06-27-2015, 01:05 PM
(06-27-2015, 12:57 PM)bfine32 Wrote: If by "well to do" your mean a black man who worked from sun up to sun down to earn a living by running his own business in the racist South with limited education; then yes. I am sure it was easy for Thomas to maintain his dignity being the only black kid at is High School in the 60's in the heart of the South.
What does this have to do with him being a "white apologist" or an "Uncle Tom"?
I have Not sure why you don't already explained it.
People think Thomas benefited from affirmative action yet he now is opposed to affirmative action.
People also think Thomas is a little to quick to claim "anyone" can overcome hardship when he was lucky enough to have a relative who was well to do that took him in.
His claims that "slavery was not that bad because they still had their dignity" is also straight out of the white apologist book of rhetoric.
I am not saying I agree with all of this, but I have explained pretty clearly why some people make these claims.
Sorry if you don't understand. I can't explain it in any simpler terms.
