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RG III Gets 'Uncle Tom' Treatment

nimh2 Wrote: Dec 27, 2012 3:30 PM
Read "The Real Lincoln" by Thomas J DeLorenzo. You will not have the same feeling for Lincoln . . . sorry to bust your bubble . . . Best regards,
FremontChris Wrote: Dec 27, 2012 3:43 PM
nimh2,
So, I guess you'll provide us with the revisionist history. Not so fast...

"Reviewing for The Independent Review, Professor Richard M. Gamble notes that The Real Lincoln "is seriously compromised by careless errors of fact, misuse of sources, and faulty documentation" which taken all together "constitute a near-fatal threat to DiLorenzo’s credibility as a historian."

My bubble remains unburst at the moment.
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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