Posted on 06/07/2011 12:13:37 PM PDT by Starman417
For those of you who have never looked at my picture, Im a white guy. Given the subject of today's piece I might as well get it out of the way. In addition, other than participating in ROTC at Florida A&M University (an historically black institution), spending a semester in Florida States Degraff Hall dormitory (at that time the dorm established primarily for African American students) and minoring in Black Studies while at FSU, I dont have any particular experience in what one might call black culture. (I use the word culture in the general sense, recognizing that not every member of a particular group shares all aspects of that culture.)
I do have eyes however, and much of what I see of black America is not good. I say that not as an indictment of black people. On the contrary. I dont think blacks are any better or worse than anyone else on the planet or in the country.
That being said, I put pen to paper on this topic because of a series of disturbing headlines Ive seen over the last month combined with something Walter Williams recently said on John Stossels show. Over the Memorial Day weekend Drudge ran a series of headlines about chaos breaking out across the country: Chicago, Charlotte, Boston, Miami, Nashville The common factor across each of these melees was that the problems involved large groups of black teens and young adults. These stories dovetailed with numerous recent accounts of Flash Mobs across the country (Washington, Las Vegas, St. Paul) where similar groups of black youths descended on a store of one sort or another and brazenly walked off with hundreds or thousands of dollars of merchandise.
Something struck me about the people whom I was reading about or watching on video they seemed to have no appreciation for personal property. It seemed to me that the violence and mayhem being displayed was the result of people who had an entitlement mentality where they felt they could do whatever they wanted, could take whatever they wanted, regardless of the consequences on anyone else, simply because they could. One asks how do people end up with this type of mentality. The answer was obvious: the governments nanny state.
Then Walter Williams crystallized my thinking when he made the observation that government programs had accomplished what slavery could not do and what Jim Crow laws could not do they destroyed the black family. The numbers are stark. Williams points out that up until the 1940s between 75 & 90 percent of all black children were being raised in two parent homes while today the number is less than 1/3. He continued, pointing out that the illegitimacy rate amongst blacks was 18% in 1940 but ballooned to 72.5% in 2008. In a 1985 documentary he suggested that government programs, with their good intentions had led Americas black families into Hell.
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
People who are out of touch failed to notice that the white family has been destroyed by the divorce/cohabitation industry over about 35 years by both political parties. Embrace the default ahead. Enjoy the slide.
Going against the grain is tough in any society, it seems.
Going against the grain is tough in any society, it seems.
It is, but it can be done. I think the 2012 Election will see more Black folk jumping ship and not voting with the Dems (hopefully).
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