'Star Trek' Actor Refers To Justice Thomas As "Clown in Blackface"

[Webster]

You know, I don't like Clarence Thomas very much but what George Takei said was downright freaking racist....

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

I’m going to say this and it would be more than any radical leftist would give me.

The term racist is overused and not thought out. I don’t think he is racist, I think he is a angry frustrated old man striking out with words before thinking it through. I’m sure he doesn’t like the man and his political beliefs but I don’t see him as a racist just a idiot.

 

[Webster]

I’m going to say this and it would be more than any radical leftist would give me.

The term racist is overused and not thought out. I don’t think he is racist, I think he is a angry frustrated old man striking out with words before thinking it through. I’m sure he doesn’t like the man and his political beliefs but I don’t see him as a racist just a idiot.

Still, you do understand why I phrased the comment as I did?

The Coon Caricature - Anti-black Imagery - Jim Crow Museum

The coon caricature is one of the most insulting of all anti-black caricatures. The name itself, an abbreviation of raccoon, is dehumanizing. As with Sambo, the coon was portrayed as a lazy, easily frightened, chronically idle, inarticulate, buffoon. The coon differed from the Sambo in subtle but important ways. Sambo was depicted as a perpetual child, not capable of living as an independent adult. The coon acted childish, but he was an adult; albeit a good-for-little adult. Sambo was portrayed as a loyal and contented servant. Indeed, Sambo was offered as a defense for slavery and segregation. How bad could these institutions have been, asked the racialists, if blacks were contented, even happy, being servants? The coon, although he often worked as a servant, was not happy with his status. He was, simply, too lazy or too cynical to attempt to change his lowly position. Also, by the 1900s, Sambo was identified with older, docile blacks who accepted Jim Crow laws and etiquette; whereas coons were increasingly identified with young, urban blacks who disrespected whites. Stated differently, the coon was a Sambo gone bad.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

You know, I don't like Clarence Thomas very much but what George Takei said was downright freaking racist....

Sounds racist to me.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Sounds racist to me.

We all say stupid shit out of anger and frustration, we all need to calm down with the racist accusations and leave it for the ones that truly deserve because it’s become just about meaningless now. It’s his actions and even though I probably don’t agree with anything politically from him nothing with his actions indicates that he is.