This comment in particular is very revealing for the record. Continue though so I can have an anecdote to cite later when asked about the big tent approach.
You can principally call out Obama without resorting to an anti-black slur. Is Obama still a tool for white hegemony? OBVIOUSLY. No one is disputing that, it is your language that is the issue here. However, you and your buddies in this thread will continue proving why afro-pessimism and generally the Black Radical Tradition frameworks are so important when engaging with folks like yall.
Is Obama still a tool for white hegemony? OBVIOUSLY.
So… An uncle tom? The term uncle tom is not used demeaningly by colonizers CEO’s and slave owners. It is used by those who despise these oppressors and their collaborators.
Yeah that’s like you saying the n word and redefining the triangle of meaning to claim it is only for ignorant people. That sounds cute, but the premise is ahistorical and not rooted in ANY reality outside of pretentious (dare i say, WHITE) leftist spaces.
This comment in particular is very revealing for the record. Continue though so I can have an anecdote to cite later when asked about the big tent approach.
You can principally call out Obama without resorting to an anti-black slur. Is Obama still a tool for white hegemony? OBVIOUSLY. No one is disputing that, it is your language that is the issue here. However, you and your buddies in this thread will continue proving why afro-pessimism and generally the Black Radical Tradition frameworks are so important when engaging with folks like yall.
So… An uncle tom? The term uncle tom is not used demeaningly by colonizers CEO’s and slave owners. It is used by those who despise these oppressors and their collaborators.
Yeah that’s like you saying the n word and redefining the triangle of meaning to claim it is only for ignorant people. That sounds cute, but the premise is ahistorical and not rooted in ANY reality outside of pretentious (dare i say, WHITE) leftist spaces.
This is the first time I’ve ever heard the term uncle tom compared to the n word.
Cheers fam, I have enough teachable material from this exchange now. 🤝
Good luck on your enlightened centrism masterclass