Replies

She doesn't have to LOOK for this, it is plain to anyone who pays attention.

Oh, please!! Spare me.

There are greater problems in the black community than abortion. Black Americans have the highest incidence of single parent families. They are stereotyped on TV as thugs, drug dealers, crooks and thieves, and the women are castigated by black rap "artists" (and I use the term extremely loosely) as "hos". In this environment, there isn't a whole lot going for way too many of them in the self-esteem department. These are the "role" models that are put before them on a daily basis, just as the sports "stars" who are highly paid for a playing a game and acting like ignorant thugs and fools off the field. Is it any wonder that too many of these kids dream of becoming a pro athlete or music entertainer; even if they lack most of the talents requisite to make it in these fields? Education isn't a priority, hitting it big, driving a "flash" car and having material possessions are what these kids dream of.

Add into the mix the liberal philosophy (as our Dear Leader so delicately phrased it during the campaign) "Why should a young girl be punished with a baby for one single mistake?" As life-long supporters of the Democrat Party, far too many black Americans, of all ages, buy into the liberal philosophy lock, stock and barrel because of the indoctrination they get from their peers and elders in the black community that conservatives hate them and only want to oppress them.

I've been around and voting ever since before Roe v. Wade came into being and NEVER have I seen ANY evidence to suggest that black women are coerced or targeted into undergoing abortions more than women from any other group.

GENERALLY speaking, black Americans eschew adoption in greater numbers than any other ethnic group. Given the environment in too many black neighborhoods with gangs, drugs, rampant crime, murder, drive-bys and too many other issues, it is not surprising that black Americans have higher incidence of abortion than any other group.

And, yet, they scoff at the successful black Americans such as Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier (I don't know how they perceive Morgan Freeman); castigating them as "oreos". Even George Washington Carver, a great black scientist and inventer, is disregarded by younger blacks today as a sellout to the white man. And, why shouldn't they blame white people for their ills?? Too many black activists, starting with Dr. ML King and continuing through today with the likes of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Louis Farrakhan, to name but a few, constantly telling them that life would be perfect if it weren't for white people.

Sorry, wagglebee, I empathize with many of the problems facing black Americans today, but I don't try to link nonrelated items together and try to claim a racial bias exists as Dr. Alveda King has done. This is sheer nonsense.

There are greater problems in the black community than abortion.

I've been around and voting ever since before Roe v. Wade came into being and NEVER have I seen ANY evidence to suggest that black women are coerced or targeted into undergoing abortions more than women from any other group.

Then why are abortuaries typically located in lower-income areas? Why are 35% of abortions done on Blacks when they only make up 11-12% of the population?

GENERALLY speaking, black Americans eschew adoption in greater numbers than any other ethnic group.

Is this your opinion or do you actually have some facts to back it up?

I empathize with many of the problems facing black Americans today, but I don't try to link nonrelated items together and try to claim a racial bias exists as Dr. Alveda King has done. This is sheer nonsense.

How are these fact "non-related"? And why question Dr. King's comment? You seem to conveniently ignore what Nixon actually said.

Be aware of some institutional history:

1. Margaret Sanger founded the American Birth Control League -- which later became Planned Parenthood.

2. Besides being more-or-less a libertine who favored abortion as a means of avoiding the consequences of sexual activity, Sanger was also a big fan of eugenics .

3. Thus, Sanger was especially enthusiastic about promoting abortion among the blacks -- whom she considered "genetically unfit to breed".

Accordingly, from the outset, Planned Parenthood served as, first, a vendor of social convenience for well-off white women and, second, as an instrument of social intervention designed to minimize the black population.

Certainly, members of Planned Parenthood would claim that this no longer describes their mission. But they cannot argue what they were to begin with.