Seth: Though Uncle Tom didn't sellout, his character has been repeatedly equated with selling out by many. They obviously didn't read the novel that Lincoln called the little book that started the big (US Civil) war upon meeting the author, Harriet Beecher Stowe. Message: 6 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:40:00 -0500 From: "Charles Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: RE: [CrashList] from the land of Dessalins Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =20 >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/31/01 10:12AM >>> "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." ((((((((((( CB: Thomas is a Sambo too. Thomas has significant power, as much as = Powell.=20 (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) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com _______________________________________________ Crashlist website: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base
