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#1 Posted: 2/5/2012 6:23:41 PM   But aren't you afraid you'll be called an "uncle tom" ??
The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the
movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today,
many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from the
past: "black."\\\\
http://news.yahoo.com/blacks-insist-im-not-african-american-181257715.html;_ylt=AgYMW00i8IB7h3e0jKSwzWrNt.d_;_ylu=X3oDMTRvcmpwMTY3BGNjb2RlA2dtcHRvcDEwMDBwb29sd2lraXVwcmVzdARtaXQDTmV3cyBmb3IgeW91BHBrZwMxNGMyNmYyYy0zNmY5LTM3MmMtYjc1NC03YmQzZDYxZWY5M2UEcG9zAzEEc2VjA25ld3NfZm9yX3lvdQR2ZXIDMmFkYTRhNDAtNGY1Yy0xMWUxLWFmZjYtMjJjNTNlNTRhYmI4;_ylg=X3oDMTNoanIyc3Q2BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDOWU0NTJmMjItNjk5NS0zNWUwLWFmNTUtMzNmZThkNDVjY2UyBHBzdGNhdANwb2xpdGljc3xkZXN0aW5hdGlvbjIwMTIEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdlBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3
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#2 Posted: 2/5/2012 7:14:27 PM Why would one be afraid of being called an Uncle Tom due to this?
I can't see how those two things relate....
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#3 Posted: 2/5/2012 7:50:31 PM RichardA is back!
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#4 Posted: 2/8/2012 8:16:33 PM
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#5 Posted: 2/8/2012 8:50:49 PM what about this person?
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That guy gets it.
Southern Pride has NOTHING to do with racism for any true gentleman from the South. |
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#8 Posted: 2/9/2012 2:28:18 AM
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