Word: sambo
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...couple of months ago, for example, a legislative aide to Sen. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) emailed out a picture of previous, white presidents followed by a black portrait with only two oversized eyes portraying Obama—supposedly meant to remind of us of a dark past of Sambo and blackface images. The aide later apologized not for sending a racist email, but for “sending [the e-mail] to the wrong list of people.” My advice for Republicans: Learn from Democratic politicians. Even when they were out of power, they did not heckle Bush...
...Admittedly, Obama represents a new type of African-American politician: He is not a minister, he did not march with Dr. King, he has no line item in his budget for pregnant mistresses and keeps food—not cash—in his refrigerator. Brotherman is no Uncle Sambo. He is not an embarrassment in that sense...
...desk: just a "little old noose." Of course. Hardly big enough to hang a mouse, but quite large enough to rope in numerous allegations of racial intolerance, ranging from the credible (he has a peculiar fondness for the Confederacy) to the ridiculous and untrue (he had a dog named "Sambo"). Seeking to assuage concerned voters, Allen held what the campaign called an "ethnic rally." Proving him to be not racist - anymore - just condescending...
...Controversy erupts in the hotly contested Connecticut Senate primary after a free-lance blogstress posts an image of JOSEPH LIEBERMAN as Bill Clinton's "Little Black Sambo." Challenger Ned Lamont claims to not know nothin' about no bloggers. It's a comment on how badly the race has gone for Lieberman that his team seems to count the incident...
...that resembles the Jim Crow-era caricatures of African Americans. The White House objected to the philatelic stereotyping, which follows President Vicente Fox's gaffe in May that Mexicans do jobs in the U.S. that "not even blacks want." The Rev. Jesse Jackson demanded a recall of the "Sambo-type" images. But a rep at the Mexican embassy insisted the stamps are misunderstood: "Speedy Gonzlez has never been interpreted in a racial manner" in Mexico...