody
kickysnana
Jan 2015
#224
Why not just say "conservatives?" Unless less young and female conservatives are different? n/t
nichomachus
Jan 2015
#253
Curious, r "red neck" and "white trash" also racist? These are terms used to describe stupid white
McCamy Taylor
Jan 2015
#248
We are weird, and perhaps our disdain for each other while being interdependent is the weirdest.
Scuba
Jan 2015
#269
Agreed. I just call them fracking, smegging, gorram, nerf herding mud-bloods.
jmondine
Jan 2015
#297
Perhaps the idea that there is a legitimate black person (or a legitimate female, white, asian, etc.
kelly1mm
Jan 2015
#338
How is this not self-evident? I'm very sorry you find it necessary to point it out here on DU.
scarletwoman
Jan 2015
#370
and it only gives right wankers even MORE ammo to shit on the left. doing so discredits more than
alp227
Jan 2015
#382
Here is a snip of th end plot where Uncke Tom gets beat to death allowing the other slaves to escape
bravenak
Jan 2015
#399