Posted on 09/06/2005 5:20:49 AM PDT by jmc1969
LET ME START by saying that if I had my life to live over a thousand times, the one thing I would not change would be my race. I am proud to be a black man. There are times however, when I wish that certain people and I did not share that trait.
For the past few days, the whole world ... well, at least those who have access to satellite and cable television, have been seeing pictures of the virtually total devastation of the cities of the U.S. Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina. An estimated 90 per cent of homes in New Orleans have been destroyed by flood waters and more than 100 people have been confirmed dead.
We see people standing on the roofs of their submerged homes desperate to be rescued, others being airlifted to safety, and we have heard tear-jerking stories of families losing their loved ones. But in all of this, we have also seen the really dark side of black people.
The day after the hurricane passed, there were reports of looting but network reporters had been saying that people were looting out of desperation, in search of food and water. A lot they knew.
The pictures I have been seeing are of people - black people - stealing shoes, diapers, and television sets. Not food and definitely not water. Not unless the armfuls of clothing, shoes, and appliances I see people wading through the streets with count as food and water.
Now, if all the looters were looting out of desperation, how desperate were the guy and girls I saw toting several boxes of size 13 Nikes? How desperate was the fellow with the stack of diapers? What, is it that he has several babies at home suffering from loose bowels? What am I talking about, what home? Everything is under water and what isn't, has been totally destroyed.
Plasma TV?
And just what are those guys stealing the plasma television sets going to be watching when there is no power in the entire city?
Desperation? Yeah, right. I am beginning to believe that black people, no matter where in the world they are, are cursed with a genetic predisposition to steal, murder, and create mayhem.
The entire firearm department at a Wal-Mart department store, for example, was cleaned out and the looters used the stolen weapons to rob people. How low is that? Everybody is suffering and the black people would seek to rob people who are suffering just like themselves.
No white looters?
And it has nothing to do with poverty. Where are the white people in all this? I am sure there are poor white people living in New Orleans, Biloxi and the other towns affected by what has been going on. Is it that the media are not showing pictures of them looting and robbing? Or is it that they are too busy trying to stay alive, waiting to be rescued, and hiding from the blacks.
And you know what? Even if the poor whites were looting and robbing, wouldn't it be nice if the blacks could have made them the only ones doing it
Just once, I would like for us blacks to take the high road in situations like this, where instead of showing our darkest side, we put our best foot forward. But I guess that would be too much to ask, too much of a case of wishful thinking.
Sounds equivalent to me [**rolls eyes**]
Blacks and whites had the same marriage rate in 1940. It wasn't slavery that broke up the black family, it was liberal welfare. I've heard liberal friends say it's easier to just "pay off" the blacks than to deal with them. To dismiss humans this way is horrible.
If Bill Cosby wants to see if his generation was just raised better, here's an experiment he can try. He can go to a middle class white community and offer every girl under the age of 16 a free house and the same amount of money her mother lives on in exchange for having a child out of wedlock. In other words, he can recreate the effects of welfare. (It would be unethical to do this, so I'm not really recommending it )
Here's what will happen: The girls, not having the wisdom to see that what works in the immediate won't work in the future, will think "I can't stand listening to my Mom tell me what to do and I want my own place". And the most vulnerable girls will make the short term call and ruin their lives. Later others will follow. Now the "deal" with the girls is if they have a man live with them, or if they get married, they lose the check. The young woman will start to see men differently. Rather than looking for a man who will protect them and their children, or just be a partner, they'll see the responsible man as a threat to the "check". Why bother with all the compromise in a relationship, standards etc, when an out-of-wedlock child is an absolute and undemanding meal ticket? And the men? They'll do what it takes to win the women. Looking good becomes more important than being good. Losers become winners, and the social order is turned upside down. Men who are exciting become more attractive then men who are dependable. And the culture degrades. During the Vietnam war a similar thing happened with Vietnamese taxi drivers having more wealth than the teachers and intellectuals. What you reinforce, you get more of...
Another unintended consequence is useless men are angry men.
I see the analogy.
Blacks and whites had the same marriage rate in 1940. It wasn't slavery that broke up the black family, it was liberal welfare. I've heard liberal friends say it's easier to just "pay off" the blacks than to deal with them. To dismiss humans this way is horrible.
If Bill Cosby wants to see if his generation was just raised better, here's an experiment he can try. He can go to a middle class white community and offer every girl under the age of 16 a free house and the same amount of money her mother lives on in exchange for having a child out of wedlock. In other words, he can recreate the effects of welfare. (It would be unethical to do this, so I'm not really recommending it )
Here's what will happen: The girls, not having the wisdom to see that what works in the immediate won't work in the future, will think "I can't stand listening to my Mom tell me what to do and I want my own place". And the most vulnerable girls will make the short term call and ruin their lives. Later others will follow. Now the "deal" with the girls is if they have a man live with them, or if they get married, they lose the check. The young woman will start to see men differently. Rather than looking for a man who will protect them and their children, or just be a partner, they'll see the responsible man as a threat to the "check". Why bother with all the compromise in a relationship, standards etc, when an out-of-wedlock child is an absolute and undemanding meal ticket? And the men? They'll do what it takes to win the women. Looking good becomes more important than being good. Losers become winners, and the social order is turned upside down. Men who are exciting become more attractive then men who are dependable. And the culture degrades. During the Vietnam war a similar thing happened with Vietnamese taxi drivers having more wealth than the teachers and intellectuals. What you reinforce, you get more of...
Another unintended consequence is useless men are angry men.
Fine. Any condemnation would be a welcome sign over the excuse making.
Yes we do! In the South we even label them White Trash all the time looking down our long white noses.
It's all about attitude and beliefs and values. From my experience in Mississippi, Blacks there were more God-fearing and socially conservative than most of the whites.
Some Blacks let the color of their skin define what their attitudes are, and they are encouraged by the likes of Jesse Jackson. Most of us are willing to be color-blind, but they aren't.
Racism will always exist, but those who take an attitude of "So What?" and don't let it get in their way will find a way to succeed in life.
The Jacksons and the Sharptons make their money off of telling Blacks, "the White man won't let you succeed."
He could at least drink it.
Which of these "mothers" are against abortion?
Cranking a kid makes not a mother, especialy one exploiting them as hostages forbiding by court order the man from being around.
Looters all the same.
The deadbeat father is a myth.
The deadbeat proabortion looting exploiting mother is a fact clammored with pride and empowerment.
Get a grip
But doesn't beer, like any alcoholic beverage actually dehydrate the body?
BTW, the epsisode was "Day of the Dove"
Probably, but I have no idea. I am allergic to hops so it would only give me a massive headache, and with all the asprin and benedril soaked I think I would rather die of thirst.
No BS. There are folks that believe FR is as racist as any of those other sites simply because we are Republican. It is not the genetic inferiority of blacks that is the issue. Let those other sites tout what they will, it is the fact that one CANNOT point out that an overwhelming majority of the thugs and looters are black without a ritual bowing and scraping chant of "I am not a racist".
Sorry if you think that political correctness only affects people to the left of you.
You are extremely lucky that you didn't say that to my face.
Icestuous pedophiles spend time with their family
Feminist doing abortion have their privacy time with their family
sarcasm off
You are extremely lucky you can have the loopholes you enjoy to call yourself a father and get away with it.
Hopefully the levees that broke will expose the "levers of power" that failed to defend and protect the people who placed them in office, and in the future some fresher and clearer current of thinking will clean out some of the real scum.
Blacks and whites had the same marriage rate in 1940. It wasn't slavery that broke up the black family, it was liberal welfare. I've heard liberal friends say it's easier to just "pay off" the blacks than to deal with them. To dismiss humans this way is horrible.
If Bill Cosby wants to see if his generation was just raised better, here's an experiment he can try. He can go to a middle class white community and offer every girl under the age of 16 a free house and the same amount of money her mother lives on in exchange for having a child out of wedlock. In other words, he can recreate the effects of welfare. (It would be unethical to do this, so I'm not really recommending it )
Here's what will happen: The girls, not having the wisdom to see that what works in the immediate won't work in the future, will think "I can't stand listening to my Mom tell me what to do and I want my own place". And the most vulnerable girls will make the short term call and ruin their lives. Later others will follow. Now the "deal" with the girls is if they have a man live with them, or if they get married, they lose the check. The young woman will start to see men differently. Rather than looking for a man who will protect them and their children, or just be a partner, they'll see the responsible man as a threat to the "check". Why bother with all the compromise in a relationship, standards etc, when an out-of-wedlock child is an absolute and undemanding meal ticket? And the men? They'll do what it takes to win the women. Looking good becomes more important than being good. Losers become winners, and the social order is turned upside down. Men who are exciting become more attractive then men who are dependable. And the culture degrades. During the Vietnam war a similar thing happened with Vietnamese taxi drivers having more wealth than the teachers and intellectuals. What you reinforce, you get more of...
Another unintended consequence is useless men are angry men.
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