[Nam Vet]

One of the first books I read from cover to cover was "Up From Slavery", by Booker T. Washington. I have admired that man my whole life. Many people are surprised at that, and most blacks thinks I'm bullsh*tting them. Pitiful commentary as most don't even think about him other than as an 'Uncle Tom' , or some other idiocy. I'd say more, but....

Nam Vet

[jazusamo]

Yes, the Uncle Tom thing has undoubtedly helped to keep untold numbers from bettering themselves. It’s a crying shame, they could have learned much by those setting the example.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Yes, we can’t have those downtrodden blacks from days of yore going against the grain and undermining modern blacks’ fantasy of the world as evil and themselves as victims.