The Negro-Con's Deal with the Devil
Honorary White Status in Return for Abandoning Fellow Blacks
By Lloyd Williams
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Let me
tell you something about niggers, the
oppressed minority within our minority.
Always down. Always out. Always complaining
that they can't catch a break. Notoriously
poor about doing for themselves. Constantly
in need of a leader but unable to follow in
any direction that's navigated by hard work,
self-reliance. And though they spliff and
drink and procreate their way onto welfare
doles and WIC lines, niggers will tell you
their state of being is no fault of their
own… It's
time for ascended blacks to wish niggers
good luck. Just as whites may be concerned
with the good of all citizens but don't
travel their days worrying specifically
about the well-being of hillbillies from
Appalachia, we need to send niggers on their
way.”—John
Ridley in December’s Esquire Magazine
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There is a disturbing new trend in
the mainstream media lately, namely, the emergence of
African-American conservatives willing to do the bidding
of right-wing whites by blaming poor black folks for the
host of social ills visited upon those still stuck in
the slums. Rabidly racist, these Negro-cons are not
above referring to ghetto dwellers by the N-word, as if
those who’ve escaped have achieved some sort of honorary
white status.
More shocking than their self-hating
disdain for the average African-American, is the
unchecked access these Uncle Toms have to major
communications outlets, provided they are prepared to
condemn their own kind in a manner which one ordinarily
associates with the Ku Klux Klan.
Take for example, John Ridley, who
just this month was granted space in both Time and
Esquire Magazines. In the former, he makes a shocking
case for the word “Nigger” in a piece entitled “Why I’m
Good with the N-word.” He argues that comedians like
Richard Pryor, Dave Chappelle, Eddie Murphy and Chris
Rock “have advanced the racial debate” somehow by
working this slur into their acts, concluding “We need
this word.”
We get a good idea of exactly why the
untalented Mr. Ridley, a failed stand-up comic, is an
advocate for the epithet in his Esquire article where he
makes liberal use of the patently-offensive term.
Repeatedly referring to impoverished blacks as
“niggers,” because of the high unemployment,
incarceration and out-of-wedlock birth rates in the
‘hood, he never once pauses to reflect on the
exploitative and marginalizing societal forces which
have consciously collaborated to strand the bulk of the
black community in a virtually-inescapable cycle of
inhumane living conditions for generation after
generation.
Instead, he vents about his own
people’s shortcomings for a full four pages, before
extolling the virtues of Republicans like Condoleeza
Rice and Colin Powell, as if skin color no longer
matters in America because of the accomplishments of a
couple of sell-outs on behalf of oil companies and war
profiteers? How come Condi could fly instantly to the
Middle East to intervene when Kaytusha rockets started
raining down on Israel, but was too busy shopping for
shoes to show any concern for the refugees stranded on
rooftops right after Katrina?
Though meandering unedited, as if a
stream-of-consciousness rant, the mean-spirited monologue
in Esquire does have a prevailing theme, that successful
African-Americans owe nothing to the least of their
brethren. “It's time for ascended blacks to wish niggers
good luck,” he summarizes in a most condescending and
un-Christian manner.
Though he will now undoubtedly be the
toast of the electronic town square as he makes the
rounds of talk shows on cable-TV networks, this vile
backstabber deserves to be shunned for the irreparable
harm he is doing to the hopes and aspirations of
millions by feeding bigots all the fuel they need to
rationalize a color-coded agenda of continued
intolerance.
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Lloyd Williams is an attorney and a
member of the bar in NJ, NY, CT, PA, MA & US Supreme
Court bars.
posted 7 December 2006
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Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in
America
By Melissa V.
Harris-Perry
According to the
author, this society has historically exerted
considerable pressure on black females to fit into one
of a handful of stereotypes, primarily, the Mammy, the
Matriarch or the Jezebel. The selfless
Mammy’s behavior is marked by a slavish devotion to
white folks’ domestic concerns, often at the expense of
those of her own family’s needs. By contrast, the
relatively-hedonistic Jezebel is a sexually-insatiable
temptress. And the Matriarch is generally thought of as
an emasculating figure who denigrates black men, ala the
characters Sapphire and Aunt Esther on the television
shows Amos and Andy and Sanford and Son, respectively.
Professor Perry
points out how the propagation of these harmful myths
have served the mainstream culture well. For instance,
the Mammy suggests that it is almost second nature for
black females to feel a maternal instinct towards
Caucasian babies.
As for the source
of the Jezebel, black women had no control over their
own bodies during slavery given that they were being
auctioned off and bred to maximize profits. Nonetheless,
it was in the interest of plantation owners to propagate
the lie that sisters were sluts inclined to mate
indiscriminately.
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Sex at the Margins
Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry
By Laura María Agustín
This book explodes several myths: that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work, that migrants who sell sex are passive victims and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self-interest. Laura Agustín makes a passionate case against these stereotypes, arguing that the label 'trafficked' does not accurately describe migrants' lives and that the 'rescue industry' serves to disempower them. Based on extensive research amongst both migrants who sell sex and social helpers, Sex at the Margins provides a radically different analysis. Frequently, says Agustin, migrants make rational choices to travel and work in the sex industry, and although they are treated like a marginalised group they form part of the dynamic global economy. Both powerful and controversial, this book is essential reading for all those who want to understand the increasingly important relationship between sex markets, migration and the desire for social justice. "Sex at the Margins rips apart distinctions between migrants, service work and sexual labour and reveals the utter complexity of the contemporary sex industry. This book is set to be a trailblazer in the study of sexuality."—Lisa Adkins, University of London |
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The White Masters of the
World
From
The World and Africa, 1965
By W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois’
Arraignment and Indictment of White Civilization
(Fletcher)
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