Posted on 09/16/2010 9:52:35 AM PDT by AccuracyAcademia
Ron Miller, author of Sellout: Musings from Uncle Toms Porch, spoke at The Bloggers Briefing at the Heritage Foundation on September 14, 2010. It seems to me that we are not allowing ourselves to embrace the concept of individual liberty, Miller said, and that is really at the heart of what makes us unique as Americans.
Those [individual liberties and free enterprise] are things unique to America, and make us exceptional as a nation, he stated.
Further, Miller blasted what he calls the collectivist mindset. Miller notes that at least 88 percent of Black Americans vote Democratic. Taking a look at the African immigrants who come into the United States, one can see that they have a high work ethic, and are not weighed down by the burden of conformity and the notion that we all have to move in this [uniform] direction.
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“. Taking a look at the African immigrants who come into the United States, one can see that they have a high work ethic, and are not weighed down by the burden of conformity “
Would that include the Africans from Somalia that are in Maine? They are on welfare.
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