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ChazInAz

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38. Right on.

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 12:11 AM

Apr 2012

My understanding of the Uncle Remus story is this. (Let's not forget that the stories were African folk wisdom, re-imagined for the harsh reality of slavery in America. Forget Walt Disney.) It's simply a condemnation of racism, and the stupidity of racists and slave holders. After all, how smart do you have to be to know better than thumping on a non-resisting person? Especially after you find yourself thoroughly ensnared in goop? Personally, I love the sly put-down humor of the Remus Stories. Those folks may have been slaves, but they weren't fools.
A fool is someone who hears the story and doesn't understand it. Like Bachman, who didn't even make sense.

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