Posted on 11/24/2017 2:37:59 PM PST by Cecily
agreed.
Tony Dungy’s All Pro Dad
Please elaborate. I have no clue who that is or why you mention him.
Mr. Washington is one of my favorite actors. “Book of Eli” is my favorite movie by Denzel. “Training Day” is one of his best performances, IMO.
He also made a nice little gem called “The Mighty Quinn” back in the late ‘80s where he plays a Caribbean island police chief.
"Name the former NFL coach and the name of the organization for which he is the national spokesperson that has as its mission statement 'to help you love and lead your family well. Be a hero to your kids.'"
Answer: Coach Tony Dungy, All Pro Dad.
Exactly what you were looking for in your post #17. If every idiot taking a knee got involved in that organization instead of making useless and counterproductive on-field gestures, think of what a difference that would actually make in the life of a young black boy. (although race doesn't matter for that organization, any dad could profit by it).
I have a tremendous amount of respect for Coach Dungy and any player who uses their fame and fortune to promote such a worthwhile and desperately needed program.
ooo telling the truth will get you labeled
These comments will not be welcomed by the black community.
Thanks for your very excellent points and highlighting such a wonderful mission by the coach.
By age 5 or 6 a boy raised by a proper, healthy, loving Dad has learned how to treat a woman like a gentleman in some key respects that should last his lifetime.
This may end up like the situation where the black female diversity & inclusion executive at Apple correctly pointed out that diversity goes beyond just the surface aspects of race, gender, ethnicity etc., but after she was excoriated by the SJW's on the left, she quickly walked back her comments even though she was correct.
A similar situation on the hollywood side occurred with Chris Rock after he did his ni**as vs. black people comedy bit. Although it was accurate and well-received by the audience, he was criticized for daring to point out the flaws of “the community” and has overcompensated in the other direction ever since.
I imagine that Denzel Washington has enough F.U. Money to withstand any threats from the hollywood set to have him ostracized, but we shall see.
The Book of Eli is an excellent film. John Q is essentially a 2-hour infomercial / propaganda piece for a socialized medical system.
hmmm, been over a decade since I watched it and didn’t notice that, although I don’t think I watched for things like that back then.
There’s plenty more. Maybe we’ll watch the one with John Goodman about the body jumping demon or bad angel or whatever azul(?) was.
Time is on my side, yes it is.
Would have been a good one to watch around Halloween time.
Denzel Washington says upbringing and a lack of father figures are to blame for many young men ending up in jail. The Oscar winner, 62, was speaking at the premiere of his latest film, Roman J. Israel, Esq.... Asked if the film made him feel more cynical about the justice system, the star replied: 'It starts at home.'
Everything you wrote is true.
But let me ask you this: did you think your success was somebody else’s responsibility? Why then do you think that someone else’s success is yours? Every one was minefields that have to walk through and pitfalls we must avoid.
Too may African Americans took the easy money and destroyed themselves in the process. The status quo has created a dependent class that we pay for, that produce the cash crop, votes, to keep those in power, who rob us to pay for the votes they need (a vicious circle). Liberals have created, with the help of the very people they targeted, African Americans, a dependent class (African Americans) and a slave class to pay for them (us).
I am agreeing that this status quo is stacked against them (and us). I am also saying that this fact shouldn’t matter if a group is determined to help themselves (back to the Irish). Until African Americans take the red pill, look in the mirror and say to themselves: “I am my problem and my solution”, nothing will change and nothing will get better. If they do that, they will take the first steps to freeing both themselves, and ironically, us.
Though the Irish example is interesting and presents a hopeful “way out”, so to speak, this is a more complicated and drastically larger problem. With the Irish example, this was a group in a relatively small area in one particular city (NYC), although they were obviously spread out elsewhere, but this was still a small area where you could comprehend the problem and work on solutions for the long term presumably with folks eager to make a better life.
In the case of Blacks (at least those that aren’t of recent African or Caribbean immigrant status), it’s a far more complex and difficult problem. For one: the left has put out one of their propaganda points for many years now that Blacks are where they are now because of slavery and institutional racism. If that were the case, how did Blacks manage to come together after being freed, establish full-fledged traditional families (which had formerly been ripped apart), start businesses, flourish, etc. from Reconstruction and afterwards into the 20th century (despite Jim Crow) ? For a time, their legitimacy rate was higher than that of Whites. Their lives, too, were centered around the church (be it Baptist, AME, Catholic, etc.). Education was a top priority. Even amongst the poorest, they wanted their children to have more and be better than themselves. In other words, all mainstream American ideals.
If this were applied to Irish, it would be the reverse of the article’s example. Reaching mainstream, only to have forces willfully send them back to the horrors of those high-crime areas in Lower Manhattan. From riches to rags.
It would be as if that Catholic Priest cited in the article as a leader in the Irish-American community decided that they shouldn’t rise above where they are. In fact, where they are is due entirely to English-Protestant bigotry, and that they should just try to suck them dry. Elected scores of officials whose sole mission is to perpetuate misery, a welfare state, and keep said Irish perpetually aggrieved against the majority. The officials and leaders cannot and will not acknowledge self-inflicted problems, because that risks upsetting the “scam.” After decades of this approach, the overwhelming number of Irish will believe this all to be an absolute truth. If you speak against it as an individual, you’re viewed as an Uncle Tom (or Uncle “Paddy”) and self-loathing towards your own community.
To make matters even more appalling, those individuals who do manage to flourish and break into the middle class or wealthy, the mindset is STILL the same. They got there in spite of institutional racism and are where they are to thumb their nose at the majority and perhaps help undermine them for revenge against their people (certainly not to lift up their own people). When you have 99% of your own elected officials and self-appointed leaders all preaching from the same book of falsehoods, it is extraordinarily difficult to stand up against it as an individual.
There’s probably no group in America that faces more scorn and hatred than Black Conservatives who think for themselves. These are the true revolutionaries. Sadly, at best, there may be only about 10% or so (at least of those who vote) that break from the pack. But 10% in elections equals zero when it comes to winning offices in overwhelmingly Black constituencies. The only places they can hope to win are in areas where most of their own people do not live, not the places that need that courage and leadership to help “red pill” the community more than anywhere else.
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