Posted on 12/26/2005 12:58:04 PM PST by summer
I voted for Goldwater in my first presidential election, and every republican since.
I was born 8 years after Goldwater's presidential run, but acknowledge that without that 1964 campaign the Reagan Revolution would have never ocurred.
But at least he's trying, and he is right on the money.
Too bad nobody's going to read it under Times Select.
Wow! Your comments really further the discussion....
The only thing the community can do as a whole, is "judge" the individual....but that has kind of gone out of style.
Some food for thought?
It pre-dates hip-hop culture....I grew up in NYC and it had little to do with race as to "who" tagged. I'll confess to spraying myself...and it was a dareful thing to do, for a straight 'A' student in junior high school in the 70's. I think it was a city phenomena...don't remember seeing it out long island or upstate way.
Unbelieving mark.
Whats to discuss. History is there. Read it. Those that want off the plantation get off and those wanting to stay, stay. For those that call educational opportunity white mans way of keeping us down, there is no hope.
Well, we all knew that this thread couldn't continue without at least some ignorance.
Article is linked in Post #50.
Here is a meaningful excerpt:
Black children routinely get a rough start in life. Two-thirds of them are born out of wedlock, and nearly half of all black children brought up in a single-parent household are poor. Those kids are much more likely to drop out of school, struggle economically, be initiators or victims of violence, and endure a variety of serious health problems.
We can pretend that these terrible things are not happening, but they are. There's a crisis in the black community, and it won't do to place all of the blame on society and government.
I've spent years writing about unfairness and appalling injustices. Society is unfair and racism is still a rampant evil. But much of the suffering in black America could be alleviated by changes in behavior. What's more, those behavioral changes would empower the community in ways that would make it easier to successfully confront opponents in government and push the society in a more equitable direction.
The problems facing black people today are comparable in magnitude to those of the Jim Crow era of the 20th century. There were leaders in those days who were equal to the challenge.
I believe that nothing short of a new movement, comparable in scope and dedication to that of the civil rights era, is required to bring about the changes in values and behavior needed to halt the self-destruction that is consuming so many black lives. The crucial question is whether the leadership exists to mount such an effort.
A good first step would be a summit meeting of wise and dedicated men and women willing to think about creative new ways to approach such problems as crime and violence, out-of-wedlock births, drug and alcohol abuse, irresponsible sexual behavior, misogyny, and so on.
Addressing issues of values and behavior within the black community should not in any way imply a lessening of the pressure on the broader society to meet its legal and ethical obligations.
Guy speaks the truth.
Well if "Why can't we all just get along?", worked, we'd be doing great. It is going to take a real catalyst to get something moving, and all catalyst of late are deemed as racist attempts to keep blacks under the thumb.
Oh my God, Jesse Jackson is going to crucify this guy!
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