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It seems to me that they are just taking their cues from the Democrats and leftists who have long used terms like "Uncle Toms" and "House negro" to describe Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice, and Colin Powell (pre Obama endorsement, of course).

DD @ 2:27 PM PST, Nov 21, 2008

When Harry Belafonte used the same insult to slur Colin Powell, where was the LAT editorial in his defense?

greg @ 2:23 PM PST, Nov 21, 2008

If only the Los Angeles Times would be consistent in the items that they defend. I have yet to see this paper take a Hispanic civil rights story and take a positive stance.

adrian juarez @ 1:30 PM PST, Nov 21, 2008

Somebody should point out that Arabs enslaved Black Africans well into the late 19th century. In fact there are still some black slaves in less developed parts of the Arab world even now. Such as Sudan. The U.S. has done far better at dealing with civil rights issues than the Arabs have.

JR @ 12:28 PM PST, Nov 21, 2008

This was a great editorial!

Carol @ 12:23 PM PST, Nov 21, 2008

I take offense to the weak attempt by Bin Laden's right hand man to drive a wedge between President Elect Barack Obama and African American Muslims. I, a Muslim American of African Slave decent have no hesitation in believing that Malcolm Al Hajj Malik Al Shabazz would have taken great pride in seeing a young black man like himself accend to the highest office in the land.

Pierre Harbin - Ahmed @ 11:59 AM PST, Nov 21, 2008

Note to LA Times calling Obama a "White House Negro" isn't any better. Also where is your rage when he also called Powell and Rice, Bush's two secretary of states, house negros?

NDGC_DX @ 11:35 AM PST, Nov 21, 2008

It seems that you have done as much homework as Al-Queda has. I doubt Republicans were scratching there heads. If you check history. Many civil rights leaders were and are not democrats, including Martin Luther King Jr. Many battles for civil rights as late as the 1960s and 70s were fought by republicans. As far as Malcom X is concerned. Do you know that when he went to Mecca and saw Muslims are all races, his views were changed and might have lead to his assasination. You have a responsibilty to promote thought. Not Ignorance.

An African American Republican @ 11:33 AM PST, Nov 21, 2008

Malcolm X voiced a reality that exists to this day. This is the tale of two environmental experiences. Those that lived around or in the plantation house adopted mainstream values and had an easier assimilation process. Their patriarchic cultures emphasized male and female empowerment. Those that worked in the fields and experienced a different and often harsher realty had a different perspective. Their matriarchic cultures emphasized female empowerment that often disempowered males. Facing the same racial hurdles, upward mobility was much easier for the former than the latter that because of matriarchies remain mired in the underclass.

Ransome @ 11:19 AM PST, Nov 21, 2008

Is Zawahiri even worth editorializing? I didn't think so.

sandip @ 10:33 AM PST, Nov 21, 2008

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