Thank you for your service to this country.
Military has been a way for the lower middle class to achieve...
Many on the right now called bigots and racists by our own party, have seen the hand writing on the proverbial wall for years.
So-called leaders like Jackson and Sharpton along with the New Black Panthers and other race baiting groups of hatred have caused American Black citizens more harm than good.
Al and Jessie depend on hatred to fuel their coffers. Thanks for your service.
Just the lowly opinion of a red state wannabe.
We neeed millions more like you, Trueblackman!
Thank you for you serice, Trueblackman, you have much to be proud about.
Your country and your parents are proud of what you have, and will continue to become. Character is not based on color!
Thank you for your service to this country. I hope you prosper beyond your own dreams.
I hope you belong to the American Legion. We need members like you.
Americans are all one color - and that’s red, white, and blue.
Trueblackman, thank you for your intelligent responses and even more, for the heat you have taken over the years in trying to improve the outlook and morals of your race. I have seen you many times on conservative TV and wish and hope that all of the “heat” you have taken over the years will pay off in the long run to make life, and the chance to get ahead, better for many who may take your comments to heart.
Once again, Thanks!
If military service is indeed a scarlet letter in the Black Community then I wear mine proudly because I am more than just someone’s victim in life.
Thanks for your service TBM.
In the Marine Corps the scarlet stripe is in remembrance
of the blood shed by the NCOs, nothing but pride associated
with it. Marine blood is not black or white, and we are no one’s “victim”.
God bless.
Tet.
Greetings to you, TBM. Thank you for post. I appreciate your military service and the point of view that you share with us.
In Viet Nam my fellow soldiers,who happened to be black, repeatedly said the Army was the only place they ever felt they got a fair shake.
Hooah!
Down here on the Gulf Coast we call that a "crab bucket" mentality, where if a crab tries to get out of the bucket, the others grab him and pull him back in.
Thanks for your service, Trueblackman. Most true Americans appreciate all of our vets. As for me, I was what we jokingly referred to as a "SAC-trained killer."
Say that, Trueblackman! You are telling the truth! It seems blacks do gravitate towards the negative and cling to failure and I say that as a Black woman. Several weeks ago, two young black punks tried to break into my home. Had I decided that day to leave early and go to school, they would have broken in and God only knows what they would have done to my son who was upstairs! My being home was the only thing that stopped those punks from breaking in. Even now, there are two to three thug-like PARASITES who are breaking into people's homes and terrorizing them for money or whatever. And I'm sure it's "the white's man fault" for why they are doing what they are doing. Makes me sick!
As a black woman, I have more fear of some Black thug, breaking into my house, terrorizing and brutalize me and my family than I do of Islamofascists or a terrorist attack and that is no joke.
The trash your discussing are those that profit from the “keep the hate alive” enterprise. I don’t invest in it, don’t listen to em and as a career serviceman I let all veterans know they were, no matter what their duty or service, the reason this trash can bitch and moan for profit these days............it’s called freedom !
We payed for it , they abuse it..........
Doom on em !
Stay Safe FRiend !
I believe that it begins in schools. Peer pressure holds kids back. Those who don’t see a future for themselves try to hold others back.
And it isn’t about skin color. It can be observed in all sorts of social situations among different demographics (even if the group of peers all belong to the same group).
John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) also spoke of it in his autobiography “No Dogs No Irish”. He worked as a school teacher before joining the Sex Pistols and observed it from the eyes of a mentor.
Anyone that would hold you back from succeeding in life isn’t a “friend”. Those who see themselves as having no opportunity will often live to see their shallow dream realized but they should not feel empowered to hold others back. Then again, no one wants to be left alone or actually compare their own performance to that of their more successful classmates.
We can understand the cause and yes there are those who call themselves “leaders” that also deliberately hold their constituents back. A permanent underclass means there is always something “to change”. I don’t know what the solution is. Some have suggested that the black community look at changing leadership because those who HAVE been “looking out for them” have gotten wealthy over the past 40 years but haven’t done much to advance the state of affairs.
Is it your observation that there are parents who hold their kids back? I don’t mean breaking the news that they can’t go to college, but parents who say “put that book down” and “what do you think you’re doing? acting white”
I think that families are stronger than that and that parents want to see their kids succeed. So the community becomes neighbors who don’t want to see Mrs. Jones’ son make something out of himself. Again, they may be your neighbors but they aren’t your friends and they aren’t looking out for your (or their own) best interest.