Jesse Calls Obama An "Uncle Tom"

Yet we have another example of the black only linguistics, this is where if a white were to make this charge or claim the world would end in the MSM and elsewhere, but yet the Reverend Jesse Jackson gets away with basically calling Obama an Uncle Tom by accusing him of acting white.

After all, that is whom an Uncle Tom is, isn't it? Well....

Free Dictionary Definition of Uncle Tom
(tm) n. Offensive

A Black person who is regarded as being humiliatingly subservient or deferential to white people.

"That would be correct sir"as Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson's sidekick would say back in the day.

This is the same phenomenon I write about in my Isiah Thomas post today, double standards abound in today's minefield of political correctness.

The State 09/19/2007 Jackson criticizes Obama: "The Rev. Jesse Jackson called Tuesday on Democrats seeking the 2008 nomination for president to give S.C. voters “something to vote for” when they go to the polls in January. On a statewide tour to register new voters, Jackson said South Carolina will determine “who has momentum” in the primary when it votes Jan. 29.

Jackson sharply criticized presidential hopeful and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for “acting like he’s white” in what Jackson said has been a tepid response to six black juveniles’ arrest on attempted-murder charges in Jena, La. Jackson, who also lives in Illinois, endorsed Obama in March, according to The Associated Press. “If I were a candidate, I’d be all over Jena,” Jackson said after an hour-long speech at Columbia’s historically black Benedict College."

Later, Jackson said he did not recall making the “acting like he’s white” comment about Obama, stressing he only wanted to point out the candidates had not seized on an opportunity to highlight the disproportionate criminal punishments black youths too often face.

Jackson also said Obama, who consistently has placed second in state and national polls behind New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, must be “bolder” in his political positions if he is to erase Clinton’s lead.

Jackson is the only African-American ever to carry South Carolina in a presidential primary election.

Obama’s South Carolina campaign pointed to a statement it released last week in which Obama called on the local Louisiana district attorney to drop the excessive charges brought in the case.

“When nooses are being hung in high schools in the 21st century, it’s a tragedy,” the Obama statement said. “It shows that we still have a lot of work to do as a nation to heal our racial tensions.” continued

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