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Comment on Our Gang’s Little Rascals, Racial Stereotypes, and Kids Just Having Fun by grandpachet

grandpachet — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:25:49 +0000

Um…D, I’m not sure if you watched the clip at all. Stymie is the one unwilling to share his candy with anybody. “Candy’s hard to come by,” he explains. (And gets a laugh with the nothing line. He could always do that, even during his adult days. What an actor!) There’s no white child sharing or not sharing anything with anyone else.
Stymie was a favorite of Stan Laurel, who recognized the kid’s incredible ability to get laughs and his natural timing. He not only gave Stymie the trademark hat, you’ll notice a lot of Stan’s “bits” and “schticks” that Stymie picked up – and usually made ‘em funnier.
You’re free to complain, to think what you wish, and to hate who and what you choose to hate. That’s American. You want to disparage some of the best comedy actors ever on film, just because they acted in lowbrow (not always) slapstick burlesques? That’s your right. But you’ll never change my admiration or love for any of these guys – nor will you take away any of the laughs and blessings they’ve given me over and through the years. When you and I are dead and gone, people will still be laughing at the antics of Farina (an actor who could cry on cue! What director wouldn’t want to hire such a kid?), Stymie (one of America’s best comedy actors), Buckwheat Thomas (Possibly the most beloved of the Gang. If he was nicknamed for his color, does that mean wild alfalfa is freckled and sings off-key?), Spanky, Darla (so cute you need insulin), and Alfalfa (who was stereotyped forever).

What next? Do we still want to rip Hattie McDaniel’s oscar, her two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and her postage stamp from her cold, dead hands? It’s a shame…she, like the Rascals, broke so many cliches and opened so many doors for the rest of us.

Comment on Factoid: Black Male Incarceration Rate is 6 Times Greater Than Rate for White Males by Sakore

Sakore — Sat, 04 May 2013 05:07:01 +0000

Jeff, and any other racist, smart-ass, racist ****, I’d like to ask two things:
One, aren’t we all the same on the inside?
Two, isn’t it usually Caucasians and Middle-Eastern Leaders the one starting wars and conflicts world-wide?
You brought pestilence to the Native Americans and Spanish Natives, enslaved Africans, and eventually bombed the Asians (Japanese).
And yet, African Americans are the most violent.
It is the racist scum like you that sickens me. It saddens me how this ignorance has spread worldwide.
And I am of African American and Japanese Descent.
I hope you monsters are happy bringing mankind deception and distress.
By the way, when you die, after a long period of time without embalming liquids, what color are you then?
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Comment on Why did South Carolina Secede from the Union? In Their Own Words: to Protect Their States Rights to Maintain Slavery. by manfred

manfred — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:44:29 +0000

It was more the precedence of the federal government being able to pick and choose what parts of the constitution they would and would not uphold. Really like the entry.

Comment on Factoid: Black Mayors of Cities with Population Over 50,000 by Babz

Babz — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:59:18 +0000

Asheville’s African American population is actually at 13%.

Comment on Faithful Slaves Monument: Thanks, But No Thanks by Uncle Peter and the Rebel Yell | Encyclopedia Virginia: The Blog

Uncle Peter and the Rebel Yell | Encyclopedia Virginia: The Blog — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:36:05 +0000

[...] have read widely on the depiction of African Americans before, during, and after the Civil War. The “faithful slave” is an all-too-familiar trope—cheerful, loyal, childlike, and non-threatening—and one that [...]

Comment on Wow!: Memorial to the Denmark Vesey ‘Slave Revolt’ Conspiracy To Be Built in SC by Angela

Angela — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 17:37:38 +0000

lolol y r dey buildin dis?

Comment on Our Gang’s Little Rascals, Racial Stereotypes, and Kids Just Having Fun by V.E.G.

V.E.G. — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:57:21 +0000

After January 5, 2011, Our Gang is not going to be on television anymore. It is off the air for good.

Comment on Why did South Carolina Secede from the Union? In Their Own Words: to Protect Their States Rights to Maintain Slavery. by lunchcountersitin

lunchcountersitin — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:35:46 +0000

I agree with you in part. I think South Carolina did believe that it was being true to its own interpretation of the Constitution. I think they did genuinely feel that they were subject to tyranny under the Republican Party.

But let’s be clear: they were specifically afraid that the Republican Party would seek to put the institution of slavery on the path to its eventual destruction. The tyranny that SC feared was the tyranny of anti-slavery.

For SC secession was not an end in itself. it was the means to an end. Secession was the means, but the protection and preservation of slavery was the end.

Comment on Why did South Carolina Secede from the Union? In Their Own Words: to Protect Their States Rights to Maintain Slavery. by Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:27:44 +0000

I disagree with your assessment Structure. I think South Carolina was in support of the Constitution (the contract between the federal government and the governments of the states). They weren’t seceeding to uphold their rights as a state, they seceeded because they believed that if the federal government broke the contract, which it did, that they had the duty to the people of the state of South Carolina to break away from a tyranical organization and form a new government to protect the people’s rights

Comment on Factoid: Black Male Incarceration Rate is 6 Times Greater Than Rate for White Males by Tani

Tani — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:04:49 +0000

Thanks, because repying to all of this disinformation has been exhausting and shows how much farther we have to go.