Its very much like the stereotype Uncle Tom. Its a commercial brand that used to depict a fairly stereotypical black woman.
larry On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:19:37 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Howie wrote: > > How about this? > > > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6530925 > > > > I have no idea what calling Ms. Rice "Aunt Jemima" means although for > some reason I can't think of that without laughing because she does > kind of look like Aunt Jemima. It sounds racist, but I can't think of > how; that is, what is the commentary about that observation that's > racist? > > As to calling Mr. Powell "uncle Tom", I think there's a good case to > made that he was definitely subservient but I don't think that has > anything to do with his race. That is, I don't think that's why Mr. > Bush choose him overall. Therefore he's not an Uncle Tom. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137229 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
