Reagan had a blackface performance at his inaugural celebration

[Ku$h Parker]

but hey,he was a Charismatic Guy and was someone you would have a Beer with

 

[Rout3r2035]

but hey,he was a Charismatic Guy and was someone you would have a Beer with

If by that you mean I would have enjoyed glassing him right in his turkey neck

 

[EndDomination]

Performance was supposed to be some kind of homage to Bert Williams and then some anti-racism message, that was lost upon the purely White audience.
The full performance wasn't even aired, so he just looked like a tap-dancing c00n for one of the worst Presidents of all time.

 

[Dr. Acula]

negro please!!!! the excuses

I'm not going to call Jackie Robinson a c00n because he is wrong on one issue, and I know why he feels the way he does despite being wrong.

If you know about Jackie Robinson, he definitely wasn't a c00n but he was definitely misguided when it came to military service and Vietnam.

 

[alpo]

I'm not going to call Jackie Robinson a c00n because he is wrong on one issue, and I know why he feels the way he does despite being wrong.

If you know about Jackie Robinson, he definitely wasn't a c00n but he was definitely misguided when it came to military service and Vietnam.

 

[Dr. Acula]

 

[jackson35]

When Ben Vereen Wore Blackface to Reagan’s Inaugural Gala

it was an incredible tribute to Bert Williams. mr veereen was on fire that night. it's just unfortunate that it was done at an event honoring reagan

 

[jackson35]

Ali c00ned against frazier. That was far worse.

if you heard some of the things Frazier believe in, you would change your tune

 

[jackson35]

I'm not going to call Jackie Robinson a c00n because he is wrong on one issue, and I know why he feels the way he does despite being wrong.

If you know about Jackie Robinson, he definitely wasn't a c00n but he was definitely misguided when it came to military service and Vietnam.

don't bother to explain to this group, everyone keeps using that word c00n and don't even know how to use it in proper context

 

[Elle Driver]

And this is the guy Republicans hold up as their idol.

And the media never really talks about any of this.

And the Democratic party says he was an honorable man they were happy to serve with.

Exactly. We all know why they hold up Reagan as a god.

 

[Devilinurear]

Chicken George is not a c00n

 

[714562]

The "genius" of Ronald Reagan is that he knew how to blow the dog whistles while still projecting a likable, reasonable image. In 2018, right-wingers don't care about the image anymore.

 

[bdkane]

I think Jackie Robinson is definitely in the wrong here and calling this c00ning in hindsight is appropriate.

But there is an interesting dynamic it seems existed between younger black people who were growing up during the civil rights movement and those who grew up before.

Jackie Robinson was very much a pro-military guy, having served himself, all his life and before Vietnam, there was this naive ignorance that American military adventures were "good vs evil" with the Nazi's in WW2 sort of setting this dynamic in American minds regardless of the ethics and debatable actions of the "west" even during WW2.

Vietnam was really a water shed moment where you have more politicized and activist black folks speaking out against this shyt for what it actually is and breaking free of American military propaganda and older heads who grew up who wanted to serve their country not only for the "got to beat the nazis and communists" rhetoric but an understandable reason for black men to want to participate because it allowed them to make more claim to America when you can argue that you're entitled to that claim when you are fighting and dying for it. Jackie was definitely the latter and viewed the military through those lenses. So, this is probably is where he is coming from even though when you take a bird's eye view of the situation, he is totally wrong.

Some may not like it, but well said breh. The context of the times is often lost and you explained the reason for that. If some miracle were to occur in 100 years and black folk were to own most of the wealth, black people then would wonder why black folk of today worked for the white man so easily. You gave context with what you said.

 

[UserNameless]

at a loss for words...