I get it Gadfly, you pity black folks
If you really see people as your equal, you will treat them as your equal.
Hey, did you know in America blacks could own property, own a business and vote long before Asians could?
No, you do not "get it". Obviously you do not understand the meaning of the word "empathy" (why am I not surprised?). Empathy is not "pity"; it's an attempt to recognize and understand the feelings of others whose life experiences may have been quite different from one's own. This often engenders respect and admiration, rather than "pity"; I happen to think that restraint in the face of violence and insult, and achievement in the face of obstacles deliberately placed in one's path by others, deserves both respect and admiration. I'll save the pity for those who are the truly victimized and downtrodden, for those still struggling in poverty and despair....and for you, with that cold, withered, unfeeling, hardened knot of a thing that serves you as a conscience and a soul. I'd rather trade places with the poorest of the poor, than exist in the cheerless, angry spiritual desert you seem to inhabit.
The majority of the racism and disgust with
the black community if today is fueled by the
self proclaimed title of a "victim" that
so many blacks carry. Sure
slavery was a bad thing but
nobody alive today is suffering physically, mentally, or emotionally because of it. The beauty of history is that you can learn from it and from there work to make things better. The call for
reparations and compensation from offenses that took place prior to 1865
is ridiculous.
There have been multiple attempts to provide
blacks with opportunities to advance themselves but they have been
their own worst enemy. From the enactment of the 14th amendment, repeal of Jim Crow laws, civil rights movement, affirmative action, and over $200 million in grants and scholarships for
blacks only. Sure it doesn't erase the past but it
does give
blacks the vehicles or mediums to improve their lives.
However, this has had little impact
mainly because of the home environment. The
continuous outcry for more and more entitlements and the celebration of getting that
"Obama money" doesn't help race relations.
Blacks make up 12.4% of the U.S. population but are over
60% of the U.S. prison population. Also
67% of black children grow up in a single parent home generally void of a male figure. How about that despite all of the money available for secondary education that
only 25% of black males that get into college actually graduate and
42% of black females graduate.
Personal responsibility is the name of the game.
Blacks need to take action to improve their own lives and stop blaming others. Quit criticizing the system when their aren't even enough people trying to take advantage of the opportunities already provided. People get tired of listening to the victim speech.
Blacks need to denounce people like Al Sharpton because he uses racism to make a living.
They need to respect people like Bill Cosby who challenged black men to step up and fulfill their responsibilities.
Blacks can sit around, keep collecting their entitlement checks, and play the role of the victim. But in the even they haven't realized the U.S. and the world are not going to stop moving and wait for them.
Black community leaders and especially parents need to step up and teach them that life can improve. But we all know that isn't going to happen the same destructive cycles will continue. I think it is so much more commendable when a
black male or female comes from nothing an becomes something like a doctor or lawyer, as opposed to a white who comes from a middle to upper class family and accomplishes the same thing. The
black male or female who accomplishes that sort of status will appreciate what they have and know the value of hard work. There have been enough examples of
blacks doing this to show that the system and advantages work. The excuses are running out.
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