‘Uncle Barack’s Cabin?’
June 13th, 2008Is the term racist or misunderstood?Fox News isn’t the only media outlet hurling racial stuff at Sen. Barack Obama these days. Check out what the German newspaper Die Tageszeitung published about the Democratic nominee: a photo of the White House under the headline “Uncle Barack’s Cabin.” The headline is a play on the 18
52 book by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which talked about the brutality of slavery. It also stereotyped Blacks and provided the source of “Uncle Tom” as the term for an African-American who is ashamed of his race. Surprisingly, the Berlin-based daily, founded 20 years ago, is best known for its unwillingness to offend. But, the day after Fox News ran a graphic of Michelle Obama (with the racially offensive caption, “Outraged Liberals: Stop picking on Obama’s baby mama,” the left-leaning Die Tageszeitung, called Taz for short, had German readers scratching their heads. Gary Smith, who heads the private American Academy in Berlin , told SPIEGEL ONLINE Thursday that the cover left him “speechless.” He said, “Uncle Tom’ is a racial slur, and the Taz editors clearly sacrificed substance and principle for an unreflected laugh,” he said. “A journalism that prides itself on treating stereotypes with irreverence needs to think harder about its own deployment of stereotypes and racial allusions. There are countless ways to address the issue of race in this year’s election more intelligently.” But the editors of Taz defended their decision. “The headline is intended to be satirical,” deputy editor-in-chief Reiner Metzger told SPIEGEL ONLINE. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a book that all Germans know and which they associate with issues of racism. The headline is supposed to make people think about these stereotypes. It works on many levels.”
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I agree with almost everyone that has commented, but we need to be careful that we don’t allow hypocrisy to discredit our great insights and perspectives as we inform many Americans of where they may be insensitive regarding black people as a whole. There is always a tendency to group every one from a certain group into one bunch. When we say “White folks” it may imply that all “white people” feel a certain way. We, who have experienced racial prejudice can identify with white people who might read a statement like that and say “I don’t feel that way. Why are they assuming that all white folks are the same? Its easy to do and hard to justify. Most people who suffer from racial intolerance do so because its easier to put people in groups and label them than it is to reserve judgment until you get to know them individually. We must never find ourselves guilty of the very hatred that we ourselves despise.
yall muther suckas are piss’n me off..hate when u b sayn stupid ish say white this white that..dahm yall bein racist urselfs with all the ignorant comments bout white people..thinkn that cus one says sumthen then all white people are..so there really aint no reason to complain when someone else talk racist..if one does it then all will..i kno one thing some of u guys who say white this prob like them white girls..
SO SO SAD MR. DIAMOND;
JUST KEEP ON SPEAKING ALL THAT NEGATIVITY,”DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE AND THOSE WHO LOVE IT SHALL EAT IT’S FRUIT”. “REMEMBER NO WEAPON”. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS WALKING IN GODS WORD THROUGH HIS PROMISES!! “LET THE LORD BE MAGNIFIED WHO HAS PLEASURE IN THE PROSPERITY OF HIS SERVANTS” TOTAL LIFE PROSPERITY WHERE THERE IS NOTHING MISSING NOTHING BROKEN ONENESS COMPLETNESS WHOLENESS IN JESUS,WHICH IS THE PEACE OF GOD THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING IN JESUS NAME AMEN AMEN……….
SAD MR. DIAMOND;
JUST KEEP ON SPEAKING ALL THAT NEGATIVITY,”DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE AND THOSE WHO LOVE IT SHALL EAT IT’S FRUIT”. “REMEMBER NO WEAPON”. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS WALKING IN GODS WORD THROUGH HIS PROMISES!! “LET THE LORD BE MAGNIFIED WHO HAS PLEASURE IN THE PROSPERITY OF HIS SERVANTS” TOTAL LIFE PROSPERITY WHERE THERE IS NOTHING MISSING NOTHING BROKEN ONENESS COMPLETNESS WHOLENESS IN JESUS,WHICH IS THE PEACE OF GOD THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING IN JESUS NAME AMEN AMEN……….
BOW,
That’s right, back that devil down with the WORD!!!!
Actually, on the news they said last week that Germans have the highest positive view of all Europeans in terms of Obama winning the presidency.
…..but leave it to “black entertainment” bullsh*t to whine and complain till day’s end.
This is why people think blacks are so stupid.
SESCHRIS;
THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO ALL THE TIME CAUSE WE KNOW THE DEVIL IS A LIER AND WE’VE BEEN “REDEEMED FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW”, HE’S ALREADY BEEN DEFEATED WAY BACK ON CALVARY. IN JESUS NAME.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AS LONG AS JESUS IS OUR LORD WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST(THE ANNOINTED ONE AND HIS ANNOINTING)JESUS WHO STRENGTHENS US IN JESUS NAME AMEN…
all u people that are voting for obama needs to wake up he is not black repeat not black he dont even know what its like to be a down in the trenches black person like most of us black americans he doesnt share our history of oppresion and slavery so what his father left him does that make him black i want to hear about some hungry nights and heatless christmases then maybe i belive he is like me. listen to this all black woman when i tell u if he gets voted in he is going to give blacks an even worse name for his incompetence and lack of expierience the only reason why he got in is because young white america think that they can apologize for thier messed up ancestors by voting a so called black man in if his momma was black then he would still be trying to get in. dont be fooled he is not for us because he doesnt have to be.
Are you really surprised at the German newspaper’s comment? It’s simply white people at their best. More to come – stand by for heavy rolls!
By the way, what do THEY call a black man with a PH.D? %%%##$. And, don’t you EVER forget it!!!
TO THE WHITE ONLY PIE LADY:
IT’S A NEW DAY DON’T YOU BE FOOLED,GO TO HIS WEB SITE http://WWW.BARACK OBAMA.COM BEFORE YOU START JUDGING. BEWARE THE LIE’S OF SATAN.SUBMIT YOURSELVES THEREFORE TO GOD RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU IN JESUS NAME AMEN.
White only pie lady:
Contray to what you may believe, Million upon million black american’s don’t come from proverty
Mostly middleclass,and lower middleclass, are number do very well in the suburbs,that only a stereotype to think we all live a hard life and come from the ghetto.
Me personaly i’m not voting for obama because he’s
of mix race,I vote for him ,because I like his
agenda,black people are not that shallow……
As Obama supporters we expects the worse from the
media ,we are repaired for all of yours subliminal
tricks ,but we still plan on marching on to the
whitehouse……
That same ole mess is not going to work anymore…not all black people are voting for Senator Obama because he is black. Some of us actually have listened to him speak and researched his stand on the issues important to us and beleive that his will represent us well. Whatever he does will be an improvement over the current administration. Now there are some black folks who are voting for Senator Obama because he’s black…so what…that is their right!!! For centuries white folks have been voting for old white men just because they were white with no regard for their stand on important issues. Look at the folks that are going to vote for McCain just because he’s white. How is that different???
please, everytime a so called racial insult is hurled obama’s way you all start squealing like stuck pigs.!! this is politiks..full of dirty tricks and if you cant stand the heat get out of the kitchen already.!! blah blah blah.. obama is a politican and UNDERSTANDS what he is doing and what it means to him and his family and close associates.. DONT FORGET.. WHITES VOTED AND SUPPORTED HIM FROM THE OUTSET, NOT BLACKS WHO SUPPORTED HILARY AND I DONT SUBSCRIBE TO THE DICTATE THAT ITS BY FORCE TO SUPPORT HIM BECAUSE OF HIS SKIN COLOUR.. its not by force check out this anti obama website being promoted by a black anti obama voter…
http://www.jtf.org/
the old chestnuts are being peddled on there to frighten the bejesus out of pro isreali jewish interests . interests that many black americans relate to in a strange way.i am getting a bit tired of the same old hoary lines about “our history”, as people FORGET THAT OBAMA REPRESENTS AMERICA NOT JUST ONE SECTION OF IT. its not that section that have put him in this position ALONE..
obama is the worst president for this country. no one even knew who he was before this campaign began. as a matter of fact, the country still doesn’t know who he is. i’m not going to exercise my right to vote this year.
silk:
GOOD…one less idiot in my way at the polls on election day!!!
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