I'm
often asked by folks, especially white people, if it bothers me being
called an Uncle Tom by members of my own race because I am a
conservative. I tell them it doesn't, not out of some false bravado, but
because I reject the very premise that I am an Uncle Tom.
The
Urban Dictionary defines an Uncle Tom as "a black man who will do
anything to stay in good standing with "the white man" including
betray his own people." If we accept that definition then let's look at
a couple of facts. First, it is not me who puts chemicals in his hair
to straighten it into a pompadour like a certain poverty pimp/community
agitator who currently has a show on MSNBC. It is not me betraying my
race by advocating for an abortion on demand policy that murders
millions of black babies in their wombs every year.
It is not
me that advocates for the status quo, union dominated public schools
that keeps our kids trapped in under performing inner city schools where
getting through the day without getting into an altercation is a good
day. It's not me that supports the Democrat Party's efforts to legalize
millions of illegals while the Black unemployment rate is 12% and while
the black teenage unemployment rate teeters around 40%. It is not me
advocating and supporting the Homosexual lobby's hijacking of the Civil
Rights movement so they can have "marriage equality."
It is not
me that argues for the disenfranchisement of black people by advocating
we give all our votes to one party thus creating a powerless situation
where neither party actively competes for our vote. No, if one can take
emotion out of the equation and examine the facts, not the rhetoric, it
is plain to see who the real Uncle Toms really are.
