Posted on 06/24/2007 12:55:12 PM PDT by Trueblackman
I can tell you as a Black Man who has served his nation, that the Black Community has no love for you if you did.
Most of the black Community lives in a delusional state about military service and life, parroting long ago debunk myths from left of center Black Politicians and washed up as well as burned out self-appointed leaders, whose day was 40 years ago.
The truth of the matter is very simply, a majority of Blacks hate to see another Black achieve anything, from education to a well paying job; any Black who achieves something without the stamp of victimization must be destroyed no questions asked.
Those Blacks who enlist or receive a commission are often torn down as “Sellouts and Uncle Toms, who are going out to fight the Whiteman’s Wars,” but you get respect from the same Blacks as long as you blaming all of your life’s ills on White Man.
A Male you achieve “Hero or Thug Status,” in the Black Community on the number of times you have been to jail or shot, the number of out of wedlock kids you have (and you receive bonus points if you don’t take care of them), how much poison you can sell to your own people and then call yourself a rap artist after a 2 year stunt in a county or state jail.
A female is all the talk of her peers if she finds herself “A Street Soldier,” (same as Thug), who she hooks up with becoming his “Boo or Thug Bitch,” pushing out his babies and collecting welfare. These are the modern day heroes among a majority of Blacks, but if you want better than all this and use the military as a means to escape this then be prepared to hear questions like “Why are you selling out and going to the military, you ain’t keeping it real doing that”?
Granted that I grew up middle class in Prince George’s County Maryland with both parents in my home, I chose to enlist in the United States Navy after a short stunt in college given that my Father and Grandfather were both in the military. When I was growing up and attending school, my fellow Blacks and some mostly liberal White would attack me verbally and physically for striving to obtain an education and wanting more, no it is better to be Black and Dumb and thus easy pick-ins for those who promote “Black Victim Status,” but from the first day I walked through the gate at Naval Recruit Training Command Great Lakes on that cold February Evening in 1993, I was told I could be more and more was demanded of me over the course of my 7 Years from Black and White Officers and Enlisted alike, but each time I returned home on leave I had to hear the questions like “How could you go in the Navy,” “The Military is racist” and “You are out killing some of your own people.”
I often chuckled to myself at the level of stupidity of these fools, first of all as a Black Man, I have a better chance of getting killed on the streets of Washington DC by another Black Man for $10, than Terrorist in Baghdad, I have encountered more racism from my own community than outside of it and lastly at least I have a job unlike most of my so-called enlightened peers.
Blacks who make the choice to serve often get no thanks from their own community and even worst their own families often times the only respect we get is from our fellow members, veterans and those outside our community. If military service is indeed a scarlet letter in the Black Community then I wear mine proudly because I am more than just someone’s victim in life.
What’s “conservative TV”?
Well, if you have to ask, I can’t help you.
Strong black men serve as excellent leaders in the military. Those qualities are wasted on gang allegiance. As a military guy, I’ve worked for some excellent black leaders.......we need more of them.
We need to focus on common values first and our heritage much later...one of those values is allegiance to the USA. The left wants us to focus on our ethnicity first which succeeds in dividing us.
I don't need "help". I asked you a simple question. You can either choose to answer it or not. It appears you prefer not to answer it, for whatever reason. I can only come to the conclusion that your original comment was BS, since you haven't the ability to answer such a simple question regarding your remarks. The internet is full of lies and disinformation.
I’m not sure if it is as universally bad as you portray it, but I will concede it is as bad as you say in some segments of the Black community. Let us never forget it was the Welfare State of the liberals and Democrats that caused the worst of this.
As a fellow black veteran I salute your service and your fidelity to speaking truth.
If I remember correctly, black people were killed right along with white folks on 9/11. Since they are equal opportunity terrorists, and make no distinctions between the races, I guess this isn't really a Whiteman's War, at all.
Trueblackman,
I applaud your position and wisdom.
You have achieved being colorless.
By the way, thank you for your service from a fellow vet.
Ouch!
I am disturbed to see this from you. It makes me very sad.
Thanks for being a great American. ^5’s
I experienced playing sports, either together on the same team or being a competitive opponent, also achieved great mix race relations. Respect is earned during and remains afterwards, unless one has no respect for themselves. I know a few of them, also.
It’s time to come up with a name in response to “Tom”. Something that represents their preference for useful-idiot taken-for-granted victim status. Something they’d have a hard time refuting and know to be disparaging. I don’t yet know what that is. But I’m sure we can put our heads together and think of something.
People like you are a credit to the human race.
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