You can see how much influence Sowell had on Thomas. If more black kids looked up to Sowell and Thomas instead of J-z, 50 cent or some illiterate rapper, the black community would be in much better shape
The historical fact is that many slaves who wrapped themselves around the concept of individual rights and dignity. By the mid 1820's these rugged souls, who grew in their boldness to stand up to their overseers, became known as Uncle Toms. Black leaders who discovered they had an Uncle Tom among those they supervised were struck with panic at the impending challenge to authority.
Unless the title "uncle" means using your intellect, hard work and desire to rise above poverty and adversity to reach great heights, Sowell is not an uncle as you label him. He puts most people to shame based off what he has accomplished and where he started. I wish more people were like him, as intelligent, educated and wise. Read his bio. It is amazing and inspirational for all people. He is a role model for all children, all backgrounds.
Unless the title "uncle" means using your intellect, hard work and desire to rise above poverty and adversity to reach great heights, Sowell is not an uncle as you label him. He puts most people to shame based off what he has accomplished and where he started. I wish more people were like him, as intelligent, educated and wise. Read his bio. It is amazing and inspirational for all people. He is a role model for all children, all backgrounds.
Unless the title "uncle" means using your intellect, hard work and desire to rise above poverty and adversity to reach great heights, Sowell is not an uncle as you label him. He puts most people to shame based off what he has accomplished and where he started. I wish more people were like him, as intelligent, educated and wise. Read his bio. It is amazing and inspirational for all people. He is a role model for all children, all backgrounds.
Calling them Uncle Toms is part of the reason why some blacks do not want to move foward in life. While I disagree with Clarence Thomas on a lot, I don't call him an Uncle Tom for being a black conservative. Thomas Sowell isn't an Uncle Tom for telling blacks to take responsibility for themselves.
Traumahdrums, you are racist to the bone! How dare a black man think for himself outside the communist socialist liberal democrat way of thinking that has kept the black man in bondage for the last 40 years! Martin Luther King Jr was a Republican because he could see how racist the Democrats were! The Dems never solve any problems! They just tax the poor and spend spend spend! Wake up and quit being so racist! Don't worry, Nobama is being sent home to Kenya in 2012!
@tedbear77 Dr. King was no damn Republican. & As a black woman, fully aware of the history of race in America, I see no reason to divide a Caucasian power structure based on "politics". They were all white with the same agenda and none of them is to be credited as the "Negro Hero." At most, Republicans were the lesser of 2 evils. That being said, telling a black person in the 1960's that "this white man" is less evil than "that white man" could hardly do much for his/her sense of security.
smart black man, plays the white man stupidy game, thomas sowel too, real good just like the spook who stood by the door real good,beat the white man at his own game.
@comptonproduction Why are you talking gibberish?You are a non-black trying to sound like a contemptible,ignorant black person,What's your point? Dude you're slime.
A brilliant Man talking about another brilliant man and all this idiot poster can say is "uncle Tom". Is it your opinion then that blacks should suppress any scholarly inclinations and "keep it real"....as in "real stupid" in order to be authentically black? God, it's people like you that keep the ghettos poor and the country racist. Have a nice life.
How can anyone call two of the most successful black men in American History Uncle Toms? These are proper role models. The person who posted this video is a bigotted fool.
@tadpole256 1. They are not the most successful black men in American History. 2. They side with the white power structure in their perception of blacks and subscribe to the ideology of the white collective and not with one that empowers the black community. That is why they are labeled "Uncle Toms". So they are great role models for blacks who want to be accepted by white society, but not for blacks who have a desire to end the white supremacy system and uplift their community as a whole.
@traumahdrums I was unaware there was a black society and a white society... There is one society, there are those who wish to succeed in it, and those who are doomed to fail. People who use their race a crutch are in the latter category. Black people in this country were rising up, and making a way for themselves, and then somewhere along the way, things changed, and this insane hip-hop "culture" took over and we have seen Blacks decline into dependency ever since. You are apart of the problem.
OP, you've really exposed yourself as a narrow minded racist by labeling the extraordinary and most well known black conservatives as Uncle Toms, as if having an ideology apart from modern american liberalism is the epitome of bigotry. I really hope you see your own hypocrisy. The next you'll be doing is labeling any Chinese conservative man as Chairman Mao.
@Oyaji291 I'm not a conservative and has been called a sell out for wanting to go to college and not embracing a gangsta lifestyle, it isn't limited to political ideologies.
@HybridD91 I'm sure the invective toward intellectualism from the black community is far reaching. For instance, the real problem of homophobia in the black community that no one wants to address. I care little for those people's opinions as they only breed hatred. What I despise moreso, however, is this anti-black conservative rhetoric lauded by intellectuals and liberals. I don't see what your point is.
Great video. We need more blacks dialoguing with each other like this, supporting and advocating for one another because of high-level intelligence, not for "keeping it real." The fact is, if more blacks followed Clarence Thomas and Thomas Sowell, black socioeconomic status and well-being would rise rapidly. The problem is, most don't want to "sell out." In fact, they're vehemently opposed to it, and would rather take us all down with them. (See sub-Saharan Africa for example).
Plenty of blacks(infact the majority)follow Thomas' and Sowell's cutthroat free-market,go-for-self gospel--whether they be amoral lawyers,entertainers or ruthless drug dealers(indeed,it's only when rappers mindlessly celebrate the nihilist-individualist,social darwinist creed of capitalism that it's universally decried).
"Take us all down with them?"
That's precisely the point.There is no "us" in Thomas',Sowell's---or Jay Z's,or Beyonce's,or 50 Cent's,or Lil' Wayne's world.
@thirdshift47 But you can clearly see Thomas encouraging a shared, high-minded cultural identity for blacks. He's not espousing cut-throat immorality. He's connecting Chessmaster Ashley with brilliant Economist Sowell, privileging black intellectual currency over Jay Z or 50 Cent-type nihilistic lowbrow crap. Thomas emphasizes Sowell's math whiz brilliance and prolific scholarship. Thomas is great, he's encouraging young blacks to value higher things, to go against the fatalistic black norm.
People like Sowell,Thomas,Shelby Steele,Ward Connerly,etc.,positively detest what you call a "shared,high-minded cultural identity for blacks."
That's too 'collectivist' for people like that.Besides,if you truly detest stereotypes then why would you insist on simply replacing one set with another--even if it's one that's viewed more positively by society?
The point is,what makes a morally decrepit intellectual genius anymore respectable than morally decrepit antiintellectuals?
@thirdshift47 Even if they detested it, they pretty much represent that identity. But I have to answer first with another question: why are we assuming that moral decrepitude must accompany intellectual striving? I don't associate any of the aforementioned black conservatives as bad people. Before I can answer your question, I have to understand how and why they are being perceived as morally decrepit.
If you get past the veneer of Thomas & Sowell's respectability then the question is what makes their accomplishments anymore meaningful than Jay Z's or 50 Cents'(especially considering they didn't simply rely on the 'nanny state' to quell their ambition & have become far more financially successful than Thomas & Sowell will ever be by mastering their own probusiness ideology?)
@thirdshift47 If respectability is considered a "veneer," and JayZ and 50 Cent are placed on the same level as a Supreme Court Justice and leading economist, then sadly it's not surprising that blacks continue to struggle socioeconomically in comparison to whites and Asians. It shows where black cultural priorities are, which is why there are countless rappers and violent criminals but far fewer in intellectually demanding positions. But hey-- cultural relativism is the rule today.
What does black struggle have to do with anything?If you're Thomas or Sowell what blacks suffer as a collective in comparison to other social groups is irrelevant to living in a free society because only the merits of individuals matter.Individual achievement --not racial--should be the rule.
Black priorities are exactly where black perception of American reality as fed through the mass media is.And the reality of being a criminal seems far more achievable than being their judges.
@thirdshift47 I honestly wish you were right. If only individual over collective prevailed in all circumstances-- ala "not color of skin, but content of character." But we're human, we are naturally selected to perceive in groups, in stereotypes, as much as individually. So it's incumbent on groups to know that the part represents the whole-- especially minorities. This applies less to whites, because they're majority in this country. But when they travel outside, it applies to them, too.
"So it's incumbent on groups to know that the part represents the whole--especially minorities."
We can certainly contend that cognitive judgements when made in abstract reference to groups are uniquely human.Nonetheless racial stereotyping is actually a culturally engineered phenomenon.Racism is not natural--it's quasi-natural--simply because we have to judge & are judgements are conditioned through imagery.
The above quotation reflects an awareness that Thomas seems to despise.
@thirdshift47 Racial stereotyping always exists within and between cultures. In fact, it was essential in developing human cultures by establishing parameters of group identity. We can (and should) consciously mitigate its more deleterious effects, but we cannot avoid its hardwired, biological propensity. For millennia, our survival as a species depended on our ability to associate, and to recognize, patterns and recurrences, and to make decisions accordingly. Stereotyping is not "racism."
I agree that discrimination has existed as long as human culture,but the idea that it was somehow tied to physical characterisitcs & what those traits meant in moral & intellectual terms is not true.
Most civilizations up until the 17th cen.,& the European 'Age of Discovery' made physical distinctions,but not with them carrying genetic implications.
I agree that stereotyping,profiling,etc.,is distinct from race supremacy.And institutional,economic racism is as well.
This title is revolting, and the person posting it is either (ironically) a faithful Tom on the Leftist Plantation, or an all-too-typically racist white Leftist who feels somehow entitled (black wife? black girlfriend, perhaps?) to denigrate Black men who dare to step away from said Plantation. Well, fascists will be fascists...
oh cause he doesnt follow the status quo he is a house nigger? give me a fucking break. This is crabs in a bucket type thinking that keeps everyone simple minded.
I don't see what's so bad about this video? It's actually great to hear a black chess grandmaster having a friendly conversation with a black Supreme Court Justice about a black economist. It shows you that skin color doesn't dictate what you can be.
It's because of the owner of this channel, presumably black, that continues the deplorable castigation of successful black people, which becomes a self fulfilling propagation of deplorable conditions of the very same people. Do black people actually enjoy being in the "pits" of society and vilify those who climb out? It's ok if a black person becomes an entertainer but not an intellectual academic that even leaves a trail for other blacks to follow, including other minorities.
I guess it doesn't matter to you that Judge Thomas or Dr. Sowell are both giants in their field and have contributed a wealth of wisdom for the benefit of future generations. To you they're just uncle Toms. Or maybe you're dismissing them as uncle Toms because their work is so powerful and contrary to your beliefs, and you're incapable of taking on their ideas. Defamation is the refuge of non-thinkers.
uncletomwatch clearly has NO concept of economics. educate yourself out of your egalitarian statism and keynesian thought pattern and you might actually advance your culture and peoples, much like dr sowell has done.
Clarence Thomas and Thomas Sowell are authentic black scholars and thinkers, who succeeded despite their race, not because of it, like Obama. They are truly brilliant men. Obama is a poser, a man-child who puts on the affectations of learned discourse and clothes himself in the rags of the cultural revolutionary. He is a parrot of leftism, a squawking bird who knows only what he has been told, and no more. And the ignorant among us found him worthy. /smdh
This is disgusting racism. Have to keep those negroes in line for the party, huh? There's nothing more ridiculous than the notion that one's skin color determines their political / economic views.
Clarence Thomas and Thomas Sowell have nothing to be ashamed of. They should feel proud for being scholars.
dependent on government and loyal to the Democratic Party. The liberal politicians believe they deserve the minority vote, and thus far they have been very successful at keeping the black community, which oddly enough is a lot more conservative than they are, on a leash.
Of course, if you are black and Republican, then you are a race traitor and a "house slave" and a "ho nigga" and a sell-out to "whitey." Wake up, grow up, and realize that your community is being raped and exploited for votes.
The African American community ought to be very proud of these men. They are brilliant and successful people who worked their way to the top of their respective professions by their own merit. Affirmative action simply implies that black people that are too stupid to succeed without government intervention; welfare is THE primary reason the black community and culture are in such terrible shape. Sure, it's because of white people -- patronizing white liberals who want to keep African Americans
the men mentioned in the title very likely have siblings with children and therefore are likely uncles and I venture to say very good ones to have. a supreme court justice and an economics professor math wiz chess player! my uncles are awesome but these guys are no slouch either...lol
I've noticed this everytime. Once a successful, intelligent and articulate black man achieves great prominence without recieveing any government help or handouts they are immediately called a sellout or an uncle tom!
Is no wonder black people in the U.S are in the crappy situation they're in.
What is wrong with you people? Can't a person achieve exceptional goals without race being part of the conversation? W T F is wrong with you all? You people need to get yourselves straightened out.
Clarence Thomas, Thomas Sowell, Bill Cosby, and Condoleezza Rice are in the wrong because they're educated and don't cry victim!? Because they don't wait for handouts? Because they have a different point of view?
How dare the jigaboo git all uppity and above hisself! Dat Thomas an Sowell should know deys gotta keep in deres place. Hay, uncletomwatch, youse doin a good job keepin dat black man down! go for it, boy! dammit, youse liberals still lynchin dem blacks?
Congratulations Liberal progressives! Decades later and BILLIONS AND BILLIONS spent and what do we have? More single parent families, high unemployment, low high school completion rates, low literacy rates, a declining dollar, low morals, low emphasis on discipline, responsible decision making and consideration towards others.
The culture of victimization, entitlement and socialist have destroyed Dr King’s dream.
I thought Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. Yet, here we are in the 21st Century and black people still are not truly free. They are not free to have their own opinions, ideas, and beliefs. And if they stray away from their master's plantation, they can look forward to a public lynching in the form of ridicule and character assassination as they get dragged back to the plantation. N*ggers need to know their place, right?
As a white man I just want to say that this all seems very normal to me. A couple of guys talking about a game they like and some people they know. They just happen to be black. When is all of society going to grow up, move on, and treat people as individuals. You are only doing yourself a disservice by lumping people into categories. White people are as sick of being assumed a racist as black people are about being assumed to be forty ounce drinking ghetto trash criminals.
I actually don't hate Thomas Sowell. He's a bright guy. I just agree with him on very little. And his arguments regarding race are never very consistent. But he's a solid economist.
Insinuating that Dr. Sowell and Justice Thomas are "Uncle Toms" is insulting, disgusting, and infuriating. Not just to them, I'm sure they've heard such petty and ignorant ribs before, but to the black community at large.
Shame on you, "UncleTomWatch." You should be applauding their achievements and stances on empowering young blacks, instead of deriding them for the same.
Clarence Thomas is a Supreme Court justice who has contributed vastly to American Law. Thomas Sowell has contributed vastly to the field of economics. Either of them has every reason to be proud of what they accomplished.
Clarence Thomas has the courage to think for himself and the grace to hold himself above the race hustlers who have destroyed the black community in this country. Only now are they slowly awakening. Just because your black doesn't mean you have to adhere to socialist/liberal thinking.
You know what i notice is a problem here. When someone calls themselves a Conservative, you assume you are friends with every conservative out there. Don't forget the only thing Conservatives really share are their beliefs. The same thing could be said about liberals. So when someone calls themselves a conservative don't just start calling them a racist just because they believe in individual responsibility.(minimum wage law hurt the black community the most)
What a service uncletomwatch is providing! Labeling any black man or woman who believes in limited government, strong defense, and opposes unlimited welfare as a sellout is really a needed service, and should be done more often and more publicly. I propose that we take Clarence Thomas, Thomas Sowell, Condoleeza Rice, J.C.Watts, Walter Williams, and James Golden (black producer of the Rush Limbaugh Show) and ban them from the country.
Republicans adopted the practice of racial tokenism in a vain attempt to disguise with imagery what blacks already knew about the history of Republican policy making. The systematic opposition to civil rights on the part of confederate states, Richard Nixon and others exploited in what historians refer to as the "southern strategy." The dispossession & disenfranchisement of blacks has continued under the guise of reform by Republican aegis without cease for better than 60 yrs.
You mean those democrats? The ones that opposed the civil rights act? Or how bout integration into schools? Who was that that insured those kids safe passage? Oh yeah, the REPUBLICANS.
Like I said, because the "content of his character" trumps the "color of his skin"--the Leftists call him "Uncle Tom."-because they have no other cogent arguments. If one checks Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals," which Barry Soertero ascribes to, that is a chief tactic--diminish, demean & demonize opponents, or call them "racist." (This ends all discussion in our country, unfortunately). The examples of Clarence Thomas or Colin Powell of overcoming hardships doesn't cause them to blame racism.
Pretoria hired blacks to police black townships. The Republicans understand the value of skin if nothing else. Front men like Powell, who disgraced himself before the United Nations provide models of success to prove that the system is working and in an ironic way I agree with you. What is the going price of human dignity in a nation that believes it can afford millions homeless and 2.5 million prisoners? To appreciate the Republican conception of civil rights you need a PhD?
'Tom Sowell is a R-wing thinker. I will claim that he is some exalted Black man that has surpassed low brow black thinking. So I'll Brown-nose Sowell thus demonstrating how un-racist I am, then using this pseudo-credibility I'll call the majority of black ppl innately stupid for not being R-wing"
Could it just be that sowell is an U-Tom because he allies himself politically with those that routinely run racially damaging campaigns for Blacks?
Self contempt is one of the hidden injuries of class. Martin Luther King died so these people could, with the help of Affirmative Action, return blacks to the plantation by helping overturn it? How many house niggras does it take to run Washington DC today? Who tends the lawn, polishes the crystal and cleans the toilets do you suppose?
Most people don't like to be lumped into a group--they look in the mirror as an individual. Democrats promise things and govt. largesse to "groups," to curry favor and votes. Republicans have traditional coalitions--the more religious, small business, patriotic, suburban, etc. and Obama called them "bitter Americans who cling to guns & Bibles." The Dems are elitists, but call Republicans that, incorrectly. The Super-rich support Dems--Streisand, Bill Gates, Oprah, George Soros,etc
That's the basic difference in your thinking and mine: I don't look at skin color. Your "racially damaging campaigns for blacks." How about a campaign that benefits everybody. Democrats like to gather "GROUPS"--gays, Labor, femnists, blacks, latinos....Republicans say, "Here's what we believe in--freedom-liberty-free enterprise-traditional values & marriage--whoever agrees, be you black, white, latino, etc...come aboard. Republicans don't covet "GROUPS"-they speak to individuals.
@BigBingFan ?It may not be your thinking, but it IS the thinking of the republican Prty as they know it gets them certain votes. It's been seen, documented admitted and praised. A classic example was "wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/Willie_Horton"
How long did it take to cook up this futile theory about democrats & "GROUPS" as a way of attempting to create some false dichotomy or to outright ignore the huge race/religion politics played by republicans. So tell me how long did the self-deception take?
Keep up your "GROUP THINK" thinking CmdrTobs---keep putting individuals into boxes and categories--you serve your Leftist Democrat party well, right off the cliff. Thank you for your "thinking," or lack thereof. Oh, by the way, it took me 1 milli-second to deduce what is a fact. See, politically correct thinking is "The Denial of uncomfortable realities." And you deny reality, so why go on with your lack of logic, rationale and critical analysis, which Democrats are bereft of.
@BigBingFan I think you need to swallow that advice.
You have already strawmaned me as a democrat - I am from England and am not in favor of the British liberal democrat party....
...just to name a few of the strawman clothes you have attempted to dress me in yet you have the righteous audacity to talk about 'grouping'.
You need to very literally de-brainwash yourself and actually READ objectively the irrelevant & illogical drivel you write and try to make it better fit reality.
If Clarence Thomas and Thomas Sowell are uncle tom's then I want an uncle tom for president. Better than the punk ignorant O.G. we have in office now.
Leftists/Progressives cannot stand a black person with an independent thought, because Leftists envision their power as a series of interest groups--not looking at them as individuals. When blacks possess views other than the "standard" black thinking, then they are called "Uncle Toms" because the Left has no moral or intellectual firepower to respond to independent thought; thus Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, Clarence Thomas all get called names-that's what LEFTISTS do best.
@BigBingFan So anyone who is a "leftist" and is black therefore has no independent thought? Really? Could it possibly be nothing to do with skin colour and just that they just don't agree with the opposing analysis?
Clarence Thomas is an incredibly intelligent man, and Thomas Sowell is one of the top thinkers of our age. To call these men "Uncle Toms" is despicable.
I would like to know how anything discussed in this video portrays any of these men as "Uncle" anything lol. Because they are well educated? Because they aren't on the strait slangin' they fotie-fibes and gettin' payd? ahaha. Good luck being everyone's bitch-fo-life.
I honestly don't see how people like the one who posted this video don't realize their hypocrisy. Every time a unique person like Thomas Sowell gains success and rises above his surroundings, that makes him an "oreo", an uncle Tom, a racist?? I'm sorry, YOU'RE the racist one here
Who are the types of people most frequently called Uncle Toms? Successful ones like Thomas Sowell here. I honestly don't see why he's an Uncle Tom.
And how am I the racist? Isn't it racist to say that when a black man is successful and wealthy, he's acting "submissive" or acting "white"? Because that seems to be the position of many people, like the one who posted this video. And I would call that racist.
@CommanderGene "Because that seems to be the position of many people, like the one who posted this " - There's your racism.
You assume it's just because of his success citing zero evidence. When in reality it's because of his position and esteem within a circle of right-wing politics that turns away not just blacks but everyone not white.
McCain amongst white voters got roughly the same votes as Reagan, but lost by a mile because of this very fact.
That still doesn't show how I'm a racist, the people who call Sowell an Uncle Tom can be either white or black. Also, you still didn't provide one good example for why he's such a race traitor... is it because he wants to actually give everyone an equal chance instead of supporting ridiculous programs like affirmative action? Many seem to assume that being color blind and wanting to give everyone equal opportunity is racist.
@CommanderGene Did you not read what I said, he associates & advocates for the party of the southern strategy. That puts blacks straight off him, Just as it would put a homosexual of him as he advocates for the party of prop 8.
You keep trying to boil this down to blacks begging for affirmative action or similar ergo they don't like sowell. Ignoring my whole argument in the process. THAT is whats racist. The fact you don't even see this is the coup de grace of my argument against you.
So you're focusing on what the Republican party did in the past ("southern strategy") instead of focusing on what it's doing now? By you're logic, blacks should vote against Democrats because the Democratic party was for slavery in the past.
Besides, I've never heard Thomas Sowell say anything racist before. You still have not shown one good example of why he, or myself, are racists, besides making the ignorant assumption that Republican=must be racist
@CommanderGene "So you're focusing on what the Republican party did in the past ("southern strategy") instead of focusing on what it's doing now?" - No, I am simply explaining why many Blacks consider him an uncle Tom. Rather than your frankly racist reasons that go; 'blacks don't like achievement' or 'blacks don't like successful ppl' which are all nonsense racism.
You seem deeply confused about what is being simply said here, I think you need to lie down.
I'm getting a headache from repeating myself so many times, but you don't seem to comprehend me, so I'll say it again. Thomas Sowell advocates the Republican position of giving everyone equal opportunity and stopping affirmative action. Many people dislike him for that, BOTH WHITES AND BLACKS. I never said black people dislike achievement.
And again, you calling Republicans those who advocate "Southern strategy" is like calling Democrats "The Slavery party". It's senseless
@CommanderGene "I never said black people dislike achievement." - Your +5 post at the top says "Every time a unique[Black] person like Thomas Sowell gains success and rises above his [black]surroundings, that makes him an "oreo", an uncle Tom"
You implicitly say thats the reason he is called an uncle Tom and thats BULLSHIT. '"Southern strategy" is like calling Democrats "The Slavery party". ' - Christ your an ideolgue, attempted to obfuscate won't help you.
I'm seriously starting to think you never graduated kindergarten. Can you honestly not read? I said 5 times until now that it's NOT JUST BLACK PEOPLE who consider people like Thomas Sowell an "oreo". Apparently I'm a racist for admiring successful and intelligent black people. And your claim that blacks don't support him because he's associated with Repubs is unfounded.
And attempting to use fancy words whose meaning you probably don't know won't help you avoid my point.
@CommanderGene Your statements are up in lights pal. Its fucking obvious. Its amazing you think your bullshit can be swallowed.
So when you talk about all these people who are unhappy about "Sowell gains success" from the surrounding these people are in, which sowell "rises above " who then go on to called him such specific words such as "oreo" and "uncle Tom" you really expect people to believe you were not referencing black ppl?
All I can say to anyone who believes that; its your trip...
Please, don't obfuscate the issue my friend. Thomas Sowell and Clarence Thomas were very poor people, and yes, they managed to rise above their surroundings. How exactly does that make me a racist again?? You seem to like avoiding that question. By "surroundings" I meant living in poverty, regardless of whether or not that was in a ghetto.
And, as I've said, there's many white people who call him an Uncle Tom as well, not just blacks. But you like ignoring that.
Not to mention you cite no evidence for your claim that blacks dislike him because he's associated with the party of "southern strategy". Besides, he should be judged based on his opinions and beliefs, not just labeled a racist because he associates with a particular group of people.
@CommanderGene You cite no evidence for your racist ditty of 'blacks hating success".
What I am saying is pretty self evident stuff it you are even attune to political goings on America.
Sowell is not racist, an 'uncle tom' isn't quite that, if anyone is, its you. Rather than cite his obvious leanings and associations to right-wing groups including the republican party you would rather take the asinine and racist view of "gee negros don't like him cause he's educated" - & that's sick.
@CommanderGene You're absolutely right. The very idea that if a black person deviates from the monolithic black perspective makes him some sort of "race traitor" is morally repugnant. Even the idea that there should be only one orthodox black viewpoint is despicable. Anyone who would libel Sowell or Thomas as uncle Toms is revealing more about their own bigotry than they are about these men.
@CommanderGene It's a Black Thang.. you wouldn't understand.. the pressures my own people but upon one another to keep us dumb. If we were to rise up and and excel by doing for ourselves, we fear the lost of public handouts and social programs. Thanks to White guilt and liberals, we'll be able to keep the status quo for years to come. God bless America!
@CommanderGene Thomas is only there because of the hard fought measures of Thurgood Marshall. Yet this sickening charecter will do away with all those things.
Take away the "black" element, and just observe this statement of hypothetical position. "People of the same race should vote the same way. Anyone of said race who votes differently is a race-traitor." Obviously, this is a ridiculous statement - yet it's principally and practically accepted - ad-hominem - by the mainstream public. Every race in the civilized world is expected - and encouraged - to have dissension in opinion, save blacks. The liberals tell us that blacks should "vote as one".
@BBCater What is more "racist" than simply EXPECTING a certain vote based solely on skin color? The liberals are EXACTLY what they claim to be against - racists.
Every independent black thinker is an Uncle Tom, every black who DARES attempt to go above his place and station is a race traitor.
The greatest success the Klan could wish for was done by people who claim to oppose them; they managed to turn black society into a self-enforcing Klan vision of segregation and permanent lower-class status.
@Darkside007 thank you .I've never subscribed to Clarence's political stance either but I think some black men want to view scholarly intellect as alien .And if somehow someone who looks like them should achieve it ,well then, they're in league with the 'white devils' since of course whites monopolize it. This was posted in 2007 , I wonder what the youtube poster feels about Barack . Wonder if he'd also be lumped in as a "house negro" even without having american slave lineage .
It seems like any black man who is not on the victimization bandwagon or a member of the Democratic Party cannot be an intellectual and politically active without being called an Uncle Tom.
What does this say about the agenda of the left and what they have to offer in the marketplace of ideas?
I was a liberal democrat from 1980 to 1994. I GAVE democrats a FAIR chance, they FAILED! Is being "an uncle tom" someone who REFUSES to continue to be EXPLOITED by the democrat party? Is being "an uncle tom" REFUSING to believe the LIES and BULLSHIT that comes from Jesse Jackson's mouth? Is being "an uncle tom" actually LISTENING to the issues FAIRLY and voting your conscience instead of straight party democrat ticket like blacks are EXPECTED to?
I am NOT going to just sit around and whine, and bitch about the white man! I REFUSE to close my ear and refuse to at LEAST listen to the WORDS that come DIRECTLY from republican mouths! I am NOT going to just take the word of Jesse Jackson and the LIBERAL mass media establishment when they call Rush Limbaugh "a racist," I LISTENED to the words that come DIRECTLY from his mouth for the last 16 YEARS almost EVERYDAY his show is on the air, and he is NOT a racist! Listen for YOURSELVES!!!!!!
@2purple79 "Judge a man by the content of his character,NOT by the color of his skin."That goes BOTH ways! Blacks are DISCRIMINATING against the republican party because of what Jesse Jackson and the LIBERAL mass media say about republicans. 99% of blacks who believe Rush Limbaugh is a "racist" ONLY believe it because hateful people like Jesse Jackson TELL them "Rush is racist." Rush's radio station is on in over 500 cities in America, so ignorance is NOT excused! Thanks 4 your kind words!
Black people use racism as a means to ignore they're own fuck ups take the whole Don Imus debacle Black people were up in arms calling up radio stations for weeks with resounding anger over a comment said on a tv show but you will be hard pressed to find that anger over todays daily some where in urban America(pick a city don't matter). Wheres the marches for that. Not only are we not outraged by it like the imus thing but alot of us celebrate it. It has become sexy manly....smh
...agreed -how embarrassing and childish to caricature Mr. Thomas and Mr. Sowell as 'Uncle Toms' -do try to grow up a little bit! -they are men of exceptional character and stature -and good humour too! -they are to be admired, and we should all aspire to their example! -God Bless them!
...agreed -how embarrassing and childish to caricature Mr. Thomas and Mr. Sowell as 'Uncle Toms' -do try to grow up a little bit! -they are men of exceptional character and stature -and good humour too! -they are to be admired, and we should all aspire to their example! -God Bless them!
...agreed -how embarrassing and childish to caricature Mr. Thomas and Mr. Sowell as 'Uncle Toms' -do try to grow up a little bit! -they are men of exceptional character and stature -and good humour too! -they are to be admired, and we should all aspire to their example! -God Bless them!
So how do blacks have their desires ANSWERED by elected leaders especially if the leader is corrupt and does NOT have to EVER WORRY about being voted out? If one political party does not answer the concerns of whites, whites simply vote for the RIVAL political party the next time around, but blacks just vote democrat. There should be no wonder why schools and well everything you can THINK of is better in white neighborhoods than black neighborhoods! Hi, my name is Byron and I'm a republican!
So to be a "real black person," you have to join the other 90% of blacks and vote ONLY for democrats 100% of the time? Well, WHY READ, LISTEN or STUDY the issues carefully from the aspect of human nature, practicality, and feasibility and just vote STRAIGHT democrat ticket, oh wait 90% of all blacks do that too. Well, i should join in and call Clarence Thomas an "uncle tom," since he's one of the 5% of blacks who are registered republican, that's it? 5% of blacks are republican? Continued....
@intelligentlman and most black people dont know that thoo clarence thomas wasnt a fan of MLK he was a big fan of the nation of islam think im lying read his own words in his autobiography
I bet the person who posted this video thinks Walter Williams, John McWhorter, Larry Elder, Shelby Steele, Alan Keyes, and Michael Steele are "Uncle Toms" as well. It seems that any black person who is a conservative or Republican is automatically, reflexively labeled a race traitor despite -- or perhaps BECAUSE of -- the fact they are successful people. The figures mentioned above are the true embodiments of Dr. King's dream, and yet they are shunned and scorned by most American blacks. Amazing
Any black person who dares to be successful and not stay on the poverty plantation is an "uncle tom"?? No wonder blacks lag behind in every area of achievement.
The people who call them Uncle Toms are the true sell-outs to their race, and they know it. They have sold out their individuality for the nice handouts. They are the pawns of white liberals, and the bleeding heart guilty-as-fuck self-hating whites who are so terrified to viewed as racists.
@ eziekialtheracist. Here is a proper use; across multiple threads your posts show you to be a racist.
These black men must be uncle toms because they are well spoken, educated, and have accomplished something in their lives. If they were real black men they'd be out trying to make more babies and drinking malt liquor and looking for payback against whitey. It amazes me the ones who pretend Not to be are the most irrational of bigots...even against their own people.
@bullseyen ....and your post shows you to be an ignorant and misguided fool with regard to the concept of racism. There is nothing worse than an idiot trying to sound intelligent. You are one such idiot. When you want a PROPER definition of said word, I'll duly give it to you. In the meantime keep your mouth shut and don't embarrass yourself any further.
@ezekielthemack "is nothing worse than an idiot trying to sound intelligent. You are one such idiot." and you make two. I'm not embarrased. I judge people based on merit and quality of character. I stand by my comments. It is my opinion that you are a racist based on the content of your posts. Now post again to tell me to shut up... i dont' care if you embarass yourself.
@bullseyen Correction. The person responding to me is an idiot i.e. YOU. I, on the other Hand am a very intelligent and intellectual individual - something you'll never be. Also, you are a very tardy individual, as I posted this response 5 months ago, so obviously you were rehearsing for 5 months to deliver this vapid response, which certainly wasn't worth the wait as it is vacuous. Not bad for someone who's supposedly unintelligent. Don't play with me - you'll lose. You've been warned...
@ezekielthemack who are you trying to convince? you have the word mack in your screenname...lmao what is a mack? bigmack?you like hamburgers? mack the knife?you stab up peeps? old mack donald? do you have a farm? does it stem from mack trucks? do you drive a truck? why are you the mack? did you get elected? is there a head mack in charge of other macks and are you he?what qualifications does one need in order to achieve mack status? I wanna be a mack! yetitrackerthemack....sounds good to me!
@yetitracker The fact that you don't know what a "mack" is tells me that you're a narrow minded prick who needs to get out more. DISMISSED. That was too easy.
@ezekielthemack the fact that you can't tell me let's me know it is a term you heard that implies something to you and your peer group but it means nothing to me. every mack I have known was a criminal thug that wanted to impress but in fact was a poor excuse for a human being. to you it means"i'm the shit" and in your case that would be true. congrats on learning something new today! class DISMISSED! you fail by the way.
@yetitracker ... The fact that you're on here continuing to talk a load of vapid nonsense tells me you're a grade A moron. Go away and find something productive to do you sad fool.
Why go to all the trouble of studying history, as laid out in some of Dr. Sowell's books, learning and profitting from it, when it's so much easier to just dismiss it with a racial slur and continue the status quo. BTW, very clever that you found two accomplished Afro-Americans with Tom in their names. You were even alert enough to spot the last name in one case!
@AshillaBeige ... and you must be an idiot. Well done for being another idiot who misuses the term racism. LEARN THE MEANING OF THE WORD. Go and read some books.
@ezekielthemack Holding at people at different standards due to their race is, by definition, racist in so far as the user, to me, implies white educated people are inherently different from Afro-American educated people, which is a form of cultural or ethnic racism.
Furthermore, "racist" is used colloquially by the general public to refer to one who engages in racial discrimination. If you haven't noticed this, you must not get out much.
@AshillaBeige "Holding at people at different standards due to their race is, by definition, racist" - This is precisely the reason why white ignorant fools like you need to get educated. When you want a DETAILED definition of racism I'll duly give it to you, until such time, I suggest you read more, as you sound like an ignorant fool.
@ezekielthemack racism: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. Now what's yours?
@MrGrevy That's not YOUR definition that's the WIKI/online dictionary definition and is anything but pragmatic or extensive.. Now give me YOUR definition in YOUR own words, I'll respect you more when you do. Your move.... AGAIN.
@ezekielthemack Yes that's the definition I agree with. DO you have a different one? I find it be pragmatic and sufficient. Do you have different definitions for every word in the dictionary?? Is it strange to you that I agree with the dictionaty definition of a word? Don't most people?? Still waiting for your definition. Mine does not differ from the dictionary definition. I want to believe you're super smart, but you're not giving me much to work with here.
@ezekielthemack If you want me to reword it I can do that - In my words - I believe racism is the belief that one race (any race) is superior to another race or races, based on skin color. (I believe race does exist and is not a social construct). Is that sufficient, or does it overlap too much with what 99% of people believe?
@MrGrevy Wrong to ALL of the above. Now give me your defintion as I've asked and I'll give you the PROPER definition. Don't toy with me fool, you don't know the ass whooping you're about to undergo - like so many on youtube. Your move...
I flagged the text on the title. Apparently youtube doesn't know how racist the term uncle tom is. Thomas Sowell is empowering black people by saying,"Keep your damn hand outs. We can do this on our own." He's a hero.
Successful, accomplished, doesn't believe in the artificially contrived encumbrance called affirmative action which is by it's very nature is THE most racist contrivance of those seeking to further enslave an entitled society. Since the 60's the US has watched the erosion of a family structure by throwing tax money at fathers to remain vacant and mothers to have a wider selection of those vacancies. May we have many, many more responsible men like these men in every ethnicity in our culture.
These men simply dont beleive in government solving black peoples problem. That is a plantation mentality that the people who dont love Master(government) are sellouts. These men see the irony in the welfare programs and affirmative actions creating a culture of failure in black america.
I agree with most of what they say and Im non partisan. Personal insults should not win debates because its ideas that matter.
Don't think of Clarence Thomas as an Uncle Tom and tool of the Republican Party--although that does describe him in part: think of him as simply a servant of the most reactionary elements of the ruling class; if he was on the bench during WW1, he would have been Woodrow Wilson's (the great liberal from Princeton, NJ) favorite judge support for his crackdown on anti-war activiists, labor unions, and free speech advocates. Some things never change.
These men are screaming for the black community to wake up. Liberals have gotten blacks to voluntarily re-enslave themselves to a new master, government. The liberals have destroyed the black man, family and have aborted thirty million black babies over the last 50 years. Who are the real Uncle Tom's?
Clarence Thomas, like all great men, blazes his own trail. If people follow fine, if not, well that is just fine too.
GrayWatchman 2 months ago
You can see how much influence Sowell had on Thomas. If more black kids looked up to Sowell and Thomas instead of J-z, 50 cent or some illiterate rapper, the black community would be in much better shape
TheRightThinker 2 months ago
The historical fact is that many slaves who wrapped themselves around the concept of individual rights and dignity. By the mid 1820's these rugged souls, who grew in their boldness to stand up to their overseers, became known as Uncle Toms. Black leaders who discovered they had an Uncle Tom among those they supervised were struck with panic at the impending challenge to authority.
senosteve89 2 months ago
Thank you for posting this, uncletomwatch.
writersblock26 2 months ago
“Uncle Tom” is a term used by white liberals who get nervous about diversity of thought.
martysweeten 3 months ago
Unless the title "uncle" means using your intellect, hard work and desire to rise above poverty and adversity to reach great heights, Sowell is not an uncle as you label him. He puts most people to shame based off what he has accomplished and where he started. I wish more people were like him, as intelligent, educated and wise. Read his bio. It is amazing and inspirational for all people. He is a role model for all children, all backgrounds.
ItsDonaldSutherland 4 months ago
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Unless the title "uncle" means using your intellect, hard work and desire to rise above poverty and adversity to reach great heights, Sowell is not an uncle as you label him. He puts most people to shame based off what he has accomplished and where he started. I wish more people were like him, as intelligent, educated and wise. Read his bio. It is amazing and inspirational for all people. He is a role model for all children, all backgrounds.
ItsDonaldSutherland 4 months ago
Unless the title "uncle" means using your intellect, hard work and desire to rise above poverty and adversity to reach great heights, Sowell is not an uncle as you label him. He puts most people to shame based off what he has accomplished and where he started. I wish more people were like him, as intelligent, educated and wise. Read his bio. It is amazing and inspirational for all people. He is a role model for all children, all backgrounds.
ItsDonaldSutherland 4 months ago
Calling them Uncle Toms is part of the reason why some blacks do not want to move foward in life. While I disagree with Clarence Thomas on a lot, I don't call him an Uncle Tom for being a black conservative. Thomas Sowell isn't an Uncle Tom for telling blacks to take responsibility for themselves.
HybridD91 6 months ago
Traumahdrums, you are racist to the bone! How dare a black man think for himself outside the communist socialist liberal democrat way of thinking that has kept the black man in bondage for the last 40 years! Martin Luther King Jr was a Republican because he could see how racist the Democrats were! The Dems never solve any problems! They just tax the poor and spend spend spend! Wake up and quit being so racist! Don't worry, Nobama is being sent home to Kenya in 2012!
tedbear77 7 months ago
@tedbear77 Dr. King was no damn Republican. & As a black woman, fully aware of the history of race in America, I see no reason to divide a Caucasian power structure based on "politics". They were all white with the same agenda and none of them is to be credited as the "Negro Hero." At most, Republicans were the lesser of 2 evils. That being said, telling a black person in the 1960's that "this white man" is less evil than "that white man" could hardly do much for his/her sense of security.
DivinelyMochaDipped 7 months ago
CORRUPT HOUSE NEGRO WITH STOCKHOLM SYNDROME
HUMANSAREBENEATHME 7 months ago
smart black man, plays the white man stupidy game, thomas sowel too, real good just like the spook who stood by the door real good,beat the white man at his own game.
comptonproduction 7 months ago
@comptonproduction Why are you talking gibberish?You are a non-black trying to sound like a contemptible,ignorant black person,What's your point? Dude you're slime.
titusact4scene2 7 months ago
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A brilliant Man talking about another brilliant man and all this idiot poster can say is "uncle Tom". Is it your opinion then that blacks should suppress any scholarly inclinations and "keep it real"....as in "real stupid" in order to be authentically black? God, it's people like you that keep the ghettos poor and the country racist. Have a nice life.
jamo387 7 months ago
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jamo387 7 months ago
How can anyone call two of the most successful black men in American History Uncle Toms? These are proper role models. The person who posted this video is a bigotted fool.
tadpole256 8 months ago 4
@tadpole256 1. They are not the most successful black men in American History. 2. They side with the white power structure in their perception of blacks and subscribe to the ideology of the white collective and not with one that empowers the black community. That is why they are labeled "Uncle Toms". So they are great role models for blacks who want to be accepted by white society, but not for blacks who have a desire to end the white supremacy system and uplift their community as a whole.
traumahdrums 7 months ago
@traumahdrums I was unaware there was a black society and a white society... There is one society, there are those who wish to succeed in it, and those who are doomed to fail. People who use their race a crutch are in the latter category. Black people in this country were rising up, and making a way for themselves, and then somewhere along the way, things changed, and this insane hip-hop "culture" took over and we have seen Blacks decline into dependency ever since. You are apart of the problem.
tadpole256 6 months ago
@tadpole256 The Hip Hop 'culture' was a side effect of inner city problems. Logic fail.
HybridD91 6 months ago
OP, you've really exposed yourself as a narrow minded racist by labeling the extraordinary and most well known black conservatives as Uncle Toms, as if having an ideology apart from modern american liberalism is the epitome of bigotry. I really hope you see your own hypocrisy. The next you'll be doing is labeling any Chinese conservative man as Chairman Mao.
Oyaji291 8 months ago 5
@Oyaji291 I'm not a conservative and has been called a sell out for wanting to go to college and not embracing a gangsta lifestyle, it isn't limited to political ideologies.
HybridD91 8 months ago
@HybridD91 I'm sure the invective toward intellectualism from the black community is far reaching. For instance, the real problem of homophobia in the black community that no one wants to address. I care little for those people's opinions as they only breed hatred. What I despise moreso, however, is this anti-black conservative rhetoric lauded by intellectuals and liberals. I don't see what your point is.
Oyaji291 8 months ago
Great video. We need more blacks dialoguing with each other like this, supporting and advocating for one another because of high-level intelligence, not for "keeping it real." The fact is, if more blacks followed Clarence Thomas and Thomas Sowell, black socioeconomic status and well-being would rise rapidly. The problem is, most don't want to "sell out." In fact, they're vehemently opposed to it, and would rather take us all down with them. (See sub-Saharan Africa for example).
takfam07 9 months ago
@takfam07
Plenty of blacks(infact the majority)follow Thomas' and Sowell's cutthroat free-market,go-for-self gospel--whether they be amoral lawyers,entertainers or ruthless drug dealers(indeed,it's only when rappers mindlessly celebrate the nihilist-individualist,social darwinist creed of capitalism that it's universally decried).
"Take us all down with them?"
That's precisely the point.There is no "us" in Thomas',Sowell's---or Jay Z's,or Beyonce's,or 50 Cent's,or Lil' Wayne's world.
thirdshift47 9 months ago
@thirdshift47 But you can clearly see Thomas encouraging a shared, high-minded cultural identity for blacks. He's not espousing cut-throat immorality. He's connecting Chessmaster Ashley with brilliant Economist Sowell, privileging black intellectual currency over Jay Z or 50 Cent-type nihilistic lowbrow crap. Thomas emphasizes Sowell's math whiz brilliance and prolific scholarship. Thomas is great, he's encouraging young blacks to value higher things, to go against the fatalistic black norm.
takfam07 9 months ago
@takfam07
People like Sowell,Thomas,Shelby Steele,Ward Connerly,etc.,positively detest what you call a "shared,high-minded cultural identity for blacks."
That's too 'collectivist' for people like that.Besides,if you truly detest stereotypes then why would you insist on simply replacing one set with another--even if it's one that's viewed more positively by society?
The point is,what makes a morally decrepit intellectual genius anymore respectable than morally decrepit antiintellectuals?
thirdshift47 9 months ago
@thirdshift47 Even if they detested it, they pretty much represent that identity. But I have to answer first with another question: why are we assuming that moral decrepitude must accompany intellectual striving? I don't associate any of the aforementioned black conservatives as bad people. Before I can answer your question, I have to understand how and why they are being perceived as morally decrepit.
takfam07 9 months ago
@takfam07
I've already explained.
If you get past the veneer of Thomas & Sowell's respectability then the question is what makes their accomplishments anymore meaningful than Jay Z's or 50 Cents'(especially considering they didn't simply rely on the 'nanny state' to quell their ambition & have become far more financially successful than Thomas & Sowell will ever be by mastering their own probusiness ideology?)
So Thomas bucked a stereotype.
But stereotypes don't matter to 'individuals'.
thirdshift47 9 months ago
@thirdshift47 If respectability is considered a "veneer," and JayZ and 50 Cent are placed on the same level as a Supreme Court Justice and leading economist, then sadly it's not surprising that blacks continue to struggle socioeconomically in comparison to whites and Asians. It shows where black cultural priorities are, which is why there are countless rappers and violent criminals but far fewer in intellectually demanding positions. But hey-- cultural relativism is the rule today.
takfam07 9 months ago
@takfam07
What does black struggle have to do with anything?If you're Thomas or Sowell what blacks suffer as a collective in comparison to other social groups is irrelevant to living in a free society because only the merits of individuals matter.Individual achievement --not racial--should be the rule.
Black priorities are exactly where black perception of American reality as fed through the mass media is.And the reality of being a criminal seems far more achievable than being their judges.
thirdshift47 9 months ago
@thirdshift47 I honestly wish you were right. If only individual over collective prevailed in all circumstances-- ala "not color of skin, but content of character." But we're human, we are naturally selected to perceive in groups, in stereotypes, as much as individually. So it's incumbent on groups to know that the part represents the whole-- especially minorities. This applies less to whites, because they're majority in this country. But when they travel outside, it applies to them, too.
takfam07 9 months ago
@takfam07
"So it's incumbent on groups to know that the part represents the whole--especially minorities."
We can certainly contend that cognitive judgements when made in abstract reference to groups are uniquely human.Nonetheless racial stereotyping is actually a culturally engineered phenomenon.Racism is not natural--it's quasi-natural--simply because we have to judge & are judgements are conditioned through imagery.
The above quotation reflects an awareness that Thomas seems to despise.
thirdshift47 9 months ago
@thirdshift47 Racial stereotyping always exists within and between cultures. In fact, it was essential in developing human cultures by establishing parameters of group identity. We can (and should) consciously mitigate its more deleterious effects, but we cannot avoid its hardwired, biological propensity. For millennia, our survival as a species depended on our ability to associate, and to recognize, patterns and recurrences, and to make decisions accordingly. Stereotyping is not "racism."
takfam07 9 months ago
@takfam07
I agree that discrimination has existed as long as human culture,but the idea that it was somehow tied to physical characterisitcs & what those traits meant in moral & intellectual terms is not true.
Most civilizations up until the 17th cen.,& the European 'Age of Discovery' made physical distinctions,but not with them carrying genetic implications.
I agree that stereotyping,profiling,etc.,is distinct from race supremacy.And institutional,economic racism is as well.
thirdshift47 9 months ago
This title is revolting, and the person posting it is either (ironically) a faithful Tom on the Leftist Plantation, or an all-too-typically racist white Leftist who feels somehow entitled (black wife? black girlfriend, perhaps?) to denigrate Black men who dare to step away from said Plantation. Well, fascists will be fascists...
1christophercc 9 months ago
Support America. Support Israel.
TheBrewskiBaby 9 months ago
I've read a lot of autobiographies from both liberals and conservatives, and Thomas' book is probably favorite autobiography I've ever read.
jimhunt81 9 months ago
oh cause he doesnt follow the status quo he is a house nigger? give me a fucking break. This is crabs in a bucket type thinking that keeps everyone simple minded.
Mbsmoothie 9 months ago 6
I don't see what's so bad about this video? It's actually great to hear a black chess grandmaster having a friendly conversation with a black Supreme Court Justice about a black economist. It shows you that skin color doesn't dictate what you can be.
EGarrett01 9 months ago 3
It's because of the owner of this channel, presumably black, that continues the deplorable castigation of successful black people, which becomes a self fulfilling propagation of deplorable conditions of the very same people. Do black people actually enjoy being in the "pits" of society and vilify those who climb out? It's ok if a black person becomes an entertainer but not an intellectual academic that even leaves a trail for other blacks to follow, including other minorities.
nuclide 10 months ago 4
I guess it doesn't matter to you that Judge Thomas or Dr. Sowell are both giants in their field and have contributed a wealth of wisdom for the benefit of future generations. To you they're just uncle Toms. Or maybe you're dismissing them as uncle Toms because their work is so powerful and contrary to your beliefs, and you're incapable of taking on their ideas. Defamation is the refuge of non-thinkers.
koyunbaba73 10 months ago
uncletomwatch clearly has NO concept of economics. educate yourself out of your egalitarian statism and keynesian thought pattern and you might actually advance your culture and peoples, much like dr sowell has done.
jasonkops 10 months ago
Clarence Thomas and Thomas Sowell are authentic black scholars and thinkers, who succeeded despite their race, not because of it, like Obama. They are truly brilliant men. Obama is a poser, a man-child who puts on the affectations of learned discourse and clothes himself in the rags of the cultural revolutionary. He is a parrot of leftism, a squawking bird who knows only what he has been told, and no more. And the ignorant among us found him worthy. /smdh
ChiBoompty 10 months ago
@ChiBoompty Obama is half black. Please don't insult Sowell or Thomas by directly comparing these two giants to this runt.
nuclide 10 months ago 2
Uncle Tom watch?
FOR WHAT?
This is disgusting racism. Have to keep those negroes in line for the party, huh? There's nothing more ridiculous than the notion that one's skin color determines their political / economic views.
Clarence Thomas and Thomas Sowell have nothing to be ashamed of. They should feel proud for being scholars.
jrsub3 10 months ago
... as the African American community has been since the Reconstruction era -- only then it was the Northern Republicans doing the exploiting.
ElasticGiraffe 10 months ago
dependent on government and loyal to the Democratic Party. The liberal politicians believe they deserve the minority vote, and thus far they have been very successful at keeping the black community, which oddly enough is a lot more conservative than they are, on a leash.
Of course, if you are black and Republican, then you are a race traitor and a "house slave" and a "ho nigga" and a sell-out to "whitey." Wake up, grow up, and realize that your community is being raped and exploited for votes.
ElasticGiraffe 10 months ago 3
The African American community ought to be very proud of these men. They are brilliant and successful people who worked their way to the top of their respective professions by their own merit. Affirmative action simply implies that black people that are too stupid to succeed without government intervention; welfare is THE primary reason the black community and culture are in such terrible shape. Sure, it's because of white people -- patronizing white liberals who want to keep African Americans
ElasticGiraffe 10 months ago
the men mentioned in the title very likely have siblings with children and therefore are likely uncles and I venture to say very good ones to have. a supreme court justice and an economics professor math wiz chess player! my uncles are awesome but these guys are no slouch either...lol
yetitracker 11 months ago
I've noticed this everytime. Once a successful, intelligent and articulate black man achieves great prominence without recieveing any government help or handouts they are immediately called a sellout or an uncle tom!
Is no wonder black people in the U.S are in the crappy situation they're in.
LordMalice6d9 11 months ago 2
What is wrong with you people? Can't a person achieve exceptional goals without race being part of the conversation? W T F is wrong with you all? You people need to get yourselves straightened out.
Clarence Thomas, Thomas Sowell, Bill Cosby, and Condoleezza Rice are in the wrong because they're educated and don't cry victim!? Because they don't wait for handouts? Because they have a different point of view?
You people are sick and pathetic.
Omnicronimous 11 months ago
How dare the jigaboo git all uppity and above hisself! Dat Thomas an Sowell should know deys gotta keep in deres place. Hay, uncletomwatch, youse doin a good job keepin dat black man down! go for it, boy! dammit, youse liberals still lynchin dem blacks?
peacechild61 11 months ago
Congratulations Liberal progressives! Decades later and BILLIONS AND BILLIONS spent and what do we have? More single parent families, high unemployment, low high school completion rates, low literacy rates, a declining dollar, low morals, low emphasis on discipline, responsible decision making and consideration towards others.
The culture of victimization, entitlement and socialist have destroyed Dr King’s dream.
espada9 1 year ago 5
@espada9 You think thats been done in the past 21/2 of this Admn or the past 12 of the former???
33kemit 11 months ago
I thought Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. Yet, here we are in the 21st Century and black people still are not truly free. They are not free to have their own opinions, ideas, and beliefs. And if they stray away from their master's plantation, they can look forward to a public lynching in the form of ridicule and character assassination as they get dragged back to the plantation. N*ggers need to know their place, right?
ramrants 1 year ago 9
this youtube channel is foolish. long gone are the days when blacks had to remain on the democrat plantation. free your mind people.
researchsiempre 1 year ago
Fuck all you black Clarence Thomas haters. I'm black and both Thomas and Sowell are my heros!
BWExposed03 1 year ago 5
As a white man I just want to say that this all seems very normal to me. A couple of guys talking about a game they like and some people they know. They just happen to be black. When is all of society going to grow up, move on, and treat people as individuals. You are only doing yourself a disservice by lumping people into categories. White people are as sick of being assumed a racist as black people are about being assumed to be forty ounce drinking ghetto trash criminals.
ProjectMaster2000 1 year ago 4
I actually don't hate Thomas Sowell. He's a bright guy. I just agree with him on very little. And his arguments regarding race are never very consistent. But he's a solid economist.
DaHonestAbe 1 year ago
Insinuating that Dr. Sowell and Justice Thomas are "Uncle Toms" is insulting, disgusting, and infuriating. Not just to them, I'm sure they've heard such petty and ignorant ribs before, but to the black community at large.
Shame on you, "UncleTomWatch." You should be applauding their achievements and stances on empowering young blacks, instead of deriding them for the same.
UkeRocket 1 year ago 27
Clarence Thomas is a Supreme Court justice who has contributed vastly to American Law. Thomas Sowell has contributed vastly to the field of economics. Either of them has every reason to be proud of what they accomplished.
Monsuco 1 year ago 71
@Monsuco Bullshit
Paulwander 11 months ago
I love Sowell and Thomas.
SaintMichael1000 1 year ago 5
@SaintMichael1000
titusact4scene2 1 year ago
Clarence Thomas has the courage to think for himself and the grace to hold himself above the race hustlers who have destroyed the black community in this country. Only now are they slowly awakening. Just because your black doesn't mean you have to adhere to socialist/liberal thinking.
xerakis 1 year ago 3
You know what i notice is a problem here. When someone calls themselves a Conservative, you assume you are friends with every conservative out there. Don't forget the only thing Conservatives really share are their beliefs. The same thing could be said about liberals. So when someone calls themselves a conservative don't just start calling them a racist just because they believe in individual responsibility.(minimum wage law hurt the black community the most)
Mezey5 1 year ago
What a service uncletomwatch is providing! Labeling any black man or woman who believes in limited government, strong defense, and opposes unlimited welfare as a sellout is really a needed service, and should be done more often and more publicly. I propose that we take Clarence Thomas, Thomas Sowell, Condoleeza Rice, J.C.Watts, Walter Williams, and James Golden (black producer of the Rush Limbaugh Show) and ban them from the country.
This is shameful! These men are to be admired!
bwanderson79 1 year ago
Republicans adopted the practice of racial tokenism in a vain attempt to disguise with imagery what blacks already knew about the history of Republican policy making. The systematic opposition to civil rights on the part of confederate states, Richard Nixon and others exploited in what historians refer to as the "southern strategy." The dispossession & disenfranchisement of blacks has continued under the guise of reform by Republican aegis without cease for better than 60 yrs.
jazzbo66zz 1 year ago
@jazzbo66zz
You mean those democrats? The ones that opposed the civil rights act? Or how bout integration into schools? Who was that that insured those kids safe passage? Oh yeah, the REPUBLICANS.
JRooster101 1 year ago
Like I said, because the "content of his character" trumps the "color of his skin"--the Leftists call him "Uncle Tom."-because they have no other cogent arguments. If one checks Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals," which Barry Soertero ascribes to, that is a chief tactic--diminish, demean & demonize opponents, or call them "racist." (This ends all discussion in our country, unfortunately). The examples of Clarence Thomas or Colin Powell of overcoming hardships doesn't cause them to blame racism.
BigBingFan 1 year ago
@BigBingFan
Pretoria hired blacks to police black townships. The Republicans understand the value of skin if nothing else. Front men like Powell, who disgraced himself before the United Nations provide models of success to prove that the system is working and in an ironic way I agree with you. What is the going price of human dignity in a nation that believes it can afford millions homeless and 2.5 million prisoners? To appreciate the Republican conception of civil rights you need a PhD?
jazzbo66zz 1 year ago
A No. of racist replies here tht essentially go:
'Tom Sowell is a R-wing thinker. I will claim that he is some exalted Black man that has surpassed low brow black thinking. So I'll Brown-nose Sowell thus demonstrating how un-racist I am, then using this pseudo-credibility I'll call the majority of black ppl innately stupid for not being R-wing"
Could it just be that sowell is an U-Tom because he allies himself politically with those that routinely run racially damaging campaigns for Blacks?
CmdrTobs 1 year ago
@CmdrTobs
Self contempt is one of the hidden injuries of class. Martin Luther King died so these people could, with the help of Affirmative Action, return blacks to the plantation by helping overturn it? How many house niggras does it take to run Washington DC today? Who tends the lawn, polishes the crystal and cleans the toilets do you suppose?
jazzbo66zz 1 year ago
@jazzbo66zz
Most people don't like to be lumped into a group--they look in the mirror as an individual. Democrats promise things and govt. largesse to "groups," to curry favor and votes. Republicans have traditional coalitions--the more religious, small business, patriotic, suburban, etc. and Obama called them "bitter Americans who cling to guns & Bibles." The Dems are elitists, but call Republicans that, incorrectly. The Super-rich support Dems--Streisand, Bill Gates, Oprah, George Soros,etc
BigBingFan 1 year ago
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@BigBingFan If you believe that, then you have spent a lot of time preparing that convoluted picture of reality. A pity.
CmdrTobs 1 year ago
@CmdrTobs
That's the basic difference in your thinking and mine: I don't look at skin color. Your "racially damaging campaigns for blacks." How about a campaign that benefits everybody. Democrats like to gather "GROUPS"--gays, Labor, femnists, blacks, latinos....Republicans say, "Here's what we believe in--freedom-liberty-free enterprise-traditional values & marriage--whoever agrees, be you black, white, latino, etc...come aboard. Republicans don't covet "GROUPS"-they speak to individuals.
BigBingFan 1 year ago
@BigBingFan ?It may not be your thinking, but it IS the thinking of the republican Prty as they know it gets them certain votes. It's been seen, documented admitted and praised. A classic example was "wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/Willie_Horton"
How long did it take to cook up this futile theory about democrats & "GROUPS" as a way of attempting to create some false dichotomy or to outright ignore the huge race/religion politics played by republicans. So tell me how long did the self-deception take?
CmdrTobs 1 year ago
@CmdrTobs
Keep up your "GROUP THINK" thinking CmdrTobs---keep putting individuals into boxes and categories--you serve your Leftist Democrat party well, right off the cliff. Thank you for your "thinking," or lack thereof. Oh, by the way, it took me 1 milli-second to deduce what is a fact. See, politically correct thinking is "The Denial of uncomfortable realities." And you deny reality, so why go on with your lack of logic, rationale and critical analysis, which Democrats are bereft of.
BigBingFan 1 year ago
@BigBingFan I think you need to swallow that advice.
You have already strawmaned me as a democrat - I am from England and am not in favor of the British liberal democrat party....
...just to name a few of the strawman clothes you have attempted to dress me in yet you have the righteous audacity to talk about 'grouping'.
You need to very literally de-brainwash yourself and actually READ objectively the irrelevant & illogical drivel you write and try to make it better fit reality.
CmdrTobs 1 year ago
If Clarence Thomas and Thomas Sowell are uncle tom's then I want an uncle tom for president. Better than the punk ignorant O.G. we have in office now.
cano21 1 year ago
Leftists/Progressives cannot stand a black person with an independent thought, because Leftists envision their power as a series of interest groups--not looking at them as individuals. When blacks possess views other than the "standard" black thinking, then they are called "Uncle Toms" because the Left has no moral or intellectual firepower to respond to independent thought; thus Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, Clarence Thomas all get called names-that's what LEFTISTS do best.
BigBingFan 1 year ago
@BigBingFan So anyone who is a "leftist" and is black therefore has no independent thought? Really? Could it possibly be nothing to do with skin colour and just that they just don't agree with the opposing analysis?
CmdrTobs 1 year ago
Clarence Thomas is an incredibly intelligent man, and Thomas Sowell is one of the top thinkers of our age. To call these men "Uncle Toms" is despicable.
dabliss101 1 year ago
uncletomwatch = idiot. Doesnt have the brains to realize how much the Dem/Left has, and continues to, exploit people of color.
bototgus 1 year ago
I would like to know how anything discussed in this video portrays any of these men as "Uncle" anything lol. Because they are well educated? Because they aren't on the strait slangin' they fotie-fibes and gettin' payd? ahaha. Good luck being everyone's bitch-fo-life.
zztoproadster 1 year ago
I honestly don't see how people like the one who posted this video don't realize their hypocrisy. Every time a unique person like Thomas Sowell gains success and rises above his surroundings, that makes him an "oreo", an uncle Tom, a racist?? I'm sorry, YOU'RE the racist one here
CommanderGene 1 year ago 111
@CommanderGene An assumption, he could just think he is an uncle Tom. What you say smacks of being a racist.
CmdrTobs 1 year ago
@CmdrTobs
Who are the types of people most frequently called Uncle Toms? Successful ones like Thomas Sowell here. I honestly don't see why he's an Uncle Tom.
And how am I the racist? Isn't it racist to say that when a black man is successful and wealthy, he's acting "submissive" or acting "white"? Because that seems to be the position of many people, like the one who posted this video. And I would call that racist.
CommanderGene 1 year ago
@CommanderGene "Because that seems to be the position of many people, like the one who posted this " - There's your racism.
You assume it's just because of his success citing zero evidence. When in reality it's because of his position and esteem within a circle of right-wing politics that turns away not just blacks but everyone not white.
McCain amongst white voters got roughly the same votes as Reagan, but lost by a mile because of this very fact.
CmdrTobs 1 year ago
@CmdrTobs
That still doesn't show how I'm a racist, the people who call Sowell an Uncle Tom can be either white or black. Also, you still didn't provide one good example for why he's such a race traitor... is it because he wants to actually give everyone an equal chance instead of supporting ridiculous programs like affirmative action? Many seem to assume that being color blind and wanting to give everyone equal opportunity is racist.
CommanderGene 1 year ago
@CommanderGene Did you not read what I said, he associates & advocates for the party of the southern strategy. That puts blacks straight off him, Just as it would put a homosexual of him as he advocates for the party of prop 8.
You keep trying to boil this down to blacks begging for affirmative action or similar ergo they don't like sowell. Ignoring my whole argument in the process. THAT is whats racist. The fact you don't even see this is the coup de grace of my argument against you.
CmdrTobs 1 year ago
@CmdrTobs
So you're focusing on what the Republican party did in the past ("southern strategy") instead of focusing on what it's doing now? By you're logic, blacks should vote against Democrats because the Democratic party was for slavery in the past.
Besides, I've never heard Thomas Sowell say anything racist before. You still have not shown one good example of why he, or myself, are racists, besides making the ignorant assumption that Republican=must be racist
CommanderGene 1 year ago
@CommanderGene "So you're focusing on what the Republican party did in the past ("southern strategy") instead of focusing on what it's doing now?" - No, I am simply explaining why many Blacks consider him an uncle Tom. Rather than your frankly racist reasons that go; 'blacks don't like achievement' or 'blacks don't like successful ppl' which are all nonsense racism.
You seem deeply confused about what is being simply said here, I think you need to lie down.
CmdrTobs 1 year ago
@CmdrTobs
I'm getting a headache from repeating myself so many times, but you don't seem to comprehend me, so I'll say it again. Thomas Sowell advocates the Republican position of giving everyone equal opportunity and stopping affirmative action. Many people dislike him for that, BOTH WHITES AND BLACKS. I never said black people dislike achievement.
And again, you calling Republicans those who advocate "Southern strategy" is like calling Democrats "The Slavery party". It's senseless
CommanderGene 1 year ago
@CommanderGene "I never said black people dislike achievement." - Your +5 post at the top says "Every time a unique[Black] person like Thomas Sowell gains success and rises above his [black]surroundings, that makes him an "oreo", an uncle Tom"
You implicitly say thats the reason he is called an uncle Tom and thats BULLSHIT. '"Southern strategy" is like calling Democrats "The Slavery party". ' - Christ your an ideolgue, attempted to obfuscate won't help you.
CmdrTobs 1 year ago
@CmdrTobs
I'm seriously starting to think you never graduated kindergarten. Can you honestly not read? I said 5 times until now that it's NOT JUST BLACK PEOPLE who consider people like Thomas Sowell an "oreo". Apparently I'm a racist for admiring successful and intelligent black people. And your claim that blacks don't support him because he's associated with Repubs is unfounded.
And attempting to use fancy words whose meaning you probably don't know won't help you avoid my point.
CommanderGene 1 year ago
@CommanderGene Your statements are up in lights pal. Its fucking obvious. Its amazing you think your bullshit can be swallowed.
So when you talk about all these people who are unhappy about "Sowell gains success" from the surrounding these people are in, which sowell "rises above " who then go on to called him such specific words such as "oreo" and "uncle Tom" you really expect people to believe you were not referencing black ppl?
All I can say to anyone who believes that; its your trip...
CmdrTobs 1 year ago
@CmdrTobs
Please, don't obfuscate the issue my friend. Thomas Sowell and Clarence Thomas were very poor people, and yes, they managed to rise above their surroundings. How exactly does that make me a racist again?? You seem to like avoiding that question. By "surroundings" I meant living in poverty, regardless of whether or not that was in a ghetto.
And, as I've said, there's many white people who call him an Uncle Tom as well, not just blacks. But you like ignoring that.
CommanderGene 1 year ago
@CmdrTobs
Not to mention you cite no evidence for your claim that blacks dislike him because he's associated with the party of "southern strategy". Besides, he should be judged based on his opinions and beliefs, not just labeled a racist because he associates with a particular group of people.
CommanderGene 1 year ago
@CommanderGene You cite no evidence for your racist ditty of 'blacks hating success".
What I am saying is pretty self evident stuff it you are even attune to political goings on America.
Sowell is not racist, an 'uncle tom' isn't quite that, if anyone is, its you. Rather than cite his obvious leanings and associations to right-wing groups including the republican party you would rather take the asinine and racist view of "gee negros don't like him cause he's educated" - & that's sick.
CmdrTobs 1 year ago
@CommanderGene You're absolutely right. The very idea that if a black person deviates from the monolithic black perspective makes him some sort of "race traitor" is morally repugnant. Even the idea that there should be only one orthodox black viewpoint is despicable. Anyone who would libel Sowell or Thomas as uncle Toms is revealing more about their own bigotry than they are about these men.
koyunbaba73 1 year ago 5
@CommanderGene It's a Black Thang.. you wouldn't understand.. the pressures my own people but upon one another to keep us dumb. If we were to rise up and and excel by doing for ourselves, we fear the lost of public handouts and social programs. Thanks to White guilt and liberals, we'll be able to keep the status quo for years to come. God bless America!
BWExposed03 1 year ago 3
@CommanderGene Thomas is only there because of the hard fought measures of Thurgood Marshall. Yet this sickening charecter will do away with all those things.
Paulwander 11 months ago
@CommanderGene It's not because of their success. It's because of their privilege-denying mentality.
coolsteven2 9 months ago
@ElWiiTard Name three? If you are referring to people like Sowell then you just plain are not listening.
stloucat 1 year ago
Take away the "black" element, and just observe this statement of hypothetical position. "People of the same race should vote the same way. Anyone of said race who votes differently is a race-traitor." Obviously, this is a ridiculous statement - yet it's principally and practically accepted - ad-hominem - by the mainstream public. Every race in the civilized world is expected - and encouraged - to have dissension in opinion, save blacks. The liberals tell us that blacks should "vote as one".
BBCater 1 year ago
@BBCater What is more "racist" than simply EXPECTING a certain vote based solely on skin color? The liberals are EXACTLY what they claim to be against - racists.
BBCater 1 year ago
Every independent black thinker is an Uncle Tom, every black who DARES attempt to go above his place and station is a race traitor.
The greatest success the Klan could wish for was done by people who claim to oppose them; they managed to turn black society into a self-enforcing Klan vision of segregation and permanent lower-class status.
Darkside007 1 year ago 3
@Darkside007 thank you .I've never subscribed to Clarence's political stance either but I think some black men want to view scholarly intellect as alien .And if somehow someone who looks like them should achieve it ,well then, they're in league with the 'white devils' since of course whites monopolize it. This was posted in 2007 , I wonder what the youtube poster feels about Barack . Wonder if he'd also be lumped in as a "house negro" even without having american slave lineage .
jojo808 1 year ago
It seems like any black man who is not on the victimization bandwagon or a member of the Democratic Party cannot be an intellectual and politically active without being called an Uncle Tom.
What does this say about the agenda of the left and what they have to offer in the marketplace of ideas?
espada9 1 year ago
I was a liberal democrat from 1980 to 1994. I GAVE democrats a FAIR chance, they FAILED! Is being "an uncle tom" someone who REFUSES to continue to be EXPLOITED by the democrat party? Is being "an uncle tom" REFUSING to believe the LIES and BULLSHIT that comes from Jesse Jackson's mouth? Is being "an uncle tom" actually LISTENING to the issues FAIRLY and voting your conscience instead of straight party democrat ticket like blacks are EXPECTED to?
intelligentlman 1 year ago 5
I am NOT going to just sit around and whine, and bitch about the white man! I REFUSE to close my ear and refuse to at LEAST listen to the WORDS that come DIRECTLY from republican mouths! I am NOT going to just take the word of Jesse Jackson and the LIBERAL mass media establishment when they call Rush Limbaugh "a racist," I LISTENED to the words that come DIRECTLY from his mouth for the last 16 YEARS almost EVERYDAY his show is on the air, and he is NOT a racist! Listen for YOURSELVES!!!!!!
intelligentlman 1 year ago 2
@intelligentlman
I really admire you. You're a good man.
2purple79 1 year ago
@2purple79 "Judge a man by the content of his character,NOT by the color of his skin."That goes BOTH ways! Blacks are DISCRIMINATING against the republican party because of what Jesse Jackson and the LIBERAL mass media say about republicans. 99% of blacks who believe Rush Limbaugh is a "racist" ONLY believe it because hateful people like Jesse Jackson TELL them "Rush is racist." Rush's radio station is on in over 500 cities in America, so ignorance is NOT excused! Thanks 4 your kind words!
intelligentlman 1 year ago
Black people use racism as a means to ignore they're own fuck ups take the whole Don Imus debacle Black people were up in arms calling up radio stations for weeks with resounding anger over a comment said on a tv show but you will be hard pressed to find that anger over todays daily some where in urban America(pick a city don't matter). Wheres the marches for that. Not only are we not outraged by it like the imus thing but alot of us celebrate it. It has become sexy manly....smh
ajw21778 1 year ago
@ajw21778 i meant to say todays daily murder
ajw21778 1 year ago
...agreed -how embarrassing and childish to caricature Mr. Thomas and Mr. Sowell as 'Uncle Toms' -do try to grow up a little bit! -they are men of exceptional character and stature -and good humour too! -they are to be admired, and we should all aspire to their example! -God Bless them!
kingdavidroyalmusic 1 year ago 2
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...agreed -how embarrassing and childish to caricature Mr. Thomas and Mr. Sowell as 'Uncle Toms' -do try to grow up a little bit! -they are men of exceptional character and stature -and good humour too! -they are to be admired, and we should all aspire to their example! -God Bless them!
kingdavidroyalmusic 1 year ago
...agreed -how embarrassing and childish to caricature Mr. Thomas and Mr. Sowell as 'Uncle Toms' -do try to grow up a little bit! -they are men of exceptional character and stature -and good humour too! -they are to be admired, and we should all aspire to their example! -God Bless them!
kingdavidroyalmusic 1 year ago
So how do blacks have their desires ANSWERED by elected leaders especially if the leader is corrupt and does NOT have to EVER WORRY about being voted out? If one political party does not answer the concerns of whites, whites simply vote for the RIVAL political party the next time around, but blacks just vote democrat. There should be no wonder why schools and well everything you can THINK of is better in white neighborhoods than black neighborhoods! Hi, my name is Byron and I'm a republican!
intelligentlman 1 year ago
So to be a "real black person," you have to join the other 90% of blacks and vote ONLY for democrats 100% of the time? Well, WHY READ, LISTEN or STUDY the issues carefully from the aspect of human nature, practicality, and feasibility and just vote STRAIGHT democrat ticket, oh wait 90% of all blacks do that too. Well, i should join in and call Clarence Thomas an "uncle tom," since he's one of the 5% of blacks who are registered republican, that's it? 5% of blacks are republican? Continued....
intelligentlman 1 year ago
@intelligentlman and most black people dont know that thoo clarence thomas wasnt a fan of MLK he was a big fan of the nation of islam think im lying read his own words in his autobiography
ajw21778 1 year ago
Ur a fucking jerk. A supreme court justice, talking about a legendary economist with a chess master. Uncles toms? Fuck off
TheProgressistViewer 1 year ago 4
I bet the person who posted this video thinks Walter Williams, John McWhorter, Larry Elder, Shelby Steele, Alan Keyes, and Michael Steele are "Uncle Toms" as well. It seems that any black person who is a conservative or Republican is automatically, reflexively labeled a race traitor despite -- or perhaps BECAUSE of -- the fact they are successful people. The figures mentioned above are the true embodiments of Dr. King's dream, and yet they are shunned and scorned by most American blacks. Amazing
FamilyGuyRocks89 1 year ago
Any black person who dares to be successful and not stay on the poverty plantation is an "uncle tom"?? No wonder blacks lag behind in every area of achievement.
MrGrevy 1 year ago
Sowell and Thomas are great men.
The people who call them Uncle Toms are the true sell-outs to their race, and they know it. They have sold out their individuality for the nice handouts. They are the pawns of white liberals, and the bleeding heart guilty-as-fuck self-hating whites who are so terrified to viewed as racists.
nuktubian 1 year ago
@ eziekialtheracist. Here is a proper use; across multiple threads your posts show you to be a racist.
These black men must be uncle toms because they are well spoken, educated, and have accomplished something in their lives. If they were real black men they'd be out trying to make more babies and drinking malt liquor and looking for payback against whitey. It amazes me the ones who pretend Not to be are the most irrational of bigots...even against their own people.
bullseyen 1 year ago
@bullseyen ....and your post shows you to be an ignorant and misguided fool with regard to the concept of racism. There is nothing worse than an idiot trying to sound intelligent. You are one such idiot. When you want a PROPER definition of said word, I'll duly give it to you. In the meantime keep your mouth shut and don't embarrass yourself any further.
ezekielthemack 1 year ago
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bullseyen 1 year ago
@ezekielthemack "is nothing worse than an idiot trying to sound intelligent. You are one such idiot." and you make two. I'm not embarrased. I judge people based on merit and quality of character. I stand by my comments. It is my opinion that you are a racist based on the content of your posts. Now post again to tell me to shut up... i dont' care if you embarass yourself.
bullseyen 1 year ago
@bullseyen Correction. The person responding to me is an idiot i.e. YOU. I, on the other Hand am a very intelligent and intellectual individual - something you'll never be. Also, you are a very tardy individual, as I posted this response 5 months ago, so obviously you were rehearsing for 5 months to deliver this vapid response, which certainly wasn't worth the wait as it is vacuous. Not bad for someone who's supposedly unintelligent. Don't play with me - you'll lose. You've been warned...
ezekielthemack 1 year ago
@ezekielthemack who are you trying to convince? you have the word mack in your screenname...lmao what is a mack? bigmack?you like hamburgers? mack the knife?you stab up peeps? old mack donald? do you have a farm? does it stem from mack trucks? do you drive a truck? why are you the mack? did you get elected? is there a head mack in charge of other macks and are you he?what qualifications does one need in order to achieve mack status? I wanna be a mack! yetitrackerthemack....sounds good to me!
yetitracker 11 months ago
@yetitracker The fact that you don't know what a "mack" is tells me that you're a narrow minded prick who needs to get out more. DISMISSED. That was too easy.
ezekielthemack 11 months ago
@ezekielthemack the fact that you can't tell me let's me know it is a term you heard that implies something to you and your peer group but it means nothing to me. every mack I have known was a criminal thug that wanted to impress but in fact was a poor excuse for a human being. to you it means"i'm the shit" and in your case that would be true. congrats on learning something new today! class DISMISSED! you fail by the way.
yetitracker 11 months ago
@yetitracker ... The fact that you're on here continuing to talk a load of vapid nonsense tells me you're a grade A moron. Go away and find something productive to do you sad fool.
ezekielthemack 10 months ago
Why go to all the trouble of studying history, as laid out in some of Dr. Sowell's books, learning and profitting from it, when it's so much easier to just dismiss it with a racial slur and continue the status quo. BTW, very clever that you found two accomplished Afro-Americans with Tom in their names. You were even alert enough to spot the last name in one case!
tc3139 1 year ago
Buffers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Useless NEGROS!
bring back real BLACK POWER!
rockbottom23 1 year ago
Thomas Sowell and Clarance Thomas 2 truely great Americans. NOT BLACK AMERICANS. Americans!!!!!
SuperGuitarman69 1 year ago
Considering this person think intelligent educated black people are "Uncle Toms," he must really be racist.
AshillaBeige 1 year ago
@AshillaBeige ... and you must be an idiot. Well done for being another idiot who misuses the term racism. LEARN THE MEANING OF THE WORD. Go and read some books.
ezekielthemack 1 year ago
@ezekielthemack Holding at people at different standards due to their race is, by definition, racist in so far as the user, to me, implies white educated people are inherently different from Afro-American educated people, which is a form of cultural or ethnic racism.
Furthermore, "racist" is used colloquially by the general public to refer to one who engages in racial discrimination. If you haven't noticed this, you must not get out much.
AshillaBeige 1 year ago
@AshillaBeige "Holding at people at different standards due to their race is, by definition, racist" - This is precisely the reason why white ignorant fools like you need to get educated. When you want a DETAILED definition of racism I'll duly give it to you, until such time, I suggest you read more, as you sound like an ignorant fool.
ezekielthemack 1 year ago
@ezekielthemack How do you define racism?
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@MrGrevy Tell me how YOU define it and I'll duly give you the PROPER definition. I'm waiting...
ezekielthemack 1 year ago
@ezekielthemack racism: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. Now what's yours?
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@MrGrevy That's not YOUR definition that's the WIKI/online dictionary definition and is anything but pragmatic or extensive.. Now give me YOUR definition in YOUR own words, I'll respect you more when you do. Your move.... AGAIN.
ezekielthemack 1 year ago
@ezekielthemack Yes that's the definition I agree with. DO you have a different one? I find it be pragmatic and sufficient. Do you have different definitions for every word in the dictionary?? Is it strange to you that I agree with the dictionaty definition of a word? Don't most people?? Still waiting for your definition. Mine does not differ from the dictionary definition. I want to believe you're super smart, but you're not giving me much to work with here.
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@ezekielthemack If you want me to reword it I can do that - In my words - I believe racism is the belief that one race (any race) is superior to another race or races, based on skin color. (I believe race does exist and is not a social construct). Is that sufficient, or does it overlap too much with what 99% of people believe?
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@ezekielthemack Why don't YOU define it. You sound angry and uneducated.
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@MrGrevy WRONG - on both counts I'm not angry and I'm certainly educated and continue to replenish that education.
ezekielthemack 1 year ago
@ezekielthemack Yet you won't give us your definition of racism - probably because it is ridiculous, incorrect, and based on some paranoid nonsense.
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@MrGrevy Wrong to ALL of the above. Now give me your defintion as I've asked and I'll give you the PROPER definition. Don't toy with me fool, you don't know the ass whooping you're about to undergo - like so many on youtube. Your move...
ezekielthemack 1 year ago
@ezekielthemack Where's your definition?
MrGrevy 1 year ago
I flagged the text on the title. Apparently youtube doesn't know how racist the term uncle tom is. Thomas Sowell is empowering black people by saying,"Keep your damn hand outs. We can do this on our own." He's a hero.
MegaTheBam 1 year ago 2
Successful, accomplished, doesn't believe in the artificially contrived encumbrance called affirmative action which is by it's very nature is THE most racist contrivance of those seeking to further enslave an entitled society. Since the 60's the US has watched the erosion of a family structure by throwing tax money at fathers to remain vacant and mothers to have a wider selection of those vacancies. May we have many, many more responsible men like these men in every ethnicity in our culture.
arslp 1 year ago 4
There is a term for a person who thinks that members of a racial group should think in only one specific way: racist.
Aegius 1 year ago 30
@Aegius Thank you for speaking the truth!!
robdani1997 1 year ago
Uncle tom= Against big Government.
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These men simply dont beleive in government solving black peoples problem. That is a plantation mentality that the people who dont love Master(government) are sellouts. These men see the irony in the welfare programs and affirmative actions creating a culture of failure in black america.
I agree with most of what they say and Im non partisan. Personal insults should not win debates because its ideas that matter.
adwaye 1 year ago
Two great men being denigrated by a sell-out on YouTube. How sad.
nuktubian 1 year ago
I'm glad that Clarence Thomas is where is, we need him
lupielady 1 year ago
@lupielady
Don't think of Clarence Thomas as an Uncle Tom and tool of the Republican Party--although that does describe him in part: think of him as simply a servant of the most reactionary elements of the ruling class; if he was on the bench during WW1, he would have been Woodrow Wilson's (the great liberal from Princeton, NJ) favorite judge support for his crackdown on anti-war activiists, labor unions, and free speech advocates. Some things never change.
RPenta 1 year ago
From the context, I assume that "Uncle Tom" means "genius".
Gallifrey77203 1 year ago 2
These men are screaming for the black community to wake up. Liberals have gotten blacks to voluntarily re-enslave themselves to a new master, government. The liberals have destroyed the black man, family and have aborted thirty million black babies over the last 50 years. Who are the real Uncle Tom's?
RCTPatriot75 1 year ago
@RCTPatriot75 Exactly right....people have forgotten that the founder of PP, Margaret Sanger, was a blatant eugenicist
josamen 1 year ago
Both of these men are two of the most intelligent men to live. Thank God they are Americans! How dare you for calling them Uncletoms.
PresidentOfTheBlack 1 year ago 2