This As The Declining Number Of African-Americans In Major League Baseball Reaches A Crisis Point . . .
Ah, how I’ve missed hearing the mellifluous combination of “Uncle Tom” and “sellout”:
Posted: March 11th, 2008 | Filed under: Manhattan, There Goes The NeighborhoodAmid shouts of “Uncle Tom” and “sellout,” the City Planning Commission yesterday approved a controversial rezoning plan for 125th Street that would create condos, more performing-arts space and a 21-story office tower with such tony tenants as Major League Baseball.
The plan was approved 11-2 and now goes to the City Council.
When the vote was over, opponents booed and Michael Henry Adams, an architectural historian and author of “Harlem Lost & Found,” began a diatribe against the commission’s chairwoman, Amanda Burden.
“You’re a rich, rich, rich horrible person. You’re destroying our communities. You’re a rich, rich socialite. You’re a rich, rich socialite. How dare you! You’re destroying Harlem. You’re getting rid of all the black people,” he screamed.
He was ejected.