Question for those who remember just about everything

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Sometime in either 2002 or 2003 some reporter (I think it was a reporter, but I could very well be wrong) called Colin Powell a particularly nasty racist comment. I can't remember who it was, but the comment was about him being the "house n*****" in the * administration. Does anyone remember who it was? I believe it was also made because it was said because Powell didn't seem to be standing on his own two feet, and pretty much did everything that "Massa *" wanted him to do.

I was asking because now with Powell gone, will Rice now be considered for that same role in the administration? Or will she now be upgraded to a more "Sally Hemmings" type role by certain groups?

[Mistress Quickly]

1. Belafonte called him that

but I don't remember a reporter calling him that.

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2. Yes

It wasn't a reporter. Belafonte sounds right

[DrWeird]

3. I think that was Belafonte.

And what do you mean by "now with Powell gone?"

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8. I meant he's no longer part of

the * cabinet.

[TheModernTerrorist]

4. maybe....but

I DO know of quite a few rappers that have called him that...

[DrWeird]

6. Such as?

names?

[TheModernTerrorist]

10. well...

a lot of the ones I know are not very mainstream, but Immortal Technique has DEFENITELY used the line to talk about Powell.... I keep thinking Ice Cube said something along those lines as well, but I may be wrong on that one. Also, Dead Prez possibly raps about it at some point. Maybe I just have rap on my brain right now.... I'll try to dig up some more on it.

[Gman]

5. Wasn't that Harry Belafonte

that called Powell a house n*****? Harry told the truth.

[blm]

7. How about just calling them Fascist enablers?

That works for me.

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9. Thanks, everyone

I was able to google it with more info, and yes, it was Belafonte who seems to have intiated the comment, and the press ran with it from there. Thanks. :)

[TheModernTerrorist]

11. yeah, Belafonte did say this...

During a radio interview, Belafonte compared Powell with a "house slave" -- a harsh insult in black culture.

was it that, maybe?

http://www.sptimes.com/2002/10/13/Columns/Colin_Powell_bamboozl.shtml