Some well-known Uncle Toms

- any artist who has been subsidized/ patronized, or fucking all of them: any renaissance shit you want to bring up, mark rothko, fuckin' everyone ever. the beatles, dylan, beethoven, mozart. entering into society to do art is a classic uncle tom maneuver; whether you're getting paid by the king or the comp'ny ain't nothin' but a G thang. the risk of persuasion is here represented by "selling out." ya know?

- it's an easy one, but have you heard of a "wigger"? same old prejudice.

- a prospective revolutionary. our first alliance is always with ourselves. when we compromise our views to enter an organization, we're taking a risk, that we wind up being in the group because it helps us do what we want to, and are not exploited by only being able to strive for what is "possible" given the structure of the group, and our place in it.

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