Whose Blacks are better? Really?

If you didn’t know it before, Blacks are still considered to be chattel.

Case in point, Ann Coulter’s conservative coons are better than coons that happen to be owned by liberal whites. She said so, and she stands by that sentiment.

Coulter, obviously compensating for her lack of media attention in recent months, appeared on the Fox’s Hannity show where she actually said “…our Blacks are so much better than their Blacks…To become a Black Republican, you don’t just roll into it. You’re not going with the flow. You have fought against probably your family members, probably your neighbors, you have thought everything out and that’s why we have very impressive Blacks in our party.”

Coulter was defending conservative presidential candidate Herman Cain against backlash from the recent revelation that sexual harassment allegations were leveled against him in the 1990s. She described the revelations as a “hi-tech lynching” and insists that the uproar is only because he is conservative. This would indicate that Coulter is either in denial or unaware of all the liberals, including Jesse Jackson, who have been raked over the mass media coals for personal misconduct.

In the same interview Coulter tried to top herself by attacking President Barack Obama for having a white mother, claiming that Cain was a more legitimate representative of Black people because his ancestors were slaves. In an interview last week she defended her statements.

Thanks for the edification, Miss Annie. Us po’ dumb niggras don’t know how to decide who our leaders should be. We really do need a ‘fringed” white racist to tell us. And we really do like it when you defend the niggras on the conservative plantation against those unimpressive niggras owned by the liberals. It warms our hearts to know you have our best interests in mind. We are truly fascinated to learn that you actually know what it means to be a Black conservative or a Black anything for that matter.
..There are several tragic facts surrounding Coulter’s faux pas. First and most obvious is the “our Blacks” language, which connotes some type of ownership. That ought to offend conservatives of color.

Second is the ridiculous notion that all people of any political party or leaning are better than those of any other party or group. There are right wing rats and left wing rats. There are both intelligent and stupid people who populate any group, sector, class, race, religion, gender, etc., you can name. The statement should insult the intelligence of anyone of any stripe who possesses a functional brain.

Third, as heinous and inappropriate as her comments were, you can expect conservatives somewhere to defend her because they absolutely lack scruples. They are willing to allow the conversation to sink to this level instead of putting their loose cannon in deep check. Worse yet, mainstream sites and blogs are dignifying Coulter’s claim with opinion polls asking if she is right. This is like posting a question as to whether incest is really a bad thing. Some things should not be given the time.

Finally, there is a trend of whites who feel a need to decide what is best for Blacks. Coulter is not alone. There is a growing group of white people who feel the need to speak for Blacks or at least “oversee” what is said by Black people to each other. Columnist Kathleen Parker recently gave Tom Joyner a good verbal spanking for suggesting that Black people should support the first Black president. She says it’s racist for Blacks to support other Blacks. Whites not only vote for other whites, but every other group — including Jews and Hispanics — support their own. But it’s not a problem until Blacks join the game. Their version of what’s good for the goose is strikingly different from what they feel is good for the gander.

That’s precisely why the Black community must think for ourselves, speak for ourselves and set our own agenda…regardless of who doesn’t like it.

After all, nobody owns us, now do they?

This article was originally published in the November 7, 2011 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper