[lbo-talk] at least he's black!

[Miles Jackson]

Charles Brown wrote:
> Julio Huato :
>
>
> On the issue of Obama = Mandela | Denzel Washington | Tiger Woods |
> Derek Jeter | Barry Bonds, I think a more apt parallel could be Jackie
> Robinson -- the first Black baseball player in the Major Leagues,
> famous for his dignified serenity in the face of racial abuse.
> Although I defend the right of Blacks to rebel against oppression *by
> any means necessary*, I also respect the individual compromises and
> tactical choices that people like Jackie Robinson may feel they have
> to make to advance.  And, based on the fact of the enormous popularity
> of Jackie Robinson among Blacks (at least in Brooklyn, where the
> Dodgers used to play), I imagine that Blacks are not extremely
> judgmental of the approach either.
>
> ^^^^
> CB: Now I'm thinking he's like Michael Jordan, too.
>
>   
He's like--Vanilla Ice!  or Glenda the Good Witch! or Bill Cosby (mmm, 
Jello)!  He's all those things and more.  Vive le spectacle.

Miles