I really thought you couldn’t call people “Uncle Tom” anymore. At least that’s what my staff reminds me before I get on every call. Just in case I forget.
However, there is a film coming out 6/19 called Uncle Tom. I look forward to watching it. Sounds intriguing.
Someone told me today to be careful — that the people marching in the streets aren’t just mad at Trump. They are mad at the inability of government officials at all levels to properly deal with inequities, equal justice and police reform. I’m tied to the 1994 Crime Bill, Trump touts his recent Criminal Justice Reform, the First Step Act and today’s executive order on Police reform that includes no choke holds and co-responder programs to send people better equipped to deal with mental illness and troubling situations than the police. The warning from my staff to be careful – that I’ve been in public life for 100 years and did nothing but put more blacks behind bars while Trump has only had a few years under his belt and has actively worked to get them out…. and that if the truth would really come out then I might look less than great in comparison…..
What are they worried about? I still have the media in my pocket! That stuff will never get out…
Come on, man.