This is presented as a community service.

I think it's time for a refresher course for our black friends.


http://youtu.be/uj0mtxXEGE8

Chris Rock is an edgy and irreverent, and funny, but his sensibility is basically that of an Uncle Tom.

Simple, really

tommish Wrote:
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> Chris Rock is an edgy and irreverent, and funny,
> but his sensibility is basically that of an Uncle
> Tom.


Which part of Rock's advice do you disagree with and makes him an Uncle Tom??

I don't disagree with his advice. It's good advice.

Nonetheless.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Uncle%20Tom&defid=3731911

My post was a Malcolm Gladwell-type "blink" thought, prompted by the OP.

Just a sense I get that he has ideas that would cross a certain line of acceptability, and he's made a conscious decision not to cross that line -- the line that would make white folks a little *too* uncomfortable, and probably a lot of middle-class black folks as well.

But at the same time he cultivates a certain edginess, a certain dangerousness.

But it's a packaged sort of edginess and danger. Processed.

What does "Uncle Tom" mean? One writer describes it as "back-bending, grinning, and yielding" to please white people.

Although he's very talented and funny guy, there's something a bit fake about his persona. Something I sense of that "back-bending, grinning, and yielding" to please his white audience.

^^^^^


The funny part and why this old sketch is getting so much play is how many of those rules did Michael Brown violate???

Rock himself has said he loves black people but hates niggers. Brown is clearly a nigger.

That schit is funny... still lmao.

tommish Wrote:
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> ...but his sensibility is basically that of an Uncle
> Tom.

Also known as..."how a nigger can make himself marketable to a white audience...you know, the people who can actually PAY to see you perform."

Huh??? Wrote:
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> tommish Wrote:
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> > ...but his sensibility is basically that of an
> Uncle
> > Tom.
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> Also known as..."how a nigger can make himself
> marketable to a white audience...you know, the
> people who can actually PAY to see you perform."


Chris Rock is spot on. The truth hurts. Michael Brown was no saint even if you guys are trying to make him one. Uncle Tom or not, disrespect the police and you may get your ass kicked and this rule applies to any race in any country (except maybe Sweden or something).

If your not a thug, your an uncle tom. I was no uncle tom. Straight up killa. I kept it real

Michael Brown kept it real.

He can rest easy knowing that I will never, ever call him an Uncle Tom.

I think that counts for a LOT more than whatever fake happiness Chris Rock may think he gets from adoring fans, packed auditoriums, and multiple millions of dollars in the bank.

Sorry, Chris. I don't care if you get down on your knees and beg. I have no intention of retracting my criticism.

You're just going to have to learn to live with it.