Movie Critic Likens Django Unchained ‘House Negro’ to Black Republicans Like Michael Steele and Clarence Thomas
Do House Negroes’ and sell-outs still exist? And if so, who are today’s version of House Negroes? 
Boston Globe movie critic Wesley Morris likens the House Negro in D’Jango Unchained, played by Samuel L. Jackson, to black Republicans like Clarence Thomas and former RNC Chairman Michael Steele.
Morris’ review of the movie was positive, in that he thought director Quentin Tarantino did a good job meshing a spaghetti Western with a Civil War era drama, but he spared no criticism of Samuel L. Jackson’s character:
Samuel L. Jackson plays crusty, waxen Stephen as a vision of depraved loyalty and bombastic jive that cuts right past the obvious association with Uncle Tom. The movie is too modern for what Jackson is doing to be limited to 1853. He’s conjuring the house Negro, yes, but playing him as though he were Clarence Thomas or Alan Keyes or Herman Cain or Michael Steele, men whom some black people find embarrassing.
Morris continued, saying, “Jackson turns the volume way up on his entire persona to broadcast the nightmare of black self-loathing. It’s a terrifying, fearless, and easily misconstrued performance.”
Are black conservatives the equivalent of House Negroes? Is the definition of a House Negro someone who works against the interest of black people, or has the definition shifted over the years? And are black Republicans always in that category? Is it possible to be a black Republican and still be down for the cause?
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It is refreshing to see this article, which exposes these silly ‘house negroes’ that call themselves “Republicans.” I get tired of reading all the petty criticism against Pres. Obama — but yet…hardly a word from the “black posters” about these sorry Republicans who help the White man to wreck the economy, bust unions, fight against Affirmative Action and Civil Rights Laws.
I agree with the basic idea of this article — yes there are many Black Republicans who act like the DJANGO character played by Samuel L. Jackson — a … “house n-i-g-g-e-r.”
Many of them like HERMAN CAIN, ALLEN WEST, JESSE LEE PETERSON, MIA LOVE, ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS…etc. — suck up under SEAN HANNITY, RUSH LIMBAUGH and that crowd of rightwing nuts.
Those rightwing nuts in Congress…like Boehner, Cantor, McConnell, Bachmann and others have done nothing but BLOCK almost every bill that the Dems and Pres. Obama presented — THE AMER. JOBS BILL, and some for hiring Vets, extending unemployment…and others.
Right now…they are s******g the “Fiscal Cliff” deal…and many will suffer from that…by the fact that MILK prices will go up, the Sandy storm victims will get no funds (at least not soon) and others will suffer from losing benefits, unemployment, etc.
THOSE BLACK POWER ADVOCATES WHO KEEP POSTING THE FOUL STUFF ABOUT OBAMA… and saying we should “go back to Africa and get away from White folks”…. are not telling you about the major threat — which has hit Africa …and other countries already hard and now we are being effected by the wild weather.
Bishop Tutu is fighting against it…check out this video:
http://youtu.be/Tbo5oh2JMD0
BUT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS who cannot say a foul word about those rightwing Tea-Publican scoundrels. Many of them are also hooked up with Neo-Nazis, Birchers, the Koch Brothers, or even some “white power” groups.
In addition, the rightwingers have tried to DUPE us into not realizing that a lot of ” Govt welfare money” goes to BIG OIL…and other rich companies. BIG OIL and COAL companies are the main culprits in GLOBAL WARMING disaster that threatens to wreck this planet. Africa has already been hit very hard by the droughts and wild weather. WHERE ARE THE COMMENTS AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS???
Lol, if more of you understood economics and stopped viewing everything in black/ white, there would be more black republicans and the amount of weak minded moochers the democrats have created would be reduced.
Those black people who shout down legitimate criticism of President Obama should be added to the list as well. These black apologist for the president IMO have become the true sell outs of black people. They like to say, as the President of the United States he should represent ALL the people. True. But that should include BLACK people too who are dealing with double digit unemployment, mass incarceration and unrepresented violence in our inner cities. We watched this president cater to every group out there EXCEPT black people. You don’t have to be a black republican to be a sell out. Al Shapton and many of the black talking heads at MSNBC are examples of that.
Yeah. I just loved it when some called Colin an uncle Tom – while married to a white woman and supporting the evil of gay marriage.
Stop using Uncle tom as a negative connotation. Research the New York times article on Uncle tom and understand that his persona is completely inaccurate with the his-lie of today!! Please !! Google “the real Uncle Tom” and get educated!! The New York times states that his depiction is one the greatest tragedies in modern his-lie!! Get back at me after you have done some research!!! Hotep
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/opinion/14Reynolds.html?_r=0
The real ‘uncle tom’ was a slave called, uncle sambo! He snitched on uncle tom because, tom was teaching his enslaved brothers and sisters, how to read an write.
Tom, tricked his slavemaker, to teach him, how to read and write, and he would pass it on, until sambo (a jealous slave), found out, and he snitched on Tom.
The slavemaker had sambo beat Tom to death, and this is the Real OURstory! I have posted this Truth 3 or 4 times. This is where these negroid frats and sorrities got the initiation of beating a classmate before they can become a member of the Boule’ frat, which is a carbon copy of the freak, gay greek culture.
I have been telling these negroids this Truth for 10 years, but they still use the term ‘uncle tom’. Don’t waste your time!
Ukuthula!
THESE NEGROIDS AIN’T GONNA READ THE TRUTH!
this one too with the source listed on the bottom of the page..Read the whole item and learn something black folks..Hotep
http://whgbetc.com/mind/uncle_tom_the_real_1.html
The Reality Is IT AIN’T just Uncle Judge Thomas, Mike {non}Steele, Herman{raising}Cain, Alan{forgot His}Keyes, Larry {non}Elder, Stacy Shrimp, etc who are the only Uncle-Tom Repug House-Negro Sellouts.
The Dims may talk a better game -BUT- many / most of them have effectively sold the us out too.
The rightwing Afro nuts that are named… ALLEN WEST, HERMAN CAIN, JUDGE COURT JESTER THOMAS, and the rest of them belong to “the lost negro club.”
They openly state that they “dislike Black History Month” or they help make laws against Civil Rights…or voting rights, etc.
“Uncle Tom” is now a slang phrase that some folks use to refer to people like this…who suck up under the WHITE CULTURE — trying to be White…. or they snitch on other Blacks, etc.
If you want to see a good example of a character that represents these “house negros” or “toms” or whatever you want to all them….CHECK OUT THE BOONDOCKS cartoons and “Uncle Ruckus.”
Uncle Ruckus is them.