[Capriole]

Everybody ought to run out and read Star Parker's new book, Uncle Sam's Plantation. Excellent evocation of some of the same points and an evisceration of the culture that holds black people back.

I see it around me in the place where I work. I see intelligent and talented but lazy and sullen black people who think there is racism everywhere, and blame racism for their failures instead of taking responsibility for their unwillingness to focus and work hard. There are also some more thoughtful young black people who have made a rather painful decision to move forward and leave their friends and family in the ghetto culture behind while they achieve success. I feel sorry for them as I watch them struggle with one of the big ethical questions of life.

[WaterDragon]

I worked for years in an office filled with ultra-libs, and they were the worst racists I've come across. Blacks were hired, really good, intelligent, creative people, but the libs seemed to get a sly kick out of condescending, playing mind games and amazingly drove them away. The libs' pets in my office were Hispanics for some reason. A Hispanic could be lazy, or be stealing us blind, and he/she would simply be transferred to another office. None of it made the least sense to me. But it was an eye-opener!