Posted on 08/19/2006 7:20:00 PM PDT by LeviJD
Are you sick of race hustlers pimping the race card? I am.
Maybe we should begin to ask ourselves why the race card continues to be played. Is it because it works? Is the concept of guilt, even guilt that should not be shouldered by a new generation, so strong that it overwhelms logical thinking?
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Friday blamed racism and government bureaucracy for hamstringing his city's ability to weather Hurricane Katrina and recover from the disaster that struck the Gulf Coast nearly a year ago.
(Excerpt) Read more at therightside.squarespace.com ...
It's pretty pathetic if you ask me. A real waste.
Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean, left, applauds Rev. Jesse Jackson after Jackson addressed members of the DNC during their summer meeting in Chicago, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006. The DNC is expected to add Nevada and South Carolina to the early presidential voting states. The change is designed to address a nagging problem for Democrats: How to give a greater voice in selecting a presidential nominee to minorities who are among the party's most loyal supporters.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
This got pulled just a few minutes ago on another thread. Bumping just to see if it sticks this time. :-)
A very talented black author, Shelby Steele, has written a book titled "White Guilt". I havn't read it yet but it's been widely acclaimed. I saw him interviewed on C-Span and he's even been on Rush's program.
It deals with this very topic and gets into race mongering, PC thinking, and how it's destructive of our political process -- and bad for all who are concerned with REAL civil rights!
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