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Milwaukee's black leaders say the enemy is within
My Way News ^ | July 7, 2005 | John Rondy

Posted on 07/08/2005 8:34:29 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Two days before the oldest and best-known U.S. civil rights group holds its yearly convention in Milwaukee, black leaders in the city say their community is being torn apart from the inside.

Civil rights leaders like 57-year-old Prentice McKinney, who fought to free Milwaukee's blacks from the ghetto, say gangs, drugs and violence have left those who still live in the nation's urban cores in fear of the next generation.

"Back then, the enemy was clear, it was white racists, and racist police officers," said McKinney, who was a black teen-age "commando" in the 1960s and now runs a tavern once frequented by fellow activists.

"It was a legalized system of segregation. And so, the challenge was between the white establishment and the African-American population. Today, the African-American population is being destroyed by its own youth ... an enemy from within."

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.myway.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: blackissues; civilrights; gangs; milwaukee; race; racism; violence
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1 posted on 07/08/2005 8:34:29 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Didn't Bill Cosby say this too?


2 posted on 07/08/2005 8:36:28 AM PDT by RockinRight (Democrats - Trying to make an a$$ out of America since 1933)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
At least somebody, other than Bill Cosby, seems to get it.
3 posted on 07/08/2005 8:37:19 AM PDT by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I wonder how long until the grand chastisement comes down from on high, and these honest folks are silenced or forced to offer a significant backpedaling retraction.

This free think cannot be tolerated if one is to be a victim.


4 posted on 07/08/2005 8:37:42 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
And still by white racists. They call themselves liberals now.

The decline of the black family has lead to the inner city problems. This goes the same for any social group as well. The rest of America isn't that far behind.

5 posted on 07/08/2005 8:38:21 AM PDT by stevio (Red-Blooded American Male (NRA))
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

They fear the younger generations, but still blame the whites.


6 posted on 07/08/2005 8:38:42 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
"Back then, the enemy was clear, it was white racists, and racist police officers," said McKinney, who was a black teen-age "commando" in the 1960s and now runs a tavern once frequented by fellow activists.

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This guy now runs a bar in the hood? You gotta love it...

8 posted on 07/08/2005 8:39:16 AM PDT by wtc911 (Rocky Sullivan died a coward.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

How you do "win economic equality for blacks?" Does that mean holding out your hand waiting for government to fill it with money? If that is what it means, Mr. Gordon is going to be very disappointed.


9 posted on 07/08/2005 8:40:39 AM PDT by RexBeach (Pardon me, but is that a malaise sandwich in your pocket or are you just glad to be in a funk?)
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To: AbeKrieger

Something like 85% of blacks in prison are there because of black-on-black crime...you can't paper over those stats..


10 posted on 07/08/2005 8:40:44 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Nice to hear some honesty once in a while. Bill Cosby thankfully has some backup these days.


11 posted on 07/08/2005 8:41:18 AM PDT by Alexander Rubin (You make my heart glad by building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
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To: Last Dakotan

I'm afraid that until any victim group stops blaming others for their problems they're not going to see any solutions soon.


12 posted on 07/08/2005 8:41:24 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

A willingness to become educated is another issue. It is not "acting White" or "selling out" to learn how to speak correctly, or learn how to add or subtract. The problem is not poor schools, but a disinclination amongst many of those in the ghetto to become educated.


13 posted on 07/08/2005 8:45:17 AM PDT by Sthitch
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To: wtc911

At least he runs something. That puts him ahead of some of his peers.


15 posted on 07/08/2005 8:49:00 AM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

an enemy from within

Can you say liberalism?


16 posted on 07/08/2005 8:49:37 AM PDT by rj45mis
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To: TheAstrolabe

*shrugs*


17 posted on 07/08/2005 8:54:13 AM PDT by Alexander Rubin (You make my heart glad by building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
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To: Alexander Rubin

Hopefully it will continue.

Milwaukee still has a terrible inner city, but I was shocked this last week when I went home how much some predominantly black neighborhoods have improved. Homes have been improved, yards are clean and flowerbeds are full. If you haven't lived in Milwaukee, you don't know how big of a step this is.

Even MLK Blvd which years ago I would not even drive down has some good areas of development taking place.

There is I think a certain pride being restored in parts of the city of Milwaukee and I think leaders in that community are starting to realize that, YES some of the problems are of their own doing.

I can only hope that things continue to improve. Statements like those in the article give me hope for Milwaukee yet.


18 posted on 07/08/2005 8:57:14 AM PDT by MNlurker
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To: Sthitch
>"A willingness to become educated is another issue. It is not "acting White" or "selling out" to learn how to speak correctly, or learn how to add or subtract. The problem is not poor schools, but a disinclination amongst many of those in the ghetto to become educated.

Self inflicted slavery of ignorance.

19 posted on 07/08/2005 8:58:00 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("If it's brown, drink it down. If it's black send it back." Homer's guide to drinking in Springfield)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Haa Haa Haa - Wait till the first crack house is busted and something goes wrong. Wait until an honor student shoots at a cop and gets killed!


20 posted on 07/08/2005 8:58:39 AM PDT by Nov3 ("This is the best election night in history." --DNC chair Terry McAuliffe Nov. 2,2004 8p.m.)
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