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RG III Gets 'Uncle Tom' Treatment

Kenneth L. Wrote: Dec 27, 2012 10:51 AM

When Jim Demint's replacement was announced it was said he would be the first black Senator since reconstruction. Well, maybe the first black Senator from South Carolina since reconstruction. But we had Ed Brooks, from Massachusetts, black Republican Senator. Why Republican? My perception is that it's really difficult to get to a Democrat nomination as a black because of the numbers of blacks who support and vote for Democrats. There's a lot more opportunity in the Republican Party. Too bad Republican blacks have to suffer the ignorant slander from Democrats when they do exactly what blacks should prefer they do, i.e., whatever is necessary to gain positions of influence and real political power.

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RG III Gets 'Uncle Tom' Treatment

To a black ESPN sports analyst, this is the critical question: Is Robert Griffin III, aka RG III, the black rookie sensation Washington Redskins quarterback, "a brother, or is he a cornball brother?" What has RG III done or said to raise a suspicion about his bona fides as a black person? More importantly, what does this have to do with appreciating -- or choosing not to appreciate -- Griffin as an athlete?

Turns out RG III fancies himself as a quarterback who happens to be black -- as opposed to a black quarterback. When asked for the millionth time about...

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