Negroes worked on Plantations

In the political environment of today, there are those all aflutter over a statement made by Black Rep. Allen West (R-Fl).

Mr. West compared other Blacks in Congress and some in leadership positions to the white “overseer” workers on a slave plantation.

The general public has been nurtured to associate “Negro” with “Nigger” and, in my opinion, there is a world of difference between the two words. Therein lie the problem.

In public and legal accounts I have read from slave owners, Blacks were called Negroes and *Negroes working on the plantation, for whatever reason, at times referred to each other as Niggers which is a practice that continues amongst us to this day. In the Black world, there is a big difference between a Negro and a Nigger. Plantation slaves had little to no choices. I do not think Negroes on a plantation would have called Harriet Tubman a Nigger, but then…..

Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-SPAN and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB

Allen West: I‘m Here to Lead Blacks Off the Democratic Party ’Plantation’
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:48am by Billy Hallowell
Read more with video at:
http://www.wackbag.com/showthread.php/138029-Rep.-Allen-West-calls-Rep-Maxine-Waters-Rev-Al-Sharpton-Plantation-Owners

*I was a slave
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