When we learned of the "Amistad" slave mutiny in high school in the late '60s, certain of us coined the phrase "N----r navigator," as a metaphor to refer to black leaders who could not steer straight toward their desired destination, owing to ignorance of navigation principles. In so doing, we were humorously mocking the heroic Cuban slaves who had taken over the Amistad in 1839 in Cuba, but wound up in North America, after being deceived by a surviving white crew member who steered north, not east. So, instead of returning to Sierre Leone, Africa, their intended destination, they ended up in slave-holding America. Still, they won freedom in court and thanks to black abolitionists were repatriated to Africa, thereafter.
Friday, February 27, 2015
"N----R NAVIGATOR"
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When we learned of the "Amistad" slave mutiny in high school in the late '60s, certain of us coined the phrase "N----r navigator," as a metaphor to refer to black leaders who could not steer straight toward their desired destination, owing to ignorance of navigation principles. In so doing, we were humorously mocking the heroic Cuban slaves who had taken over the Amistad in 1839 in Cuba, but wound up in North America, after being deceived by a surviving white crew member who steered north, not east. So, instead of returning to Sierre Leone, Africa, their intended destination, they ended up in slave-holding America. Still, they won freedom in court and thanks to black abolitionists were repatriated to Africa, thereafter.
When we learned of the "Amistad" slave mutiny in high school in the late '60s, certain of us coined the phrase "N----r navigator," as a metaphor to refer to black leaders who could not steer straight toward their desired destination, owing to ignorance of navigation principles. In so doing, we were humorously mocking the heroic Cuban slaves who had taken over the Amistad in 1839 in Cuba, but wound up in North America, after being deceived by a surviving white crew member who steered north, not east. So, instead of returning to Sierre Leone, Africa, their intended destination, they ended up in slave-holding America. Still, they won freedom in court and thanks to black abolitionists were repatriated to Africa, thereafter.