The Ten Biggest Problems Facing African-Americans Today

Front Page Magazine ^ | September 3, 2K2 | Lee McGrath

[rdb3]

Tongue-in-cheek at the end, but overall fairly written. The only problem I have is that even this author gives legitimacy to the likes of Jackson and Sharpton and their so-called "leadership."

They are not leaders. I wish we on the Right would stop referring to them as such.

Black people do not need leaders.

[rdb3]

Heads up.

[RS_Rider]

the hyphen signafies the problem

[Chi-townChief]

Actually, this is a pretty good list of problems facing ALL Americans.

[Under the Radar]

You found point 11 tongue-in-cheek? I am obviously not reading it properly, then. Was it listed to show that the author understood the argument but felt that it ranked far behind other issues? If this is the case, I can understand the intent, but from the plain meaning of the piece, it seems as if the article does indeed feel like these are issues that need addressing, even if they are not in the top 10. Hardly "tongue-in-cheek."

[mhking]

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[rdb3]

Yes, #11 was "tongue-in-cheek" because when you look at it, if we were to focus primarily on the first 10 problems he outlined, there'd be no time to talk about slavery and its alleged "legacy."

The "legacy of slavery" argument is a euphemism for a shakedown.

[razorback-bert]

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[Under the Radar]

Thank you very much for the clarification.

[Non-Sequitur]

Naw, the biggest problem facing African-Americans today is the confederate flag. Everyone knows that. </sarcasm>

[rdb3]

You're right. Everyone knows that those Stars and Bars holds a bayonet over young black children and prevents them from doing their homework. I mean, Ray Charles can see that.

[Salman]

Over all a good article, but I would dispute that Abe Beame was part of the problem. He had the misfortune to have to pick up the pieces after the wreckage left by Lindsay.

[Valin]

11. The lingering effects of slavery and racism in America.


In order to do my part in alleviating the problems of the first ten biggest problems facing African-Americans today, I am as of 9/302 freeing all the slaves that are owned by your humble servant.

[fporretto]

Larry Elder and Ward Connerly would love this. Every word of it is gospel-true. But getting it out to American blacks, and getting them to take it seriously, will not be easy. The race-shouters and professional victimists have the media's unquestioning support -- and they wouldn't mention Mr. McGrath's opinions even to denounce them.

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Francis W. Porretto
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[stylin19a]

I wonder why #2 isin't #1 ?

[rdb3]

I wonder why #2 isin't #1 ?

Excuse me? I'm not understanding the question.

[IncPen]

You found point 11 tongue-in-cheek? I am obviously not reading it properly, then. Was it listed to show that the author understood the argument but felt that it ranked far behind other issues? If this is the case, I can understand the intent, but from the plain meaning of the piece, it seems as if the article does indeed feel like these are issues that need addressing, even if they are not in the top 10. Hardly "tongue-in-cheek."

FrontPage Magazine is run by David Horowitz, who has been the leading voice of the anti-reparations movement. Go to the site and read his stuff, you'll be convinced they're not joking. (FWIW I think the #11 thing is saying "this is the last thing they should be worrying about")

[stylin19a]

sorry...it would appear to me that having 2 parents in the home would make some of the others on the list moot.Fatherlessness: The Root Cause

[mhking]

The top five listings could be arbitrarily shuffled, depending on who is speaking of them, and what their primary perception is - for in my mind, the school issue and the family issue would be 1 & 2 interchangably. But then, again, I'm speaking as a father of school-age children.

[mhking]

it would appear to me that having 2 parents in the home would make some of the others on the list moot.

Not necessarily. I would amend that statement to include two active, caring and involved parents in the home.

I think that two-parent households are certainly more stable than others - I grew up in that kind of household, as did my wife. We have seen, however, many households where one or both parents are not active in the development of the children; they just plain don't care.

Those are the parents who do not get involved in their children's education; they just let the children run wild. And when they do get involved in schooling, it's to complain about their children not being able to wear their $75 pants that fasten about the crotch as opposed to the waist; or to complain that a vocabulary word is offensive. There may be two parents in that household, but the household is not a constructive one.