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So you respond by being hyperbolic...If you want to ban me, go ahead. I have no intention in creating a "flamewar". I'm not sure what exactly I'm "destroying" h

So you respond by being hyperbolic...If you want to ban me, go ahead. I have no intention in creating a "flamewar". I'm not sure what exactly I'm "destroying" here so go ahead & do whatever you see fit...As far as I'm concerned, I made a statement of truth with historical analogy. Is history now verboten as an "over-the-top flamewar"? You have proven my point of group coercion & why it is dangerous for individuals to subjugate themselves to the group or "management".

boeingUH60 4y ago
I’m not dang…But if you can’t see what’s wrong with your comment, then it’s on you. Comparing the role of middle managers to “house negros” or prison gang leaders is emotionally-charged drivel.
imbnwa 4y ago
FYI 'house negroe' was a rare occurrence in the Antebellum South. Majority of plantations weren't big enough to support distinct labor pools, slaves largely and for the most part rotated tasks depending on age, gender, season, etc (the gender aspect is also why 'house negroe' is meant to suggest an effeminized Black male, which is an entirely other problematic discussion). Never mind the much higher rate of sexual assault and abuse when in close proximity to slaveowners. The political distinction this dubious dichotomy is meant to imply (Black folk loyal to slave owners, as suffering Stockholm Syndrome) is largely an effect fabricated in Malcolm X's 1963 speech given at Michigan State University and has persisted via constant repetition in popular culture. Distinct labor pools were much more at hand in places like Jamaica where the average plantation was much larger than in the American south. This is a similar distortion to the way people use 'Uncle Tom' when, ironically enough, the actual literary character is the opposite of the political distinction implied by pejorative use
- pvg 4y ago
  a similar distortion Uncle Tom's cabin has been lauded and critiqued since the day it was published so it's a little bit of a stretch to call this a 'distortion'.
  - imbnwa 4y ago
    Except we're talking about the genealogy of the perjorative use of the term which runs contrary to the book which is anti-slavery fiction wherein the eponymous character dies protecting runaway slaves.
    - pvg 4y ago
      It's anti-slavery fiction in which the passivity and forbearance of the titular character was not to everyone's taste, among many other things. You think, I dunno, Baldwin was 'distorting' Uncle Tom's cabin? It's a weird way to put it.

boeingUH60 4y ago

I’m not dang…But if you can’t see what’s wrong with your comment, then it’s on you. Comparing the role of middle managers to “house negros” or prison gang leaders is emotionally-charged drivel.

imbnwa 4y ago

FYI 'house negroe' was a rare occurrence in the Antebellum South. Majority of plantations weren't big enough to support distinct labor pools, slaves largely and for the most part rotated tasks depending on age, gender, season, etc (the gender aspect is also why 'house negroe' is meant to suggest an effeminized Black male, which is an entirely other problematic discussion). Never mind the much higher rate of sexual assault and abuse when in close proximity to slaveowners. The political distinction this dubious dichotomy is meant to imply (Black folk loyal to slave owners, as suffering Stockholm Syndrome) is largely an effect fabricated in Malcolm X's 1963 speech given at Michigan State University and has persisted via constant repetition in popular culture. Distinct labor pools were much more at hand in places like Jamaica where the average plantation was much larger than in the American south. This is a similar distortion to the way people use 'Uncle Tom' when, ironically enough, the actual literary character is the opposite of the political distinction implied by pejorative use

pvg 4y ago
a similar distortion Uncle Tom's cabin has been lauded and critiqued since the day it was published so it's a little bit of a stretch to call this a 'distortion'.
- imbnwa 4y ago
  Except we're talking about the genealogy of the perjorative use of the term which runs contrary to the book which is anti-slavery fiction wherein the eponymous character dies protecting runaway slaves.
  - pvg 4y ago
    It's anti-slavery fiction in which the passivity and forbearance of the titular character was not to everyone's taste, among many other things. You think, I dunno, Baldwin was 'distorting' Uncle Tom's cabin? It's a weird way to put it.