Posted on 10/10/2011 6:47:05 AM PDT by Evil Slayer
On CNN’s State of the Union this morning, host Candy Crowley joined the ranks of white journalists who presume to speak on behalf of black Americans in expressing their alleged skepticism about Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain.
Blaming racism for the economic gap between blacks and whites, Crowley asked Cain whether his success was due to “luck,” or a “loving family,” rather than skill and hard work, which apparently are never enough in our racist society. (Should the government redistribute luck and love?)
Cain took it in stride, pointing out that economic policy is at the root of unemployment for all Americans. While acknowledging that some racism exists, Cain highlighted more important causes of the racial economic gap, such as differences in education and the geographic concentration of blacks in failing cities. He also used Crowley’s questions as an opportunity to discuss his own 9-9-9 plan for tax reform and economic growth.
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Anyone have a good link for Cain’s 9-9-9 plan? I’ve heard it bandied about, but I’m not familiar with it.
It's about work ethics...
My grandparents came here for WORK and they worked their butts off...and they were the example for the next generations.
This is probably the first time Crowley has ever heard the truth about what is holding blacks back...and to hear it from a successful black man must shake her to her boots.
One stat that puts the lie to the “racism is the cause of the economic gap” is that,
for the same income rate, blacks have a much lower net worth than whites, and whites less than asians,
showing that it is a spending problem associated with cultural values.
I am not a fan of 9-9-9 but I am a fan of Herman Cain!!!
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/sep/26/facts-about-herman-cains-9-9-9-tax-plan/
Taxes?
BS!
Not owed; not needed!!!!!
http://www.devvy.com/notax.html
Maybe...let ‘em have a bake sale now and then...but watch ‘em verrrry closely!
Just Plain Dick
Semper Watching!
Remember what Cong David Crockettsaid...
What shakes her to her boots is that there is a living refutation, right in front of her,
for her lifelong “reason to be”, or for her reason to feel good about herself as a good person for supporting a certain ideology (based on lies).
Cain’s meer existance is a refutation of her sense of self worth. It’s no wonder they so viciously attack him.
Liking Cain more every day.
vaudine
He edged toward a point which I think should be made. Large cities like Detroit, Newark, Chicago, Oakland, etc. contain many blacks. These cities tend to have economic troubles and high unemployment. That means lots and lots of blacks are out of work because they live in these troubled cities.
Why are the cities suffering? Their economic policies are all screwed up. And why is that? Well, they've been run by Democrats for 30 years or more. The economic policies of the Democrats (for whom the blacks always vote) are hurting the blacks. That explains a good part of the gap.
Cain hinted at this, but he wasn't as explicit as I think he should have been.
At least Cain isn’t a flip-flopping wet noodle like Mittens.
—Anyone have a good link for Cain’s 9-9-9 plan? I’ve heard it bandied about, but I’m not familiar with it.—
Google will probably work. I’ll throw this out though: Whether or not it is described as wonderful, pure pie in the sky or just plain stupid depends on the analyst doing the talking. I thought it sounded pretty dumb at first, but it actually appears to have merit.
Now, if it includes exceptions of any type, forget it.
One thing that really hit me this year is this: I’ve worked with a LOT of successful black people in my career path. As far as I can remeber, with the exception of one man and one woman, ALL of them were born outside the US. They were immigrants.
I think there is a story there.
He's right of course.
Our grandparents came from E. Europe. We didn't LOOK like everyone else here in the US (still don't) but we stood on our head to assimilate and did so in one generation. Once in a while, I still run into a kind of ‘die hard’ bourgeois xenophobia that is, though limited, very apparent.
Just because I am not ‘Rebbecca from Sunnybrook Farm’, I don't go around whining about being singled out for ill treatment and I didn't let it get in my way at school or work.
To some extent, I was always aware of it and worked extra hard at school and work.... THAT was how I dealt with it.
Of course, socially, I have NO control over that kind of BS, but who cares????? This is America and CAPITALIST America by the way!!! No matter what color you are or what you LOOK like, the red carpet will be rolled out for you if you can make money for management or if you can give them an edge the competitor does not have!!!!
“loving family”?????
I’m thinking it could be a major issue in the lack of success for many blacks. They have not been part of families -—only part of government welfare checks since the government has done it’s level best to dissolve the family.
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