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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (222494)1/27/2002 9:52:56 AM
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And implicitly characterizing whites as inferior to blacks, not with regard to transient characteristics, but implying that it is immutable due to race. Once one "sums" all characteristics ascribed to race, presumably there is a "winner", with regard to desirable characteristics. Thus, it is still implicitly racist.

Now, it is true that the term "Uncle Tom" need not be racist if all that is meant is a "sellout", but the term has metastasized to a point where it seems to assume that there is a quality of "blackness" that the "Uncle Tom" lacks. It has taken on the implication not merely of being faithful to one's history or situation, but being faithful to one's "essence" as a black person.
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