None of that is new. I remember the treatment smart and conscientious black kids got from other black kids in grade school... and that was a LOOOONG time ago.
Also, I worked with a super efficient black woman in an insurance office who told me: “I have to work twice as hard here as everyone else because that other black woman over there comes in late, does a bad job and is lazy ...so I have to make up for the awful image SHE projects.’ And it’s true, this woman worked her a%$ off.
Good for Sir Charles! Most people in his position have been intimidated enough to silence them.
Having spent a bit of time in the ghetto trying to help a few bright, ambitious crabs climb out of the pot, I can attest to the accuracy of Barkley’s statements.
Too many blacks have been brainwashed from the cradle to think that it is all whitey’s fault when they face more pressure to be a failure than successful. And eaders like Sharpton and Jackson whose primary job is to keep racial hatred stirred up aren’t helping.
Bravo for Sir Charles ...he and a few other prominent Blacks like Bill Cosby understand the problems in the Black community are not the result of racism, but of the attitudes and gangsta culture in the Black community. It is the race baiters like Al Sharpton who are doing great disservice to the Black community by being enablers for this cultural wasteland.
Lyndon Johnson (or at least his strategist) was brilliant.
The War on Poverty built a totally govt dependent segment of society that is a bulwark of Democrat votes and off limits to any criticism in “polite” society.
it’s only a secret from the PC Crowd.
Guess Charles has grown up a bit since he ran his mouth back in his 70s’ Olympic days. Couldn’t stand him then and can’t now but have to give him kudos for this.