Posted on 11/09/2005 9:03:32 AM PST by Oynx
Ben Carson?
"For four long decades, African-Americans have been stuck in a leadership vacuum"
Sharpton and Jackson are going to be angry with that one.
Course they have made a lot of money not being leaders.
Huh? There's nothing diverse about Jane Fonda and the NAACP.
Am I just weird to think that the idea that they NEED a leader is racist?
I've been all around the world, met a lot of people. I've met people as diverse as Mary-Kate and Ashley Olson.
Not really
Nope. It's 2000-freakin'-5 get off race already!
"I've met people as diverse as Mary-Kate and Ashley Olson."
im sorry to hear that.
Welcome to FR.
The freak on the right has rather scrawny legs...I guess that is what they call macho;)
She's over in France spreading her love.
Next question, please.
Isn't this a family forum?
My point exactly.
I vote for Jesse Peterson.
This is the most revealing line in the op-ed. The writer actually seems to have some sense--at least in comparison with Cynthia Tucker and her editorial staff--but she cannot seem to imagine that anyone other than the self-styled "progressives" could address the problems of the contemporary black community. Not surprisingly, the best such forward-thinkers can come up is chess lessons for kids who live in radically dysfunctional homes and communities. The next step, I expect, is getting the government to subsidize these lessons.
Sorry,but this is one of the silliest things I have ever read.
I really don't get the guy's point.
Except she will be white - and will finally call attention to affirmative action, minority set asides, minority only scholarships, minority only interns, civil exam minority bonuses as for what they are - Pure Racism - just like sitting at the back of the bus...
Well, it's hard to find leadership in a community that so prizes its victimhood.
You can't be a victim and a leader at the same time; people are not inspired to follow victims.
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