African-American Appreciation Thread - Highlighting contributions from our most productive citizens

KANGZ!

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I wish I could find a picture of it but back in the 70s mad magazine ran a parody called "Silent majority " basically a conservitve right version of the mags put out by hippies and the free love moment.

One part that really stood out (and probably wouldn't be done by mad today r. I. P) was a fake add for "mail order friendly light skinned token negros"

Basically a mail order black best friend to show you're not a racist, but not too black. Just the perfect NAACP approved shade and so friendly and polite and non threatening you'd swear he's Caucasian.


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Anthony Johnson, one of the first non-American Indian person to enslave another person in the US. RIP John Casor.

Ron Everett, also known as Maulana Ndabezitha Karenga. The person who invented kwanzaa, but he was also a convicted rapist. Can't remember the specifics, but I think he tortured and raped women from rival civil rights groups. He was only released from jail early for being a FBI snitch.
 
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