My Idea For Combating Racism

Translation: You don't succumb to right propaganda, so I don't want to read anything you say unless it's something I want to read that suits my own biased political opinions.

 

Jesse Jackson is one "black leader", and I know plenty of blacks who aren't fond of him.

I'm willing to bet most "black leaders" would agree with what Cosby and Obama have said.

 

I have been on these discussion boards ever since 2003 and in all that time I only put one person on ignore. He was so vulgar I didn't want to see his words anymore. These are discussion boards and many aren't going to agree with you. Many will say things you don't like. But that is what discussion boards are all about. We need to be more tolerant of other's views even though we don't agree with them and we don't like them. If we put everyone on ignore we don't agree with, it would make some pretty poor discussions.

 

Black Americans Might Benefit From Airing Their “Dirty Laundry”


Read the rest of this Patriot Update article here: http://patriotupdate.com/articles/b...fit-airing-dirty-laundry/#pk97bmcYb3dSAq0F.99

The tragic death of Michael Brown, an eighteen year old black man, at the hands of the police, has sparked days of rioting and looting in Ferguson, Missouri. His community rallied around him from the start, telling reporters that Mike Brown was a great kid who was shot down “like an animal” because of his race.

Unfortunately, the portrait they painted of the gentle giant wasn’t entirely accurate. Minutes before he was killed, Brown stole a fistful of cigarillos from the Ferguson Market then used his 296 pound frame to shove the store owner aside when he tried to block the door. Brown likely attacked a police officer in his car and attempted to take his gun.

The version of the story that portrays Brown as a hapless victim of racism and police brutality is quickly unraveling. He was not shot in the back as Brown’s friend Dorian Johnson, a witness to the killing (and accomplice to the robbery), claims. Nor was he shot for jaywalking as ludicrous early reports indicated. Brown robbed a store then attempted to take a police officer’s gun, presumably to shoot him with it.

Either Brown’s die-hard supporters are truly mistaken about what happened on August 9th or else they know that the story is a concoction and they just don’t care.

The Michael Brown case is starting to look a lot like a warmed over version of the Duke lacrosse case, the Trayvon Martin case, and the Tawana Brawley case. In other words, a rush to judgment has resulted in a lynch mob mentality.

Yet I suspect that most black Americans know, in their heart of hearts, that the fictional narrative being foisted upon the nation is a sham. The black citizens of Ferguson are doing what blacks tend to do whenever a racial controversy erupts—presenting a united front to the outside world. It’s a form of tribalism that would rightly be called racism if white people did it, which they occasionally do.

No one knows better than black Americans that there’s something amiss in black America. They know that black-on-black crime is a far greater threat than the supposedly racist cops who patrol their streets and that their values and priorities are out of whack, yet they prefer to discuss these matters when only black ears are listening.

Bill Maher illustrated this point on his show when he polled his liberal guests for their reaction to something Paul Ryan, a white Republican congressman, supposedly said. Maher read the quote aloud: “When it comes to getting an education, too many of our young people just can’t be bothered. They’re sitting on couches for hours playing video games, watching TV. Instead of dreaming of being a teacher or a lawyer or a business leader, they’re fantasizing about being a baller or a rapper.”

All of his guests agreed—Congressman Ryan had laid bare his racism with those remarks. The typical white Republican was expressing his belief that sheer laziness explains academic failure among black youth. Then Maher hit them with the surprise—the quote was actually from Michelle Obama.

Stunned silence. Maher asked: “Is something less true if a white person says it?”

After much hemming and hawing, black comedian W. Kamau Bell said something very candid. “he was talking to black people — we talk to each other differently than we talk in front of you.”

Bell was essentially admitting that white “racists” say out loud what blacks often say to each other behind closed doors. Even so, blacks must vociferously object in public to things they know to be true, going so far as to excoriate the speaker as an evil bigot.

A code of silence dictates that black criticisms of black behavior be kept in-house. If outsiders were to overhear them admitting that blacks need to straighten up and fly right they might take it as confirmation that “the system” is not broken; black culture is. “Racists” might exploit that.

Comedian Bill Cosby was chided in 2004 for his remarks at an NAACP function marking the fiftieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. The thrust of his remarks was that black Americans should forgo any celebration about how far they’ve come since the fifties and sixties because blacks themselves have largely squandered the gains they struggled for. The black community needs to do some soul-searching about what really ails them—white racism or black attitudes and habits?

While most black leaders found Bill Cosby’s remarks abrasive, some admitted that they sometimes say the same things to black audiences. Cosby’s transgression was to air the black community’s “dirty laundry” for the whole world to see. In fairness to Cosby, he didn’t know his comments would leak to the media. He believed he was speaking entre nous.

Cosby has responded on several occasions to accusations of airing dirty laundry. “When you go looking for the dirty laundry, I would appreciate it if you would direct your attention to a school where there is, for sure, a fifty per cent dropout rate among black males. And don’t forget the guards, the ones that have to check for the guns and the knives. Shhhh.This will be our personal little black secret.” What Cosby meant is that black delinquency and underachievement is the worst kept secret in the world. Hiding the problems isn’t working because anyone with eyes can see them. White Americans avoid speaking the truth aloud for reasons of racial guilt and black Americans avoid saying it for reasons of racial solidarity, but no one is really fooled. As long as I have been alive, black Americans have been reluctant to air their dirty laundry. How’s that working out for ya? Are black Americans better off because of it? I say no. This code of black silence benefits no one. Besides the sheer hypocrisy of hunkering down and blaming white people while admitting privately that the real problems reside elsewhere, there also remains the fact that problems cannot be solved until they are confronted. Such problems will continue to fester as long as “airing dirty laundry” remains taboo in black society.

 

Sometimes I get really super frustrated with all this liberals good and conservatives evil pos.

 

I know exactly what you mean. Up until a few months ago, I have never said some of the things I have. Up to a few months ago, I have never called Obama a name. But after seeing his immigration and foreign policies and seeing Liberals sticking up for them, I have lost my cool. I just can't sit back and watch Liberals hurt this country with their open border policy, inviting millions of illegals in when we already have 11 million plus here and seeing Obama do nothing while the ISIS takes over Iraq where thousands of Americans have died to set free and turn into a democracy. To turn it over to the worst terror group on the planet. Yes, after over a decade, I have lost my cool so I know how you feel.

 

I don't know if this person is right on how this Brown kid got killed, but I sure do agree with the rest of it. I have been saying much of the same things although not put quite in the same words.

 

The GOP needs to own up to an acknowledge the Southern Strategy. Its an established part of history started by a raving racist and the GOP needs to shed any and all ties with it. They also need to dump (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*) social conservatives to the curb and embrace Libertarianism. Fortunately, this seems to be the trend currently I hope it continues.

The Democrats need to stop obsessing over everyone's race all the time and literally stepping over the still warm bodies of 100 black kids killed by another black person to complain about one black person killed by a white. If they really cared about black kids (which they don't) they would be more concerned with the 100 kids killed by other blacks.

Since either one or both of those is not going to happen I doubt you will see race become a non issue at least in the political realm for the forseeable future.

 

A few days ago, Bill Oreilly really got angry and let it all out. But I pretty much agree with what he said.

[video=youtube;3Bnf-35fZeE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpag e&v=3Bnf-35fZeE[/video]

 

How about minding your own business. Provide laws that treat people equal, so do away with racist AA ect and leave it be. Its like some frothing at the mouth religious cult - your not breaking the law but we are the police of moral standards, we'll tell you what to think, what to say, how you'll treat others and so on.

I really couldnt give a stuff if someone calls me cracker or some other racist term, big deal. OH noes my feelings are very hurt. How about growing a set?

Maybe we should focus on eliminating bad fashion, like people that show their underwear in public or people that sneak ahead in queues. Yeah all those people should be tarred, feathered and sacked

That O'Reilly vid clearly highlights the fact its a cult, an anti-white cult.

 

The best being white liberal d-bags telling black folks that they're not black enough, or they're not acting black, because they don't hold the same political views as they do. The limey Russell Brand comes to mind

 

Getting an advanced degree, a job, etc., has nothing to do with a black person's political persuasion. This is a glaring fallacy that I see repeated ad naseum on these boards. The overwhelming majority of black people do have jobs. One in five has at least a Bachelors degree. We know that more than 90 percent vote Democrat, so clearly being a black Democrat doesn't preclude pursuit of academic and career aspirations.

All one has to do is note all of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus who are liberal, black professors like Henry Louis Gates and blacks in any number of professions who have "made it" to blow this ridiculous theory out of the water. However, instead of thinking people relentlessly repeat this illogical notion. Now, if by liberal you don't just mean Democrat, let me point out that black people have traditionally been socially conservative.

 

If a magic powder was discovered that made all people look the same to each other, the racists would fight tooth and nail to keep it from being used. There are too many people who need to keep racism alive to allow it to die. What are the chances Rep. Maxine Waters would be elected for anything if she wasn't black? Barack Obama wouldn't even have been a senator if he didn't claim he was black. Would everyone have their knickers ina twist over a 6'4", 295 pound strong-arm robber who got shot if he wasn't black?

As long as the liberals desperately need the Race War, the Gender War, the Drug War, the Class War, it will all continue.

 

That's an outstanding comparison, Glock. Some conservatives can't see their hypocrisy on this issue.

 

Yes, me too. There's a 'brotherhood' and a sense of camaraderie that's shared by vets from Nam, Korea, WWII and WWI. that overpowers prejudices and bigotry. I'm a 'former active Marine' (there are few, if any ex-Marines) There's an even stronger sense of brotherhood amongst Marines..Esprit de corps. color, ethnicity, religious beliefs etc. are negated.

 

Hmm, it worked for the sneetches....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sneetches_and_Other_Stories

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Dr. Seuss came up with a similar idea in the 1960s.

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See the sneetches for a remedy for that aspect.....

 

Nice strawman. As a conservative, I've never used the term, "white guilt." SO there goes that statement. It is not a staple in evey conservative's vocabulary.

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The venom of the tame "guilt ridden white liberal" vs the slavey evoking term "Uncle Tom" are not nearly the same. Kind of like "honky" is not as bad as the n-word. Cracker is the only one that gets close.

 

Like Jesse Jackson?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/09/jesse.jackson.comment/

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I have a few folks on ignore. That said, I don't tell them they are on ignore.......