Is he talking about Obama and the Congressional Black Caucus ?
The author is one of those brainwashed blacks Barkley is talking about.
I saw that when I was in high school. The dominant characters are merciless to their peers.
Is Barkley going to run for office? Even if he runs as a Democrat. He talked about it in the past.
Chars be right, but he be too white!
Great read until you get to the last line and you see all the stereo-typical leftie crap that Barkley is arguing against but the writer is too stupid to know it!
I’m a white guy who grew up in Oakland Californian. I still spend a lot of time there. I absolutely agree with everything Barkley said. I’ve been saying the same thing for years to my friends (black and white), but I’m not a famous athlete so no one gives a cr#p.
The hardest people to convince about of the facts of black America are white liberals from the burbs. They are so sanctimonious about ‘Republican racism’ (so called), but whenever I tell any of them I from Oakland and still have family in Oakland they always shudder....because....lets face it, they are afraid of the stereotypical black dude....the very dudes who they vote with every two years.
I respond by saying black people are absolutely fine and it’s not them (per se) making parts of Oakland unsafe. It’s liberal politicians and ignorance making parts of Oakland unsafe. It just so happens most blacks are liberals which to this day I don’t understand why. Any city run by liberals will be screwed up, it doesn’t matter what their color. The liberals took over Oakland in 1965 and it’s had problems ever sense. We’ve had a couple of decent mayors, but most get into power with liberal stem-winder speeches unfortunately
By the way, I love Oakland. It’s the greatest city on the face of the earth. The weather is fantastic, there is a of of culture, Jack London Square, a cool down town area, and the A’s, Warriors, and Raiders are great symbols for the city (no jokes about the Raiders please).
Thank you Charles for saying it like it is. I wish President Obama had your wisdom because things will never change in the black community until a black politician with your attitude comes to prominence.
“So, in life according to Barkley, Black people are unintelligent, crabs-in-a-barrel who should carry guns to protect ourselves from each other, whip our children and be nice to dangerous White-identifying men who stalk us on rainy nights.”
Um, NO. That’s not what Barkley was saying at all, Ms. Savali.
Just for grins and giggles, I did a quick search and looked up some of this author’s other articles. She’s a nut, and a regular at HuffPo and Alternet. Nuff said.
And yet just a few years back Barkley wanted to run for governor of Arizona as a Democrat - either he’s a fast learner or he doesn’t quite have all his facts straight yet as to who’s been “brainwashing” blacks for decades.....
Kirsten West Savali can’t handle the truth!