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"Is Colin Powell an Uncle Tom," one asks me. He and his comrades have just exploded
in a babble of outrage at this imperial arrogance. "Is he a token?"
"Uncle Tom was a phrase of contempt that Malcolm X used to differentiate the house
slave from the field slave," I say. "Powell has transcended that. He is no longer
just the house slave. He is now one of the masters. He is a brilliant bureaucrat.
Hardly a token.
"Many people regard an Uncle Tom to be someone who is witless, a fool who sells out
his own people, like Clarence Thomas. Powell is no fool. He is ruthless and very,
very smart. Clarence Thomas is an Uncle Tom. Powell is evil."
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CB: Thomas is a Sambo too. Thomas has significant power, as much as Powell.
(Actually, in the novel _Uncle Tom's Cabin_, Uncle Tom was not a sellout. That was
Sambo. So, technically Thomas and Powell are Sambos, though Uncle Tom is used often as
you use it here)
Thanks for the distinction. BTW, the fucking Dominican armed forces massed on the
border yesterday, claiming that Haitian drug traffickers were threatening their
sovereignty. Chiulean generals are making threats. The successful coup in the US has
awakened the fascist, and he is baring his teeth. Here, the Convergence dropped out
of a meeting with Aristide, the jellyfish, and have set some kind of deadline for Feb
6, day before the inauguration. We think they want to disrupt it, which by Haitian
law creates a constitutional crisis. The saga unfolds.
Cheers all.
Stan
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