Is E.C.Nobles a Sellout?
Written by admin on June 27, 2009 – 11:07 pm -Editorial:
Selectman E.C. Nobles
Is he a sellout uncle tom?
Lonnie Ross Posted 06-11-09 Mississippi Tribune
E.C. Nobles.
Uncle Tom. Sellout. Traitor to his own people. Or, just plain stupid (the nicest word I could come up with)!
This is really hard for me to write. But, it must be written. Before Earnest C. Nobles became Selectman E.C. Nobles, he was a man that I had worked with, admired and has great respect for.
We worked with young Black men and boys in the same community that E.C. has betrayed and is betraying! Yes, E.C. and
I attend the same church. We’ve participated in some of the same ministry, working with our Black youth to encourage them,
especially our boys and young men to make the right choices in their lives.
We met with teenaged Black boys at our church and at the Martin Luther King Jr. Gym twice a month, along with other
concerned Black men (this was before the gym had to be closed because of disrepair, that was to be improved by a small portion of the the $9.5 million bond that Selectman E.C. Nobles led the charge to reverse and stop that money from reaching the Black community where it is needed the most). E.C. would share with the young men some of the wrong decisions he made as a young man and the price he had to pay. He pleaded with them not to turn to drugs and gangs. Some of the boys and young men had already turned to drugs and gangs. But, thanks to the leadership and involvement of Pastor Gregory Partman, Huge McGee, Deacon Austin Ross, Elder John Johnson, Geralye Green, E.C. Nobles and me, several of these young men turned away from drugs, gangs and fighting, and have improved in school and have graduated from High School.
E.C. has testified at church and pleaded with young men to choose the right path. He has shown, in the past, a love for
his community and his people. And, for that, I greatly admired him. But, not any more.
He has betrayed his community. He has soldout himself to the privileged. He is a puppet of the white man and he doesn’t even care. He is worst than a bigot. HE IS A HOUSE NEGRO! He is a House Slave, working overtime for his slave master. He is a joke. He must be exposed.
He won’t even allow himself to be interviewed by this newspaper.
On Tuesday, E.C. proved all of this once and for all.
At the McComb city board meeting, he challenged Mayor Zach Patterson, disrespected him, led the effort to strip him
of his mayoral powers and explained as best as he could why he was doing what has not been done before in history of Mc-
Comb.
E.C. presented five amendments to the city ordinances: 1. removing the mayor’s powers, 2. involving board meetings, 3. the handling of suspension, removal and vacancies of city officers, 4. hiring of a city administrator
and defining his duties, and 5. defining the city attorney’s duties. All five of the measures were approved by the
board at the same time by a 4-2 vote. Yes, all three of the white selectmen and one sellout uncle tom voted for the amendments and the two remaining Black selectmen voted against it.
We already know that Selectmen Danny Esch and Wade Lamb always vote together when voting against the Black community. And, the other white selectman, Bobby Maddox usually votes with his peers.
But, the majority Black city of McComb voted in a Black mayor for the first time in the city’s history. For the first time, people who have never had equal access, or any access to the political and economic power of the city, would now have real access. BY A 4-3 VOTE. Because, the Black mayor could break the tie when issues of interest and importance to the Black community came before the board.
In the past, the board would always vote against any measure that the majority (whites) did not want, or was something that only seemed to benefit the Black community, or they just didn’t care about. But, not anymore! We have a Black mayor who can break the tie, to ensure that all McComb citizens had equal access, Blacks and whites. Unfortunately, E.C. Nobles (seemingly a good man) got elected by a hand full of votes and turned into Selectman Nobles, a traitor and sellout.
I am sure he is making a few Black folk regret that they ever cast a vote in favor of him. If my four year old son ran against him for selectman right now, I am convinced that my son would win by a landslide.
With Selectman E.C. Nobles, with what he has done, and what he is doing at city hall, we all lose. All Black people lose. We are the ones who have never had access. Now, if we lose the mayor’s seat, because you want to ‘get the chair for the white man’…
He is a disgrace.
Urrrrrgggghhhhhh!!!!!!!
E.C. Nobles. You ought to resign today. Then you ought to apologize to the Burgland community and the entire Black community. And, to your church.
Do we have any political Black men in McComb besides Mayor Patterson who has the backbone to stand-up to the racist white establishment in McComb?
If E.C. is a cowardless Black man who will stand up against a Black man that is trying to help Black people, and will never stand up against racist white men who vote against Black causes all the time, then I must also say something about the two other Black selectmen on that board.
Melvin Joe Johnson and Robert Earl Smith. I am disappointed with you. I can’t tell you what to do. But, come on. SPEAK UP!!!! TELL E.C. TO SHUT-UP AND SIT HIS BUTT DOWN IN HIS CHAIR AND STOP MAKING A FOOL OUT OF HIS SELF BY DOING ALL THE WHITE MAN’S WORK.
Tell E.C., in public that he needs to start helping Black people, who also happen to be citizens of McComb. Esch and Lamb
represent white McComb and the interests of white McComb. They are taking care of home as they see it. Can you blame
them? It’s time for E.C. to take care of home. If he would vote to support a Mayor who is trying his best to make sure everyone has access to the political and economic benefits of the city government of McComb, especially Black people who
have always been denied this access, then we would see the whole city benefit. We would see Black people included
equally for the first time.
Pull that sellout aside and tell him that. And, if he want listen to you, then stand up in the meeting and tell him and those other selectmen that you are not going to stand for them openingly resist the change that will allow Black people to fully participate in McComb.
If you are not afraid, then speak up and challenge them. Represent your own community with strength and dignity.
Don’t be like E.C. Nobles. A sellout, traitor, uncle tom, and afraid.
Lonnie Ross
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