Posted on 08/25/2005 2:56:18 PM PDT by nicollo
Wilkins lays the riots to:
The police were brutal; there were no jobs anywhere near the neighborhoods; public transportation was unreliable and inadequate; the schools were atrocious; housing was deteriorating; health care facilities were far away, limited and hard to get to. And worst of all, nobody cared enough to come and listen to their complaints.
Sadly, Prof. Wilkins read McWhorter's words but not his meaning. Of Prof. McWhorter's views on Watts, Wilkins says,
He thinks the energy from that explosion was appropriated by radical reformers lobbying for changes in welfare that ultimately destroyed the moral fiber of poor people and led to the inner-city desolation we experience today.
Yes, Wilkins, that's exactly what he thinks, and you put it so lucidly. But you can't bring yourself to believe it. So sad. Where Wilkins sees so much history in the abuse and sorry condition of American blacks exploding into the Riots, McWhorter sees the proper way out of it -- and that exit denied by the hijackers of the Civil Rights movement.
I was amazed the the (com)Post published McWhorter's article. I see now that, by bringing out the Big Gun, Wilkins, they scared themselves by it.
Good point. Of course, yes. The excuse... well, they'll have to come up with a new one. Could they blame it on God? Nah. Bush's fault...
"...act of God" -- oops, you already answered it. I didn't know about that, thanks.
Any middle-class resident of LA (or anyplace else in the US) who doesn't own firearms, is a fool
What do you suppose is the Korean merchant gun ownership these days...?
Since I don't know many Koreans who are utter fools, I would expect it to be well over 90+%
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I have no idea how either McWhorter or Wilkins view Booker T. Maybe someone knows. He set the argument long, long ago.
Pinging folks from the original McWhorter thread.
Nice to see you again. Glad you found this thread of use.
Watts riots made as much sense as self-neutering.
Come to think of it - that is the perfect description of what they did to themselves.
Btw, I have a some great period news articles on Booker T. and W.E.B. (who was amazingly conservative in his early publications). I'm ever fascinated by race and the progressive period. I don't think anyone understands it. I sure don't, although I'm quite certain that no one else does, either, no matter how much they think they do... Here are two fascinating articles by Booker Washington and WEB Du Bois that appeared in the NY Times in 1909, in anticipation of the 50th anniversaries of the Civil War:
Negro Four Years Hence: Booker T. Washington Takes Look AheadWarning: PDF files!Fifty Years Among Black Folks: Prof. Dubois Tells of Evolution of the Negro
Good to see you too! :) You put together a good comparative analysis, Nicollo. I added some keywords.
Your keywords: awesome! "Hot sauce" -- LOL!!!
>>>>Yes, Wilkins, that's exactly what he thinks, and you put it so lucidly.
It's easier to be lucid with the truth than with fiction.
Washington's view was that blacks couldn't indefinitely rely on the whims of whites, either to protect them or to ensure their economic stability. Through education---especially farming and technical education---he thought blacks could become self-sufficient until white society accepted them.
"Rivers of Blood, Years of Darkness" right betwen my Serpico book and the Zodiac Killer book.
Those aren't my specific keywords; but they were on similar threads concerning this topic and thereabouts. BURNBABYBURN -- the hotsauce being marketed by Black Panthers is one of my keywords.
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