ricardo a gonzalez

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Uncle Tom's Cuban
Mike S. Adams \ July 18, 2003


I used to consider white liberals who praise Fidel Castro to be the most
despicable people imaginable. That's probably because I have to deal with
these people on a regular basis. I call them Starbuck's Socialists. You know
the type. They spend about ten dollars a day to have other people make their
coffee while they read the $20 deluxe edition of The Communist Manifesto at
Barnes and Noble. They also spend a fortune to send their children to
private schools with other white kids. Most of them are college professors.

But now I've changed my mind. I've decided that black liberals who praise
Fidel Castro are just as repugnant. This change of heart follows my recent
discovery that NAACP President Kweisi Mfume has struck trade agreements with
the Cuban dictator after a "good will and trade mission" to the communist
nation. In fact, this happened in November of 2002 but I don't remember
reading about it. That was back when I was reading the New York Times.

However, in a November 12 NAACP press release, Mfume explained that his
purpose in visiting Cuba was to "lend support to black farmers in the United
States who would like to win export contracts with (Cuba)" and "to build a
bridge between the NAACP and the people of Cuba, many of whom are
descendants of Africa." Mfume also announced a meeting with the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.

In a November 14 NAACP press release, Mfume explained why he wanted to meet
with communist leaders in Cuba: "(W)e hope to learn more about Cuba's
education and health care systems, which offer free schooling and medical
care to all citizens." The press release added "Although the U.S. has some
of the best health care facilities and physicians in the world, African
Americans continue to have a shorter average life span than whites . . ."

To his credit, Mfume did meet with Cuban dissidents (although it took some
persuading by the mayor of Miami). After the meeting, the NAACP reported
that "(T)he dissidents claim that under the leadership of . . . Castro, the
Cuban people are denied freedom of expression and freedom of religion."
Furthermore, the NAACP reported, "The dissent leaders said they had been
imprisoned and harassed by the government at one time or another because of
their efforts to organize and call for change within Cuba." This quote was
inserted only after noting that (the dissident leaders) "freely expressed
their views to the NAACP delegation." The press release also ended with a
quote from the National Assembly of the People's Power: "Most of these
people (dissidents) just pretend to represent organizations. They have
absolutely no support in our country."

There are two reasons why I find Mfume's Cuban visit to be disturbing.
First, it was unnecessary. Intelligent people can realistically assess the
likely impact of communism on the plight of African Americans by examining
the effects of socialist policies that have been adopted in the United
States.

For example, it is no coincidence that the Great Society initiatives of
President Johnson were followed by skyrocketing rates of illegitimacy among
African Americans. That rate is now at 70%. Interestingly, a search for the
word "illegitimacy" yields no results on the NAACP website.

Nor does www.naacp.org have anything to say about the disproportionate
number of black babies aborted in the United States. After thirty years of
modeling our reproductive policies after the communists, we are approaching
a total of fifty million abortions in post-Roe America. When we do pass that
mark, about 20 million of the abortions will have been performed on black
babies. If abortions were performed equally across racial groups that number
would be around six million.

A second basis of objection to Mfume's visit to Cuba is its blatant
hypocrisy. His willingness to pretend that human rights violations do not
exist in order to advance economic interests-moreover agricultural
interests-shows that he has indeed learned a lot from the institution of
slavery. Namely, that freedom is expendable when it conflicts with the
economic interests of the rich and powerful. Mfume is both.

Black America can do without communism and socialism just as it can do
without affirmative action and reparations for slavery. And it certainly has
no need for dictators like Fidel Castro and Kweisi Mfume.

Dr. Mike S. Adams (adams_mike@hotmail.com) is an associate professor at
UNC-Wilmington.

©2003 Mike S. Adams


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redflag

Cuando vi el titulo de este articulo pense que se hiba a discutir acerca
de la gusanera. ¡Esos, mas que nadie, son los verdaderos "Uncle Toms"!

Pero fijense como se acude a una imagen racista para referise precisamente
a personas negras que optan por disentir con la linea dura del gobierno
estadounidense.

Si ellos se sumaran al coro de calumnias contra Cuba no serian "Uncle
Toms".

Ese argumento distorciona la real intencion del personaje creado
por Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom es un esclavo que, no obtante
el abuso, la opresion y el maltrato de sus amos, nunca alberga
ni la mas minima amargura en su corazon ni sus labios jamas
expresan reproche hacia sus blancos dueños. Uncle Tom es practicamente
un santo. Es la idealizacion de la supuesta nobleza de espiritu
que proviene de la sumisidad absoluta.

De hecho, la expresion "Uncle Tom" como insulto surgio entre
afro-americanos para referise a personas de la raza negra que
se sometian sin ninguna resistencia al yugo del racismo del blanco
estadounidense.

En el caso de Kweisi Mfume tal insulto no se aplica porque es
precisamente el comportamiento opuesto al de un "Uncle Tom" que ella
y su organizacion muestra al demostrar una actitud conciliatoria
hacia el pueblo cubano. Esa actitud no es mas que simbolica ya que
cualquier acuerdo entre la NAACP y el gobierno cubano carece de
fuerza legal o diplomatica. No obstante es un gesto poderosisimo
ya que despierta el espiritu de solidaridad y amor entre dos
pueblos que tan escasamente se ha mostrado en estos tiempos.

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"Nowadays, atheism is itself *culpa levis*, as compared
with criticism of existing property relations."

"All history is nothing but a continuous transformation
of human nature."

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ricardo a gonzalez

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Redflag:

Tomastes la ruta equivocada. A Mr. Kweisi Mfume lo acusan de ser
un "Uncle Tom" de FIDEL CASTRO, NO de los americanos blancos.

saludos ricardo
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redflag

Creo que el que va en sentido contrario eres tu, Ricardo.

El apodarlo de "Uncle Tom" porque le lleva la contraria a los
reaccionarios norteamericanos es una contradiccion. Mi
seguimiento señala que lo de Mfume y la NAACP no es un acto de
sometimiento sino un acto de desafio a la intolerancia y
subversion de parte del gobierno de EEUU.


--
"Nowadays, atheism is itself *culpa levis*, as compared
with criticism of existing property relations."

"All history is nothing but a continuous transformation
of human nature."

You can access THE PEOPLE on-line by visting
our web page at http://www.slp.org

ricardo a gonzalez

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Redflag: Volvemos a lo mismo, tu crees (y no es cierto)
que los americanos blancos tienen el monopolio de los "Uncle Toms"
En Cuba la mayoria de negros y blancos son esclavos de Castro.
Todos los que tengan alianzas con el como Mr. Mfume la tiene son
"UNCLE TOMS"

saludos ricardo

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