A meeting of the "Moonshines."

"     You know the damage one ignorant Negro can do? We were in France in the first war; we'd won decorations. But the white boys had told all them French gals that we had tails. Then they found this ignorant colored soldier, paid him to tie a tail to his ass and run around half-naked, making monkey sounds. Put him on the big round table in the Cafe Napoleon, put a reed in his hand, crown on his head, blanket on his shoulders, and made him eat *bananas* in front of all them Frenchies. Oh, how the white boys danced that night... passed out leaflets with that boy's picture on it. Called him Moonshine, King of the Monkeys. And when we slit his throat, you know that fool asked us what he had done wrong? "

Harsh, I know, but Sgt. Waters describing the fate of a coon in that movie classic, A Soldier's Story, is still relevant in describing the modern House Negro and how his/her behavior is still hurting black folks, collectively. Of course no one is advocating  the slitting of throats, but these modern day House Negroes do need to be called on the carpet. Their behavior is self-serving and dangerous.

Take for instance those hustlers black pastors who met with trump yesterday to talk about prison reform, and other "initiatives" to help black folks. It was a glorified photo op set up by trump and his team to to throw a bone to the Negro, and to try and convince the rest of Americans (who don't make up the 30% of his base) that he is not so much of a racist. * See, I can sit down and talk to the blacks. I can't be that bad, can I?*

trump, of course, was with the usual suspects who have been cooning for him from day one.  Someone should ask Pastor Darrell Scott what he has gotten out of all this jigging that he has been doing for trump. I suspect that it as been nothing but promises. I certainly don't see Pastor Scott in Washington sharing the seat of power with trump and his white male friends. But Darrell, like that ignorant Negro in Sgt Water's story, is all too willing to eat bananas and make monkey sounds.

“This is probably going to be … the most pro-black president I’ve seen in my lifetime,” Mr. Scott said Wednesday in an Oval Office meeting with the president. “This president actually wants to prove something to our community, our faith-based community and our ethnic community. The last president didn’t feel like he had to"

Pastor Scott, I will tell you what Sgt. Waters told CJ: 

"See, the Black race can't afford you no more. There used to be a time, we'd see someone like you singin', clownin', yassuh-bossin'... and we wouldn't do anything. Folks liked that. You were good. Homey kind of nigger. When they needed somebody to mistreat, call a name or two, they paraded you. Reminded them of the good old days. Not no more. The day of the Geechee is gone, boy. And you're going with it." 

*Pic from youtube.com.