It bothered me that Obama made little reference to blacks’ responsibility to clean up “black culture” to help future generations.
He did, however, list government programs to help.
I believe the next step in erasing the past for decendants of slaves is to take responsibility for their culture and what their children see and do.
You know what? Had it not been for slavery, the blacks in this country would be living among squalor, starvation and a rampant AIDS epidemic in about every country in Africa. They should be greatful that their distant ancestors went through, so that they can have the life they have now. Bizarre aint it?
He called the notion of self-help a CONSERVATIVE notion.....he addressed issues and said things that I have NEVER seen any other politician discuss or touch. He diagnosed the current state of race-relations perfectly.
His solutions however ever remain Marxist in nature.
His shot and Reagan was below the belt and uncalled for. He pretty much said that his ENTIRE coalition was based on reverse discrimination.
Kind of ridiculous - unless you count taking down of the USSR as discrimination.
“That anger is not always productive; indeed, all too often it distracts attention from solving real problems; it keeps us from squarely facing our own complicity in our condition, and prevents the African-American community from forging the alliances it needs to bring about real change.”
I liked that.