Certain places in the South there are Blacks who love Strum Thurman (”Segregation now…Segregation forever”)
In New Orleans there was a CNN interview after the disaster, where Blacks said they loved George Bush.
President Abraham Lincoln wanted to “send the Slaves back to Africa”, and we all love and honor him.

Blacks are unable to break free of the idea that the only good idea is a White idea, it’s called a belief in White supremacy.

It’s also a self hatred that some of these people require a pat on the head like a ‘good dog’ from those they put on a pedestal such as in the case of a Clinton for instance. It’s quite sad and interesting at the same time seeing, reading about these people who behind the mask have absolutely nothing to fall back on except to grasp onto the white hand they feel is better than their own black one.

As a born and bred, multi-generational Harlemite, I can assure you that Bill Clinton and Hillary are not loved by most,let alone all of Harlem.I read the article,and it and the subjects discussed there have been the subject of commentary and discussion among many friends and neighbors. This Times article is, as you have discerned, pure media hype that attempts to slyly use the random off-hand remarks of passers by to create the impression that the Clintons and their tactics of division and veiled racism are condoned by the community. This is bunk. I live blocks from the Clinton office and say that the thought on my block, (and the next block and the next block), is that the Clintons are not now liked or respected and that they have revealed their true colors as opportunists and bigots cast from the old mold of southern politics that we here in Harlem despise and reject.
It should be said that many in the community initially felt flattered that Bill Clinton as former president would open an office in our neighborhood. However, the Clintons were also viewed with a dose of suspicion that their identification with black people was not true and his run to Harlem was not founded on genuine affection but on his desire to escape his critics and polish his image after years of scandal and disgrace in the white house. This notion of dishonesty was observed and reinforced when Hillary was brought in to run as a senator from New York when she had absolutely no ties to the state, city, community or people, then proceeded to go to local churches and address the congregations in a bogus “colored” dialect to secure their support for her run.
We in the community also believe that the response of the Clinton campaign to the Obama challenge is a direct copy from the original southern strategy play book, where if a politician is losing or in trouble then they holler “Nigger” to gain advantage or divert the electorate’s attention from the issues. This play is as old as America and was the electorial tactic of many a bigot and racist from before the 1776 revolution to now. We will not allow these acts to go unnoticed or unchastised. Here, the Clinton’s transparent attempts to brand Obama as a “Black, Colored, Negro, Mulatto, Muslim are designed to resurrect and invoke the fear and prejudice of America at its worst. We find this reprehensible and note that this lays in sharp contrast to the positive message of hope and idealism espoused by Mr. Obama in his campaign to make America and all of us better. Obama has moved us with his forward looking call for unity and progress and this is thought to be cause worthy of belief, spoken by an individual worthy of support.
We in Harlem did not and do not need Bill or Hillary Clinton to validate our existance or certify our viability. We have been Black, Proud and sophisticated for a long long long time, from Marcus Garvey, to Malcom X, from Dubois to Adam Powell,from Basie to Duke, from Langston to Zora Neil, and from Bird to Diz and we reject the race baiting, race hating and fear mongering that has been injected into this campaign by those who pose as friends but use the tactics of our enemies.
On West 135th Street, in Harlem, we believe it is time for a change from the negative politics and mentalities of old to the positive vibrancies of the new, and we will use our voices, actions and votes to achieve it.

The Times clearly should have called on Tony Harlem. He speaks strongly and decisively for all of Harlem.

*BULLSHIT ALERT*

There are those in this country and on Blogs who are just like those pictures of poor Blacks in Africa gathering around and hanging onto a White man hand getting a White hand pat-on-the head hoping for religious salvation. (Jesus is White)
From reading a number of Blogs I can see there are many Blacks who because black self hate want all African Americans to follow the White is right path.

there were many Blacks who told Martin Luther King to be patient and not create a problem for them, they told him he was too young and reckless and that his time will come, then after MLK was so great and successful they now swear that they marched and supported him.
This lack of vision is still present in the African American community, I consider it as a lack of respect for who they see in the mirror.

@ Tony Harlem & Seth -

Nice posts.

I am black and proud, too. Regardless of who I vote for. Trust.