Word: sellout
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...proclaimed: “You want to see the devil, take a look at Clarence Thomas.” Thomas, who now serves as the nation’s second-ever African American on the country’s highest court, has been billed as the quintessential black sellout in America because of his conservative (read: unfavorable) stance on affirmative action, his officiation of Rush Limbaugh’s wedding, and other acts deemed worthy of the label racial treason.But according to a new book by Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy, applying the label of racial treason...
...have a point. Before the college football national championship game on Jan. 7, which was played in New Orleans and featured LSU, the Hornets averaged 11,871 fans. Since then, they've averaged 13,806, and they actually had a sellout crowd of 17,230 last weekend against the Memphis Grizzlies, not exactly a major out-of-town draw...
...with black leaders who are perceived as incessantly focusing on racism. A problem, though, is that strong white support in and of itself is enough to trigger suspicion on the part of some black onlookers. "Why," they ask, "do white folks like that Negro so much? Is he a sellout...
Kennedy, a Harvard Law professor, is author of Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal
With the Crimson fans among the sellout crowd of 2,050 chanting, “We got Tommy! We got Tommy!” Harvard finished the Wolverines with a game-ending...