If white people start disliking black people for one black man's dumb comment, then they really never like black people to begin with. White people say dumb stuff all the time, but I cut them some slack.
THANK YOU,brwn!
Anyone who would let one man's off the wall comments "color"-excuse the pun-their opinions of an entire ethnic group is plain ignorant.
You said it! Sharpton and Jackson have been saying stupid stuff for decades, but I do not judge all blacks by what those race pimps say.
You're right. Energy and resources right now must be used in absolutely constructive ways. A lot of people, black, white, red and yellow have been hurt by this MASSIVE storm. West is nothing more to me than a toot in a whirlwind. Neither Red Cross, nor anyone else, can help what every MOUTH says. Of course, they will surely be told plenty about it. To alienate half of the potential donors is not smart.
The problem is that there are no high-profile black people refuting these irresponsible comments. When all we hear are irreponsible comments by Jesse Jackson, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Al Sharpton, Kayne West, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Julianne Malveaux, Maxine Waters, the idiot congressman from Harlem, whatever his name is, and the like it is very easy for non-thinking white people to attribute that thinking to blacks in general. These idiots spewing their venom is horrible for race relations.
You got it right... I was just trying to figure out how to say it. First I was stunned by the comment... THEN I was stunned by some of the reactions on the thread.
:-) Thank you for putting it SO SUCCINCTLY!
Bravo! Well said, and best kept in mind at all times.
AMEN