David Yeagley is the great-great-grandson of Comanche leader Bad Eagle. 
Italian Vogue featured the free market in an ironic way this month: “fashion” earrings called “slave” earrings. Naturally the liberal world–in which haute monde fashion thrives, reacted with passionate objection. Why? It was another act of Negro aggression, no doubt, a vicarious campaign carried on by white oedipal liberals. “Slave earrings” insulted the Negro of yesteryear.
In a chorus of outrage, liberals decried the “slave” earrings because the concept is said to belittle human suffering, particularly that of women of color. Liberal women went “intellectually” berserk over the earrings, so that finally Italian Vogue removed the feature from the site, with apologies. (Now there’s the power of the press for you. Of course, the “black” edition of Italian Vogue was some 40,000 short, in 2008, due to the immediate demand for the printed issue. But, no slave earrings in those issues–unless we’re to believe that every “black” woman wearing metal, hoop earrings is a slave.)
In the famous Democrat Senator Harry Reid’s terms, this appears to be just another run-of-the-mill case of the “Negro dialect.” The dialek, as said in the “dialect,” claims all things racial. Make that “all things,” period. It is a pscyho-sociological dialek. It is the greediest, most aggressive claimant in history. It operates like a malignancy. No ‘cell’ of human consciousness or material endeavor is exempt from its uber grasp. All women of color are essentially Negro. All that women wear must be approved by the Negro, according to the dialek.
This grievous and idiotic error is predicated on the naive and completely false notion that all slaves were Negro, and that anything connected with owned labor, or forced labor, is Negro. The Negro owns all aspects of mistreatment. The Negro, that is, the white oedipal liberal, has the right to condemn or approve anything that is “black,” be it word, image, behavior, clothing, or earrings!
But these superficialist liberals don’t understand the nature of fashion itself. True, fashion has indulged many ‘darker’ aspects of human experience, but, that’s the point. To lift the suffering from the pain, to stylize the pain, this might be considered a wondrous effort, no? BadEagle.com has written about Diane von Furstenberg, and her remarkable ability to lift even fashion itself from some abject ego-enslavement to a functional tool in social improvement. These things are not to be wholly ignored–certainly not in the name of protests to the word “slave.”
The ‘dialek’ of oppression is itself enslaving. It determines a most miserable fate for any who speak it. Instead of psychologically cashing in on the idea that any uniqueness in the past history of the American Negro could be regarded as haute couture, as something that could be stylized, and in fact beautiful, the ‘dialek’ must protest. The trend of thought must ever be down. It is the dialek of down.
As if every slave in the world was black, and only black. As if no other people were ever owned and forced to labor at something they may not wish to do. The American Negro “pimps,” be they black or white liberals, want everyone to think that the American Negro slave has the worst lot in the history of the world. Their success as culture pimps depends on that sell. But the facts are far from sell. The Irish and Scots had the worst of it, in those early American days. They were owned by the government. No one cared whether they lived or died. The Negro was private property.
This “slave earring” bit is more ridiculous than the American Indian mascot issue. Haute couture has never really accepted anything American Indian in the way of stylized fashion. But the Negro is highly prized. Shouldn’t the Negro be grateful, or at least cool about it? Liberal whites love to indulge the Negro, but, they can never be so successful with the Indian. The Indian is not so anxious to be loved by the whites. The Indian is simply independent in nature.
And, by the way, where is the white oedipal liberal protest, or the Negro protest, to the Chinese sculptor who created the $120,000 monument to Martin Luther King, Jr? Now there’s one cultural catastrophe that truly belongs in Washington. It represents all that is ill with our country. A yellow foreigner honoring a black import, in white granite. At white American tax payers expense.
But back to the earrings, the “slave” bit really has nothing to do with the Negro. Certainly, as long as white women are modeling the “slave” earrings, the fashion reflects Europe, the Mediterranean, and the precarious glories of the ancient world. That such a great, golden moment in fashion should be tarnished by the Negro dialek is utterly artificial, and piquantly pathetic.
Slavery belongs to the white race. Slave earrings are a white tradition. White people, slave or free, were wearing jewelry before there was any Negro dialek.
19 responses so far ↓
1 zephyr // Aug 25, 2011 at 4:12 pm
“The ‘dialek’ of oppression is itself enslaving. It determines a most miserable fate for any who speak it.”
Amen. If I was black, I would not want my race to remembered as “the slave race”. How can an entire race of people have only slavery as its distinguishing feature? It’s pathetic–they can do better than that, if only they would hold themselves to a reasonable standard.
The male counterpart to this story is black youth wearing pants around their knees.
In Oct 2009, Benton Harbor’s (MI) _Benton Spirit_ newspaper ran not just an article, but a “campaign” to end “saggin’ pants”. A noble goal, certainly, but the historical reason the paper gave for this horrible fad–and published more than once– was a complete lie.
” . . . the origin of that look was from centuries ago. It was the intent of slave owners to demoralize the field workers by forbidding them to wear a belt as they worked in the fields or at any other rigorous job. In addition, men in prison wore their pants low when they were “spoken for”.”
Say No To Sagging Pants.
Well, the author got the last part right. The trend is linked to the prison system–but certainly not to slavery. And she would have known that if she had done some actual research, even something as simple as watching Ken Burns’ _Civil War_–many photos of slaves, none of whom have their pants down around their knees.
The pathetic thing is, _Benton Spirit_ printed an anonymous email, sent in by a woman with zero knowledge of history, and then the publisher (also zero knowledge) ran with it. And it’s not the only lie in the article.
To make matters worse, the article was circulated in at least one area church, further spreading the lie that modern dress fads are based on slave reality.
“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth.”–George Orwell
Well, not really. Truth always exists–the question is whether or not people are willing to accept it.
2 zephyr // Aug 25, 2011 at 4:16 pm
You have to ask, WHY would a slave owner want to make his male slaves as inefficient as possible by making them wear their trousers low? That makes no sense whatsoever–in theory or in practice. And it certainly wasn’t true.
3 zephyr // Aug 25, 2011 at 4:27 pm
As for “slave” earrings . . . Queen Puabi of the Early Dynastic era at Ur can hardly be described as a slave. And those are some major gold hoops!
The Royal Tombs of Ur
second to last photo; c. 2600-2400 BC
4 Pamela K. // Aug 25, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Another thought-provoking post!
I have a maternal grandmother going back several generations on my mother’s father’s side of the family whose name was Sophie Klein.
In the early 1800′s she was about thirteen years old and immigrating to America from Switzerland with her parents. However, before they reached America, the captain of the ship they were passengers on murdered her parents ( he poisoned them) and was going to sell her into slavery. My seventh generation great grandfather, Felix Fisler, who was another passenger on board ship came to her rescue by paying the captain a sizable “ransom” for her release. Sophie later became a servant in Felix’s household until she came of age to marry one of his sons, Jacob.
Sophie was lucky. In that day and age there were many young white women abducted and sold into what the liberals have revised in American History 101 as “indentured servitude” when in fact it was slavery, and usually the worst kind of slavery for a young girl or woman, which was being sold into prostitution. But you never here about this side of the slavery issue.
I think many liberal revisionist historians have a hard time swallowing the fact that many white people sold other white people into slavery. It does not sit well with their saintly image as the purveyors of social justice, not to mention knocks their exalted poster child-the emasculated black male-clearly off his pedestal.
5 David Yeagley // Aug 25, 2011 at 5:50 pm
This the gal you’re talking about, Zephyr?
6 David Yeagley // Aug 25, 2011 at 5:58 pm
The Negro dialek is a Weltanschauung. It is a view of the world. It is a philosophy. A way of looking at reality. Other people besides blacks have been in circumstances where they could have learned it. But, somehow, they didn’t want to speak it. They never learned it.
Italian neighborhood in late 19th century America were insufferable. In a way, one could even look at gangs and ultimately mafia as a protest to learning that dialek. The Irish didn’t want to learn it, either.
7 Maharishi of Mayhem // Aug 25, 2011 at 6:31 pm
Well, you have given the Maharishi another chance to rant and rave about the amalgamated race.
Many people in our society will never rise above the muck and mire simply because to do so would cause loss of attention, and/or benefits.
I know abused women who have been given every opportunity to leave the abuser (financial, shelter, etc), but they refuse. After getting to know the situation better, what I usually find is that they do not want to leave because they get much more attention and sympathy than if they left.
Blacks are no different. They will never let go of the slavery thing. To do so would mean that they would have to stand on their own two feet, to be accountable, and to be productive members of society. This, they will never do…let me explain.
LBJ and his awful “Great Society” put the blacks back into chains, and they went willingly. LBJ’s plan was nothing more than white reparations for slavery. However, the big reason was to court the darkie vote.
Since then, darkie has laid up in his Section 8 Housing doing drugs, pimping, having sex like an untamed animal, and collecting a government check. They are worse than animals.
So, if you AKS me, we are done. The election of Brobama has ushered in the “Niggerization” of America. There is no return. It’s over.
Let’s all quit crying about it and do the only sensible thing….prepare for the coming race wars. buy a few good guns and stockpile ammo.
The Maharishi has spoken.
8 David Yeagley // Aug 25, 2011 at 9:27 pm
The flash mob trend really does make one consider the dire prospect of race wars. Somehow, though, Americas toys and goodies keep people occupied just enough that a war isn’t really worth it. A race war would just make it harder on the poor and the “disenfranchised.”
People generally don’t want to lose what they have, however little it is. Clinton banked on that assumption.
Besides, the Mexicans are already warring on the border. The government doesn’t do anything about it, and, worse, the government won’t let anyone else (like, citizens) do anything about it, either.
If Americans can’t react to invading Mexicans, how can they react to a black uprising?
9 Maharishi of Mayhem // Aug 25, 2011 at 10:03 pm
Big difference between the Mexicans and the boons.
The boons gladly set fire to their own homes and businesses after the trial of the police officers in the Rodney King affair. The point is, that blacks don’t feel ownership, just possessory rights. If you don’t own something, you can destroy it, yet still have possessory rights of having what you have lost replaced. That is the negro attitude. Give it to us, we’ll tear it up, and you’ll give it to us again…only bigger and better next time.
I have to give it to the Mexicans. They come here, but most are desiring work. They blend into their own closed societies, and for the most part, truly avoid interaction with whites at the “in your face level.” Yes, they bring a real set of problems with them, but for now, most are willing to work.
The boon is different. They are “entitled.” They do not want to give up their government funded “free-ride” of debauchery for anything. If we threaten to take away their Section 8, their food stamps, their Medicaid, their free childcare, their affirmative distraction….then they will riot, and they will do it no matter what. Remember, it does not matter if they destroy things in the process….they have been conditioned to know that things will be rebuilt better and handed back to them.
There is no more vile race ever to walk the face of the earth than the “Americanized Negro.” And unfortunately, we have their prized possession living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Buy Ammo….fix your sights….
The Maharishi has spoken.
10 zephyr // Aug 25, 2011 at 10:50 pm
I wouldn’t give Latino immigrants a free pass. In our local Walmart at any given time the ratio is 1 white to 1 hispanic to 1 black.
I have yet to stand behind a black or latino in our walmart who WASN’T using an EBT card (Michigan’s welfare card). A lot of whites using them, too. Everyone seems to feel a sense of “entitlement” these days.
I’ve asked several cashiers–from 4 different supermarket/walmart-type stores–what % of their transactions involve EBT cards. Across the board, they’ve said 50%. One lady told me 50% in the evening, when working people are returning home, but 90% during the day–when the welfare crowd should be working.
There is NO justification for such ridiculous percentages. Period. When I walk through these stores or go out in the parking lot, I do not see 50-90% of the population physically disabled or mentally incompetent.
11 David Yeagley // Aug 26, 2011 at 8:45 am
It’s about charity. It’s about votes. It’s about self-righteousness, perhaps.
But, the real question is, Is there a job for the able-bodied? What kind of job? Where?
This is all about labor management, really. Someone has to plant the onions. If they are paid $5 for that, then the businessmen who hire them expect the state to pick up the rest of the expenses for that person.
To not have any assistance, one must have job (or two), and one that enables you to survive. I don’t know that health insurance is a right. I don’t know that any human being has any rights…
I’m saying that welfare is the indulgence of government officials. The alternative is simple: the people either have a job, or they are ousted. Or sterilized.
12 David Yeagley // Aug 26, 2011 at 10:40 am
In America, black people often use their blackness to manipulate the conscience of the white man. Attention, mainly pity, is at a premium. By the behavior, it would seem that black people are simply not happy with being black–especially around white people. Black people feel angry because they’re black. Like, black is something they wish they weren’t.
But, can they blame white people for their blackness? Are all their problems due to being black?
13 Thor H. Asgardson // Aug 26, 2011 at 1:41 pm
I was going to mention the Sumerian fashion, but your intelligent readers saved me the trouble.
“Every political cause, added Eric Hoffer, eventually becomes a business and then degenerates into a racket. Civil rights has become a racket. All Americans of good will would offer a hand to alleviate the social catastrophe in black America. For after all, African Americans are children of the same God and citizens of the same republic. But the Jacksons, Sharptons and Bonds do not want our help. They want to bait us, provoke us and demonize us, for that is how they keep the pot boiling, the TV producers calling and the federal and foundation grants rolling in. If Theodore Bilbo and Bull Connor are dead and gone, new white racists must be found, even if they have to be invented, like John Ashcroft and George W. Bush. Booker T. Washington warned America to be wary of these race racketeers: ‘There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs–partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.’
Right down the smokestack, Dr. Washington…Republicans, in their lifelong quest for absolution, are easy prey for confidence men like Jackson and Sharpton, who run the Big Sting.”
Patrick J. Buchanan
“We must realize that our party’s most powerful weapon is racial tension. By propounding into the consciousness of the dark races that for centuries they have been oppressed by the whites, we can mold them to the program of the Communist Party. In America we will aim for subtle victory. While inflaming the Negro minority against the whites, we will endeavor to install in the whites a guilt complex for their exploitation of the Negroes. We will aid the Negroes to rise in prominence in every walk of life, in the professions and in the world of sports and entertainment. With this prestige, the Negro will be able to intermarry with the whites and begin a process which will deliver America to our cause.”
Israel Cohen, a leading Communist in England, in his ‘A Racial Program For The 20th Century (1912).’ Quoted by Congressman Abernathy, Congressional Record, June 7, 1957, p. 8559
Let’s be frank; blacks call each other “nigger” in public and therefore any argument they present about slavery should be taken with a grain of salt—especially any discussion of “reparations” for slavery.
White people have paid on top of the Civil War, with having to endure an in-your-face Obama regime, which plays like a “Happy Meal” McDonald’s commercial.
Pastor James David Manning of ATLAH church in Harlem, is right about the developing attitude of whites toward those who would force a Marxist usurper onto a free and deliberate people.
“White folks aren’t going to take it anymore,” announced the noble patriot, Reverend Manning.
The descendants of those Africans who stayed home have suffered genocide via machete in Sierra Leon, Rwanda and Congo.
There are worse things in life than a perceived fashion faux pax.
Knock that chip off their collective shoulder, by just saying “NO” to racial pandering.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TrXE7NbYpU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_aIvfFq3BA
14 David Yeagley // Aug 26, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Interesting comments, Thor, for which we thank you. (Manning is a piece of work, indeed!)
I am concerned, however, about the remarks attributed to Israel Cohen. The internet is full of references to that quote you have made. However, I cannot find the source. It is one person quoting another, and another, all professing to be quoting Abernathy, who professes to be quoting Cohen. I want to see the original source, and I am looking for it. Thanks.
15 David Yeagley // Aug 26, 2011 at 2:42 pm
The Israel Cohen quote is highly suspect, according to some, e.g., Makow (for rense.com):
Is Plan For Racial Strife Another Hoax?
This is a terribly important article, from start to finish. We don’t have to interpret things as Makow does, but, there are important facts in this report. Israel Cohen was indeed a book writer, but, apparently all copies of this book (that allegedly had that quote) were all destroyed.
The Congressional Record is simply not readily available, certainly not for 1957. It is not online. Therefore, we are left to trust.
16 David Yeagley // Aug 27, 2011 at 9:37 pm
I’m not a great fan of Wikipedia, but, there is an interesting piece:
A Racial Program for the Twentieth Century
The whole thing is apparently a hoax, created by Eustace Mullins.. While I don’t believe that every anti-Semite is a liar and promotes fraud (thought that seems to be a tendency), this case seems pretty clear. I can’t even verify an actual author by the name of Israel Cohen.
17 Thrasymachus // Aug 28, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Yes, the very name “Israel Cohen” sounds suspect. It’s almost got the ring of “Number One Jew.”
However, even if the quote is also spurious, the plan is that which the Left has used against mainstream America. The plan has become an accomplished fact.No need to accuse “the Jews.” Liberals and socialists observed this deep flaw in American society and took advantage of it. It’s really just that simple. Without wealthy and influential White Leftists promoting this agenda, it would never have succeeded. There were already plenty of Whites vigorously advancing this agenda before any great number of Jews arrived on these shores.
It’s all about the wealthy elites oppressing middle-class Whites. The ultra rich do not want to have to compete with talented grassroots Whites. Their son might lose his seat at the banquet table of the blessed and fortunate. “Class struggle” is what I call it.
18 David Yeagley // Aug 28, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Well, we know the Egyptians were into cosmetics and jewelry, big time, by the 19th Century BC. They say it was exported as well, after that.
Originally, it seems that face-altering get-up started in primitive voo-dooism, or spookism. It was about intimidating, or scaring away bad spirits. How this kind of thing became an aesthetic (i.e., sexual) attraction, in and of itself, is a curiosity.
Human beings wearing metal? Another curiosity. Mysterious, actually. Not in the animal kingdom.
19 Asaph // Aug 29, 2011 at 7:50 am
“The Fashion of Slavery …” can as easily, and truthfully be stated -
The Slavery of Fashion
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