Posted on 09/28/2017 11:02:35 AM PDT by Kaslin
Having an honest and frank discussion about race in America is not only long overdue, but it has proven over and over to also be nearly impossible. Once the conversation focuses on the fact that many of the problems facing the black community are self-inflicted, the name calling and the denial begins. Accusations of racism quickly follow any discussion about what the black community needs to do to repair itself from within.
And Americans certainly can’t expect politicians to lead such a conversation since they are the worst offenders of the subtle racism of non-accountability. Whichever side of the aisle you find them, politicians simply won’t delve into the core issues which contribute to causing much of what ails the black community in America. They are gutless wonders unwilling and incapable of honestly discussing any difficult issues, other than tossing around clichés and platitudes. Taking a firm position on such a contentious issue as race in America is beyond their thought processes.
Once again an example of the subtle racism of non-accountability. “Black people can’t be confronted with their failings, so we must accept responsibility for their problems instead of holding them accountable for fixing their problems from within their own community.”
Foremost among the contributing factors defining the problems facing the black community is the fact that many of them are simply unwilling to accept responsibility for or be held accountable for their own actions which contribute to the problems their community is confronted with.
It’s far easier to pass blame off on someone or something else than to take a full accounting of oneself and to admit to personal flaws and failings.
The black visionary Booker T. Washington described it most accurately, “There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public." Washington went on to say, “Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs – partly because it pays. Some of the people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs”.
Sound familiar? I can rattle off several names of those who are invested in continuing racial strife in this country because it pays their bills and enriches them at the expense of the poor black citizens who are stuck living in the society created by these race hustlers.
They are the worst of offenders, along with their accomplices in the Democratic Party who need a black constituency and black voters to continue to keep them relevant in American politics. Since they offer no answers to any of the challenges facing our country, without an aggrieved class the Democrats would become nothing more than a blip on the political radar screen. Inconsequential and of little importance.
Certainly, blacks in America experienced hardships and prejudice over the history of our nation. Slavery, while certainly not a uniquely American institution does still remain a stain on American history. But institutional racism was fading into the past until Barack Obama became president and revived it. While there still are individual racists and likely always will be – in America as well as most other countries of the world - most white Americans long ago discarded the racism of the past.
The overwhelming majority of Americans nowadays judge people based on their actions. Who they are as a person and the things that they do. Skin color simply doesn’t come into play anymore. Americans have become far more tolerant in their beliefs and opinions.
Yet sadly the professional race hustlers and the Democratic Party continue to try to portray America as a racist country. Stirring up emotions and creating division where it had disappeared until it was created once again by the lies of Ferguson, Baltimore, and the other cities in America where an individual’s actions were what determined what happened to him. Not his skin color.
If America is truly to become a color-blind society fought for by Dr. Martin Luther King then people must be held accountable for their life choices, including the poor decisions they make. To do otherwise is to commit the egregious offense of racism in the form of the subtle racism of non-accountability. And the answers to the difficult problems facing the black community and this nation will continue to elude us.
Thanks Kaslin.
That may have been true at one time, but not anymore.
It's impossible to have an honest conversation about race in this country because only one side is talking anyway ... and most white people are worn out by it and don't give a sh!t anymore.
because only one side is talking anyway ... and most white people are worn out by it and don’t give a sh!t anymore.
I second the Motion, I gave up a long time ago.
Warning if you are a self described victim, FU&K OFF and Leave me alone, I don’t Care anymore.
Sadly so obvious and obviously will be totally ignored.
What an ugly thing to say about a culture that has given us endearing terms such as "baby momma" and "baby daddy".
The median IQ of American blacks is 85. This means that about half are unemployable in a modern economy. It means that their median income will never equal that of whites and Asians. It means that brilliant, highly successful blacks will be proportionately fewer.
As long as this topic is forbidden, then the only other plausible explanation will hold sway: that blacks are held down by racist white people. This belief will always foster rage and violence.
Yep.
If I never hear the words “gay community”, “climate change” and “conversation about race” again for the rest of my life, I’ll be just fine.
We already had that conversation and it got nowhere. O.J. did it.
We are close to the point where African Americans need to make the decision to go to Africa to be happy or stay here as Americans to MAGA for every American.
The same applies to the Hispanic Americans. If you hate America, Fly the Mexican Flag and still speak Spanish as your primary language, you need to go back to Mexico and never come back. If you decide to stay here, you become Americans first and last and work for MAGA for everyone still here.
There will be no primary language except English. Learn it or leave. Fly the American flag if you want to live here not your third world flag.
I just want _my_ reparations.
I won’t bore you with a list of _my_ grievances, but you can be sure you won’t hear them from the MSM.
Here’s a black woman talking about race - and about criminals in the NFL... You don’t want to miss this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnPEBoM0lps&feature=youtu.be
African-Americans don’t like it here? Can someone start a Go-Fund-Me for one-way tickets to Liberia? Isn’t that the country that American taxpayers bought for blacks who wanted to go back to Africa?
Bkmk
For many people, an excuse is better than an accomplishment. When you accomplish something, people want to know what you’re going to do next. With an excuse, you can use it for the rest of your life.
Eric Hoffer said something along those lines. Insightful.
You can go through life working hard and making the most of your gifts. Or you can choose to be weak, a victim and a beggar. Far too many people choose the latter. When they become the majority in a country, that country is in trouble. I include in the beggar category anyone who lives off the work of others. That includes ALL politicians.
An “honest” discussion about race in this country will ONLY occur when we talk about the racism of non-whites towards others.
Any discussion that doesn’t tackle this subject at length is worthless....WE ALL MATTER.
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