Linda Chavez has a great piece today at Townhall.com about the sick tradition of leftist minorities labeling non-leftist minorities as “traitors” or “Uncle-Tom’s” or “sell-outs.”

Chavez happens to be a conservative Latina who was predictably attacked by some Latinos for her criticism of Supreme Court Justice Nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

The black cop who assisted Sgt. Crowley in the now infamous arrest of Obama’s buddy Skip Gates says he’s been called an “Uncle Tom” because of his support for a white policeman.

The same people who decry racism at every turn think nothing of attacking people of color who disagree with them.

I think it’s pretty damn racist to assume that everyone who shares your skin color thinks exactly alike. If you’re Hispanic or Black you obviously hate the Police and vote Democrat — those are the rules.

Fortunately, that’s not the case. For every racist black professor like Gates who profits from stoking racial tension, there’s a black man like Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas who believes in ending racial discrimination in all its forms and moving the country forward.