Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature currently requires accessing the site using the built-in Safari browser.
Do You Hate Black People?
declaration I get e-mail from black people (and a few whites) asking me if I hate black people. I usually dont dignify the question with an answer, but I get the point.
I am more critical of blacks than I am of whites because, no offense, I care more about what happens to blacks. That is, I care whether theyre valuing education as highly as they should, whether theyre pushing themselves and their children to be the best and not wallow in excuses or hurl unfounded charges of racism.
Having grown up black among black family and friends, I noticed a certain undercurrent that didnt have a name. Whether a person actually suffered from racial discrimination or not, there was an urge to keep whitey on the hook, a term I picked up from John McWhorter. He articulated it so well in Authentically Black. We are never to allow whites to forget our historical grievances, whether a particular white person was guilty of discrimination or not. Most whites seem intimidated by blacks who do this. I dare say some of my white commenters are probably intimidated as well, despite their boldness of this blog.
I vowed to take the opposite approach. Rather than using this blog to bit** and moan about slavery, institutional racism and such, Id use it to keep blacks on the hook. Its a fresh approach and much more interesting that telling whites how racist they are. Blacks need to be reminded, constantly, of our responsibility in this mess.
As we all know, black crime statistics are outrageous, especially considering our proportion of the population. Rarely, if ever, do you hear black people expressing disgust for out-of-control crime rates or lecturing other blacks about their responsibility to stay out of the criminal justice system.
At least I havent. I perceived the void and decided to fill it. That makes a lot of blacks angry, and a few whites, too. But that cant be helped. Heres the beauty of living in a free country: if you dont like what I say or write, you can counter it with your own op-ed or blog or other form of communication. Free expression.
When I offer this advice to disgruntled blacks who e-mail me, they have an excuse at the ready. Big surprise, right? (Making excuses must be a reflex.) Theyre nobody, they say, and I have this huge forum, so who is going to listen to them? Or (this is my favorite) my powerful white benefactors have propped me up so as to drown out the dissenters.
Whatever.
Ive worked hard on this blog for two years. I didnt sit around making excuses for what I cant do, and Im not here to clear up misconceptions about myself. It would be a waste of time because people who hate me will hate me. All I ask if that you examine yourselves before you start handing out excuses and pointing fingers at white folks. If you want a place to bit** and moan about whites, this is not it.
One of the government policies I hate is skin color preferences, which Ive written about ad nauseum and will continue to do so as long as it exists. So-called affirmative action was intended to include more blacks in the candidate pool, but it has become the biggest entitlement program ever conceived. It has nothing to do with so-called racism and everything to do with lowered standards.
Apparently, its difficult to find black job candidates and potential university students with credentials comparable to whites. On the one hand, some blacks claim that credentials are comparable, but whites need a push to hire or admit. On the other hand, some blacks claim that comparable is relative. Just because a black person has a lower score, it doesnt mean theyre not qualified for a job. It is reasonable to set hiring and admissions criteria, and if your score is below the threshold, you are, by those standards, not qualified. Unfortunately, some blacks not all thank goodness see racial motives behind everything.
I hate affirmative action because its immoral, unconstitutional, embarrassingly unfair, and undignified.
If blacks with comparable credentials are being passed over, blanket skin color preference policies are not the remedy. Courts are where such disputes should be heard. If blacks are passed over because they dont have comparable scores, we need to address the problem at a much earlier stage. We all know how dumbed down government schools have become. Get the socialist bureaucrats out of the front offices and demand better for your kids. Fight for school choice, support rigorous standards, and advocate excellence, not mediocrity. And for the love of God, stop making excuses. Discipline your children to turn off that idiot box and study. Embrace and reward studious behavior and penalize laziness.
Despite government policy designed to force equal outcomes, thanks to human nature, it aint going to happen. We each have different or varying degrees of talent, drive, and motivation. This is where diversity, as defined by liberals, bites them on the rear end. In a society as diverse as America, individuals will never have equal stuff. You wont find equal outcomes within the same biological family, for crying out loud, so how can you expect to find it within a diverse country???
Equal opportunity is the best we humans hope for and what the Constitution guarantees. That document does not have the power to ensure equal distribution of material wealth, nor should it. Im glad to know that more people are publicly expressing their distain for skin color distinctions imposed by government. In the news:
* Michigan Civil Rights Initiative Update: A Michigan appeals court ordered the secretary of state Tuesday to place on the November ballot a proposal that would ban some affirmative action programs.
* Are race-based scholarships on the way out?
* White firefighters to get $3.5 million: A federal jury Friday awarded a total of about $3.5 million to six white Chicago firefighters who said they lost out on key promotions due to the citys affirmative action plan.
* Jury awards $135,000 each to four white fire captains: The eight-member panel, which included one black juror, ruled unanimously that Dean discriminated against the men. They awarded $10,000 to each plaintiff in lost wages and benefits and $125,000 to each for emotional pain and anguish.
* Dip in diversity: (Dumb headline, by the way: When schools dump quotas, which are illegal, they see fewer minority students in advanced classes. Again, its up to blacks to raise standards, not accept preferences.
Addendum: Yesterday a Baltimore Sun reporter interviewed me for a story about actor Morgan Freemans remarks. (See my post). Based on the storys title, Some blacks take Freeman to task over CBS interview, the slant was already set.
The reporter kept prompting me to criticize Morgan, asking But do you think were there yet? I didnt think there, wherever that is, was the point. Black History Month is ridiculous, but instead of being that blunt, I gave what I considered to be thoughtful responses to her questions.
As you can see, my quotes never made it into the story. The only interviewees with quotes included were those critical of Morgan. Zero I agree with Morgan quotes made it into the reporters biased story. Fortunately Im not naive enough to believe the reporter set out to write a balanced news story in the first place.
Posted by La Shawn
fuzzykitten99 said:Morgan Freeman and this writer are at least paving the way for others to speak up as well. Hope it happens soon, especially around the next election.
Kathianne said:And don't forget Bill Cosby. Actually there are quite a few conservative black bloggers:
http://blacklogs.com/
