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.
The Jamaica Star is the second-most popular newspaper in Jamaica, next to the Gleaner. One thing about Jamaicans and West Indians in general -- they are not afraid to call it as they see it, regardless of who may be hearing or reading their words.
This is different from American blacks, where they're told by fellow (mostly liberal) blacks to "not to expose their dirty laundry" and to keep quiet about the ills of what is happening in their neighborhoods, schools, etc.
>>>>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.
They don't consider them individual human beings. They belong to a group.
I agree with you (that the breakdown of the family is all important in causing the shredding of our social fabric -- and that it affects whites as well as blacks).
But a little pespective on the "more whites than blacks on welfare" factoid that is endlessly repeated to try to excuse failure in the black community:
(1) proportionally in the population, there are probably more blacks on welfare than whites; and
(2) white welfare recipients are more likely to get off welfare more quickly.
Why the disparity? Because of the culture of resentment and entitlement --and dependence of the government largesse-- encouraged by race-baiters. AND by the destruction of the black family by Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society."
Encouraging dependency on government largesse has bought the Democrat Party a whole lot of votes.
But President Clinton was finally forced to sign "welfare reform" into law a few years ago, with limits placed on the length of time a "family" can receive welfare payments.
I hope these limits are helping all welfare recipients, black and white, to get off the dole and build a decent life for themselves.
It's a mindset. Uncle Sam's Plantation.....the Great Society gone bad. Anytime a person is dependent on government for survival, you don't have much of a chance to break from it. Some have, most don't. A vicious cycle of poverty and dependence. Pitiful!
Some Freepers insult EVERYBODY.
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It's more to do with the dark side of man. Without Christ, this is a surprise?
Very well said!
Kaie in N.O. interviews a black family that won't leave.
Grandpa
Grandma
Son-in-law
Grandson
They have a generator, food, water and basic necessities. They look cheerful, (despite the situation), well-fed and self-provided. They are resolved to stay.
N.O. needs more folks like this.
So very true. All human beings, no matter the race, are capable of this kind of behavior.
I think you can understand why some whites loath blacks.
To some degree. It is not as widespread as the feminists would have us believe, but they are out there.
However, alcohol leeches moisture from the body. He should have had a case of water.
I fear you're right...
And, of course, you are one of those whites who loathes blacks.
But go ahead. Continue to attribute the actions of some black idiots to all of us. We're all guilty. I'm sure you can find those who agree with you, such as Steve Sailor, Jared Taylor, and Peter Brimelow of VDARE.com. Sam Francis most assuredly would agree with you, if he were still living.
If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.
If a white male wrote this he would be tarred and feathered as a racist Nazi. But a black person can write this up, call it as he sees it and nobody breaks out the buckets and chickens. Very interesting.
I agree that is not purely based on color, but color and culture are intertwined, at least in most parts of the US. There are many poor whites in the areas affected, and though they are poor and uneducated, they are not black, and that has a lot to do with what subcultural traits they adhere to and embrace.
I've said it before, I'll say it again....some threads are to FR what canaries were to the coalmines.
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I'm from Southie in Bean Town.
This wouldn't have happened.
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