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DaddySatyr -> RE: The hidden backlash…what many white Americans I know really think about race in America. (7/22/2013 3:54:47 PM)
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ORIGINAL: JeffBC
I think the question being raised here (at least by some) is, "yeah, but who's fault is that?" The numbers being put forward suggest that blacks are doing this to themselves.
My personal position is that I don't care. The number you quoted is offensive to me aesthetically if for no other reason. So I want to get beyond who's fault it is and understand why it's happening and what we need to do to change it. Of course I have to laugh at myself as I say that since a willingness to engage in social engineering is one of the hallmark's of the liberal mindset. It's predictable that I'd question how we could make things better rather than hold on to the status quo.
See, but here's the thing, Jeff (and I'm not being a smart-ass): isn't part of problem solving to identify what the problem is?
If we go with: " 'The Man' is trying to keep the brothers down" and it turns out that 'The Man' is doing no such thing, haven't we just wasted yet more time?
The numbers suggest that the only "fault" of this situation is that there's a war amongst the black community.
Yes, there are no jobs. There's no jobs for anyone; it's not just black people.
Yes, there's drugs. Drugs are a choice. Surely, drug dealers don't say: "I'm only going to sell to black people" (Suddenly, the "sit down" scene from The Godfather just flashed through my mind).
Education? Seriously? We've been throwing trillions of dollars at a failed education system in this country for well over 40 years. I can't believe the answer is to throw more money at it (at least, in the same way). And frankly, I'm sick of being called "racist" because I point out the failure of education policy in this country and refuse to co-sign continuing more of the same insanity.
Now, I think you know me well enough to know that I have no love for the government and I wonder if getting the fed out of education might not be a good idea but, at this point, as long as it isn't the same ol' thing, I'd be willing to listen about education reform.
But, I am sick to death of being blamed for the failures in the black community which I have had nothing to do with. When my eldest son was growing up, we lived in a neighborhood that had to be 60% non-white (Hell, my eldest wasn't white). I offered to coach the little league team or there wasn't going to be one.
I had 15 kids on that team and all but two were white (my son didn't identify as white but since he was my son, a case could be made that only 1.5 weren't white) in a neighborhood that was 60% non-white. Why was that? Well, I can tell you what my son was told. It was because organized sports with white dudes wasn't "cool".
There's a "separatist" attitude that permeates. There's a desire for division. It's why assholes like Sharpton and Jackson can ply their trade; because there's a market for it. Just like any business.
The answers aren't just going to walk up and introduce themselves but both "sides" have to start identifying the problem and then, set about fixing it.
Power to the people,
Malcolm X
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