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Old 05-30-2015, 08:34 AM
 
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There sure are a lot of people in this thread who probably consider Thomas Sowell to be an Uncle Tom.
Agreed.

Tho it's def "Ok" for hood rats to stay with that "keepin' it real" culture even tho it's pretty much PWT culture, maybe the rats are the REAL Toms.
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Old 05-30-2015, 08:41 AM
 
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I haven't seen this column yet. We have him in our paper about once a week. Like you, I have always admired him and take what he says very seriously, but from what I am getting here, (wihout reading the article) I have to agree with you.
Lol...of course.
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Old 05-30-2015, 08:47 AM
 
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Is fried chicken and watermelon southern redneck culture?
Yes.

I always wondered why black people get the fried chicken stereotype. Everybody eats fried chicken. It is the culture of white southerners too.
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Old 05-30-2015, 10:00 AM
 
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There sure are a lot of people in this thread who probably consider Thomas Sowell to be an Uncle Tom.
That would be an insult to Uncle Toms.
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Old 05-30-2015, 10:02 AM
 
Location: Texas
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Default Is American Black culture an emulation of southern redneck culture?

Nope

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Old 05-30-2015, 10:10 AM
 
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Fried chicken and watermelons are just great foods.
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Old 05-30-2015, 11:20 AM
 
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Yes.

I always wondered why black people get the fried chicken stereotype. Everybody eats fried chicken. It is the culture of white southerners too.
Black folks got it from white people like they got everything else. Fried chicken isn't exactly a West African staple.

Black folks just cook it better.
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Old 05-30-2015, 11:23 AM
 
Location: Aztlan
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Fried chicken and watermelons are just great foods.
Fried chicken goes great with waffles.
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Old 05-30-2015, 11:27 AM
 
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There sure are a lot of people in this thread who probably consider Thomas Sowell to be an Uncle Tom.
Do you mean "Uncle Tom" as the character is actually portrayed in the novel or "Uncle Tom" as colloquially conceived by people who never actually read the novel?
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Old 05-30-2015, 11:28 AM
 
Location: Aztlan
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Do you mean "Uncle Tom" as the character is actually portrayed in the novel or "Uncle Tom" as colloquially conceived by people who never actually read the novel?
Ask Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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