State of the Black Union

Final Call News ^ | Updated Mar 3, 2005, 07:58 pm | Askia Muhammad

[TexasCajun]

I'd better keep my thoughts to myself before I get a 'timeout'.

[TexasCajun]

I don't see where this group invited the other Jesse, the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson.

Judge Joe Brown probably would have beat him up. Again.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

"...invited three dozen distinguished Black thinkers, religious leaders, labor leaders elected officials — including Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, civil rights leader Joseph Lowery, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson among them..."

Major disconnect with the misleading terminology.

[Rummyfan]

Mr. Smiley invited three dozen distinguished Black thinkers, religious leaders, labor leaders elected officials—including Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, civil rights leader Joseph Lowery, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson among them

So where were the distinguished leaders and thinkers?

No Thomas Sowell, no Clarence Thomas, no Walter Williams, no Condi Rice, no Colin Powell, etc etc.

[jpl]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Dr. Thomas Sowell probably wasn't invited either. :)

[sit-rep]

Biting my lip also, I will leave this for fairycon...

[Restorer]

I'm not sure I've ever seen a more vaguely defined vision.

[Rummyfan]

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson

Just WTH is Dyson a doctor of?????

[AbeKrieger]

So where were the distinguished leaders and thinkers?

Well, the leaders are there... the same pathetic leaders that are showing their victims how to continue to be victims of their own selves every day of their lives. As for thinkers? Nary a one named.

[garyhope]

“addressing the problems of our people.”

The only problem "(y)our people" have is continually bitching and whining about being "oppressed".

The only people who are oppressed in this country are the ones who don't go out and work and actually produce something besides "words" and "studies" and "reports" and have "meetings" and "committees".

Just STFU and get a job or start a business or move. There are lots' of socialist "paradises" out there for the talkers and naive, stupid utopians.

In my own life, I've found that blaming anybody for anything produces absolutely NOTHING!

As corny as some self help cliches sound, some of them are right. Be PROACTIVE, not reactive.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Lynn Swann and Ken Blackwell weren't in attendance either.

[siunevada]

We in leadership, make a covenant with your people, that we will never sell them out,” said Min. Farrakhan.

Okay. Why would leadership feel the need to make such a promise?

[BadAndy]

Rather than compare the economic and social conditions of blacks and whites, I have a suggestion. Try comparing the ecomonic conditions of poor blacks with prosperous ones. For the sake of comparison we will leave out rap stars, entertainers and athletes as they are a special case.

Things to compare include:
education level
marital status
number of out of wedlock children
number and types of criminal convictions/arrests
employment history (years employed, # jobs, # times fired)
drug use
Raised by 1 or 2 parents.
gang membership

I think if blacks can get someone to do a sophisticated analysis for them, the results would be crystal clear as to the problem in their community.

[vox humana]

The writer, Askia Muhammad, is the author of a 1977 article titled: "Civil War in Islamic America"

[quantim]

Conyers could't think himself out of a Dr. Seuss story line if The Cat In The Hat's life depended on it.

[sure_fine]

must be a black thingy

[SmithL]

When does Judge Janice Rogers Brown get her turn to speak?

[rdb3]

Judge Joe Brown probably would have beat him up. Again.

Wrong judge. You're talking about "Judge" Greg Mathis.

This is a ch__ch. What's missing?

[Buffettfan]

SCUM, every single one of them.

[guitar4jesus]

Black Union??