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To: Alia
From a review at TCS by Dr. Helen of Shelby Steele's book White Guilt : How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era.

Oppression, says Steele, does not push people to rage or revolution. "Anger is acted out by the oppressed only when real weakness is perceived in the oppressor. Anger in the oppressed is a response to perceived opportunity, not to injustice." This makes sense: people who act out angrily usually do so when there is no threat of being punished and every indication that their anger will get them what they want. This is not always such a bad thing, of course, but black anger and the responding white guilt is not the psychological dynamic of freedom. It is a deal between the power hungry left and black leaders who care more about being thrown a bone and offering fake opportunity to their followers than they care about freedom, autonomy and excellence.

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I think we can offer Mr. Steele an object example.
200 posted on 05/09/2006 5:55:01 AM PDT by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: Locomotive Breath
Shelby was "punished" by the eau so tolerant in the academic community many years ago for making sense. And yet, this wonderful man, of whom I have the highest respect, keeps on.

See, the black racialists despise Shelby. For the same reason they despise Ward Connerly.

Steele: It is a deal between the power hungry left and black leaders who care more about being thrown a bone and offering fake opportunity to their followers than they care about freedom, autonomy and excellence."

Socialists offer the "Plantation mentality". Work for us, and we won't whip ya. But if you ever try to leave our "plantation", we'll lie about you and hurt you in ways you can't even begin to imagine.

Emotional and Domestic terrorism.

202 posted on 05/09/2006 6:14:25 AM PDT by Alia
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