Ghost Writer

The apparition haunting the interwebs known as Chauncey DeVega is another Afropolitan or Atlantic person who seemingly reaches out to us from the small group of Islnads known s Cabo Verde or Cape Verde.  He describes himself as "a race man in progress and occasional polemicist. He is also a resplendent purveyor of negro wisdom and collector of Black wit. Holder of the sacred chalice of the Ghetto Nerds. A believer in Black Pragmatism and the glories of the Black Freedom Struggle.  Chauncey DeVega is a speaker for the tribe known as We are Respectable Negroes...folks who are just a little angry (and you know what happens when we get angry). It may appear that we are the same, but as you will see, we are actually quite different.  He remains anonymous for now. But there will be clues, tasty morsels of information, that friends (and perhaps enemies) can use to find out his gov't name."

                    

This post about black politicians who pander to ambiguously racist political factions, was almost a counter to our Identity Politics and Relics post.  In it we questioned the appearance of  'connectedness' of black pols in Britain while we asked you to harken to the past  to remember influential black British political trliblazers.  In no way am I suggesting that any British black political player is anywhere close to the level of tom foolery displayed by the ones displayed in the following link, however Tom foolery, and buck dancing are behaviours that require vigilance.

Nouveau Blaxploitation: A Buckdancing Rogues Gallery of Black Conservatives Pledge Allegiance to the Flag of White Populist Tea Party America

Is everyone here familiar with Tomming and Buck Dancing (which is so Atlantic as it combines Irish dance with African, most likely evidence of multicultural working class slaves and indentured servants on plantations.  Buck Dancing is an also An African American metaphor for pandering to white power structures.)?  Illustration of each here and after the jump..  Confederate Veterands Buck Dancing and
Buck Dancing for Confederates.....


Lastly Black people in England, please be concious enough to not wear the confederate flag on shirts or hats.  You must be aware of its meaning..