“. If you are a normal, white American, the truth is you don’t understand being black in America and you instinctively under-estimate the level of discrimination and the level of additional risk.””
To the contrary, normal white Americans understand what being black is better than blacks because we aren’t jaded nor have been brainwashed to accept that blacks are oppressed by whites. They don’t understand what it is like to have a job given to someone else, not because of skill set, but because of pigment. They don’t understand the promises given them election after election which amounts to nothing. They don’t understand how they are used and abused by the hand that purports to feed them.
They see the world as what is owed them because of their skin color. We actually know what it means. But what they really do not understand is on any given weekend in Chicago, that’s the norm and not the exception.
When I look at blacks I see Condoleeza Rice, Colin Powell, Alan West, Hermann Cain. I see what anyone, regardless of skin color is capable of. They see Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson Corrine Brown and the CBC, race baiters who make their living off of the backs of self oppressed blacks.
Refusing to open their eyes to what is going on around them isn’t my problem, nor should I be blamed for their problems. It will only be the day they take the Reverend Wrights of the world and string them up will they shed their stigma of being oppressed by whitey.
Being black in America isn’t a blanket. Their are levels under that blanket.
Black Americans . . Those who have taken advantage of the opportunities offered by this country and succeeded just as any other American and reached the highest levels.
African-Americans . . Victims created by the Democrat party for their votes. They believe that the country owes them a good living because many years ago their ancestors came from Arica and they are here. They do not think that the opportunities offered are for them because that would require them to actually take responsibly for their lives and not the welfare agencies. They expect that they are owed housing, medical, phone service, and education all paid for by whitey.
Then there is the rest . . and they are called exactly what they call themselves. They exhibit the same characteristics as above but on steroids.