Saturday, July 18, 2009

Barbara and the Uppity Negro

It seems Harry Alford, the Chairman of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, doesn't cotton to being told by those financially sustained by his hard work what he's allowed to say and think as a Black person.



C'mon, Boy! Why cayn'cha git in step with all th'other Coloreds and daynce fo' the White lady? Iff'n ya don', she a-guine ta haf't have summa her mo' betta' Neegros woop up on ya.

6 comments:

Jerry said...

My jaw dropped open when I saw that yesterday.

We have sunk so low it is no longer possible to see the top of the hole.

Bob said...

The really appalling thing is that after the National Black Chamber of Commerce funded a scholarly study to determine the actual impact of the Cap and Trade Bill on businesses, not only did Sen Boxer think she could counter his hard facts by citing policy statements from other "Black" organizations, but she still doesn't understand that pitting her Negroes against other Negroes is demeaning to Blacks.

Gladys said...

Um, Respectfully what the hell?

Bob said...

Gladys--
Yeah, it appears we've come a long way from the soft racism of low expectations to the good old hard racism of having your pet Geechy keep all the other colored boys in their place.

Gladys said...

I am appalled and embarrassed that she is a representative of the state in which I reside. Now if you'll excuse me I have to step and fetch for Missus Boxer

Bob said...

Gladys--
Buck up. California gave America a President named Reagan, and the great State of Texas gave us a Senator/VP/President named Johnson.

Despite there being a total media blackout on Senator Barbara ("Don't Call Me Ma'am") Boxer's little faux pas, word is getting out. I saw an interview with Mr Alford yesterday in which he points out that when Barbara Boxer moved to San Francisco, its population was 25% Black and unemployment was low. The percentage of its population that's African American now stands at just 8%, and among those the unemployment rate is 60%. Clearly, either the kind of "compassion" Boxer's ilk shows the Black community isn't working ... or else it's working much better than LBJ ever dreamed.