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Crabs in a Pot.
Author: Raine
Date: 07/25/2011 13:00:49
I am reposting this from a friend's Facebook Note, she has given me permission to repost. I have removed her name for privacy pruposes. I have found the original blog it is sourced from. ===========================
I repost this today, because over the weekend I had read someone repeating the meme stated by Cornell West that the President is a "Black Reagan". I found the comment insensitive, insulting and racist. When I questioned the person about it, the excuse basically went like this: "Cornell West said it, so I don't see why I can't".
Eventually the conversation devolved into my being accused of being a sycophant for calling out this comment. I was an obambot and all that other nasty name calling. Funny thing was, I wasn't defending the President at all, I was trying to point out that this was a racist comment. The result was ugliness, and this is why what West is saying is bad. My friend posted the above note and it was geared towards people in her community, but I really see a larger problem here, and that's by saying these things, West is doing a real disservice not just to the community my friends speaks of, but also to those that don't quite get that some things should not be repeated just because it fits their narrative of being displeased with the President - in this case, a mostly white progressive community.
You, it seems that this line of thinking would make it ok for them to call the President a House N****r if Cornell West said it. Is it okay for everyone to say it as well? That is the danger of what I see Cornell West doing. I generally wonder to whom Mr. West is talking to these days. If it's to the Black Community, I can't see how this is not an insult to said community, and if it's to the Emo-Progressive Community, it will only serve to whip up more animosity towards the President. Either way - no one wins. Think about this: why does anyone need to call Obama a "Black Reagan" if they didn't like Reagan as a white man, will adding black in front of his name make us hate him more?
Sometimes -- and it happens to all of us, we say stupid racist things, it doesn't necessarily make you a racist -- it makes one human. Having someone point that out isn't a bad thing, learning from the experience is priceless. Doubling down to further name calling is just sad. Now I want steamed crabs with drawn butter.
and 
Raine
Crabs in a Boiling Pot~A Fable July 24, 2011
This fable is not related to the President in any fashion; it is to describe people like Cornel West and other black so-called scholars and pseudo-intellectuals.
A Fable: (from Whose Planet Is It Anyway? by abfh (Autistic B), February 11, 2008
“A bunch of crabs were sitting in a barrel at a seafood restaurant, waiting to be cooked. One of them said to the others, “Hey, you know what, if we all climb to the top and push on the lid, it’ll come off and then we can escape.”
The other crabs all laughed. They knew it was impossible to escape. What could this foolish dreamer be thinking? It was nonsense. Couldn’t be done. Not even worth trying. After a few minutes, when it was clear he wouldn’t be getting any help, the one hopeful crab climbed up and started pushing on the lid alone.
The other crabs just laughed harder, until they heard a faint creaking noise and realized that the lid was starting to shift a little. Then they all got angry. How dare one crab try to escape by himself? He was just another crab, and he needed to be shown that he was no better than the rest of them.
So they grabbed the crab who had been trying to escape and dragged him back down to the bottom of the barrel. They all got cooked and eaten soon afterward, but at least they had the satisfaction of knowing that no other crab was able to achieve more than they had”.
This fable describes perfectly people like West, Smiley, and a whole of other black people who call themselves "black scholars".
I have been around for long enough to have seen the characteristics described in the fable above many, many time among my community. The fable describes the “crabs in a barrel syndrome” which, in my opinion perfectly fits people like West, Tavis Smiley, and a whole host black commentators, pundits and gasbags that appear on networks (CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox) at the behest of the white excuses for journalists that pollute the air waves for the sole purpose of trashing the President.
We all know and see daily what the excuses for journalist do in this country to try to undermine the President. But there are some things that they don't have the man-parts (or woman) enough to say so they bring on these "black crabs" to do the deed.
Eventually the conversation devolved into my being accused of being a sycophant for calling out this comment. I was an obambot and all that other nasty name calling. Funny thing was, I wasn't defending the President at all, I was trying to point out that this was a racist comment. The result was ugliness, and this is why what West is saying is bad. My friend posted the above note and it was geared towards people in her community, but I really see a larger problem here, and that's by saying these things, West is doing a real disservice not just to the community my friends speaks of, but also to those that don't quite get that some things should not be repeated just because it fits their narrative of being displeased with the President - in this case, a mostly white progressive community.
You, it seems that this line of thinking would make it ok for them to call the President a House N****r if Cornell West said it. Is it okay for everyone to say it as well? That is the danger of what I see Cornell West doing. I generally wonder to whom Mr. West is talking to these days. If it's to the Black Community, I can't see how this is not an insult to said community, and if it's to the Emo-Progressive Community, it will only serve to whip up more animosity towards the President. Either way - no one wins. Think about this: why does anyone need to call Obama a "Black Reagan" if they didn't like Reagan as a white man, will adding black in front of his name make us hate him more?
Sometimes -- and it happens to all of us, we say stupid racist things, it doesn't necessarily make you a racist -- it makes one human. Having someone point that out isn't a bad thing, learning from the experience is priceless. Doubling down to further name calling is just sad. Now I want steamed crabs with drawn butter.
and Raine
