Posted on 09/30/2019 9:01:15 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The average Black individual in this country who may be wavering in his political stance isn’t generally someone who attends political functions.
He (or she) is someone who decides things based upon their every day, personal experiences - and that’s not really any different from the way that the average White person does.
When they become aware of different ways of thinking, and begin looking around for some reinforcement of their new ideas, they may look to websites like this one.
We, here, have an enormous responsibility.
Perhaps you should give some thought to the meaning of your own screen name.
I’m not really interested in political ‘parties’- I’ve never belonged to one.
I’m interested in principles.
Speaking only for myself....
The only people I want in my party are people who share most of my heart felt political and personal convictions.
I'm thinking that's about 10% of the Black American community - which is exactly the percentage that vote Conservative.
Okay I don’t belong to a political party either, but the facts remain that the Republican party doesn’t communicate or let’s the Democrats hide the true facts of the Civil War. Very few people in the United States understand that the Republican party was formed to end slavery.
This doesn’t sound right. I do not know a racist conservative. I don’t even know an insensitive conservative.
I need some schooling as to what is the difference between a “real” black and some other kind. I’d like to get a handle on this to some degree. I have some close friends who think themselves to be targets on account of their skin color due to life long experiences.
Meanwhile, there is a notable absence of conservatives in the inner city. Nature abhors a vacuum. If conservatives don’t want to jump into the inner city fray and make things better, then who are they to sit back and curse the garbage that fills in where they are not? I think they call it “white flight.”
Again searching for flame suit.
Forgot something....
Re: Conservatives have shown no demonstrable indication to the black community that we are welcomed by the party or the conservative movement.
Outside of prison, white people do not refer themselves as “we.”
I definitely disagree with that. Everyone is prejudiced to one extent or another, but VERY few are racist.
“.. but the first step towards welcoming more black people to conservative political action is to avoid generalizing about black people.”
Is it okay for blacks to constantly generalize about white privilege?
If you read the entire article I think Jackson means well, but doesn’t understand conservatism from the Limbaugh point of view. To Jackson one’s blackness seems paramount, while to a conservative, individualism is the overriding principle.
If blacks are as socially conservative as Jackson states, they would be repelled at the rat agenda. But since they see themselves on the basis of their skin color they tend toward collectivism. Jackson sees a black community while a conservative would see only individuals.
I do agree with him on how the label conservative conjures up negative impressions for black folks. We often routinely use terminology that was imposed on us by the left without even thinking about it. “gay” for homosexual is an obvious example.
Another one is “capitalism.” Any one defending “capitalism” starts out in a 10 foot hole. It is a Marxist term which conjures up visions of unsafe factories and mines, child labor, etc presided over by rich white men.
Like it or not, conservative is a term the media often links to Nazis, klansmen, even old guard soviets. Time to think of a new self descriptive: I vote for individualist.
Getting back to Jackson, he needs to understand that “conservativism” is an individual, not group dynamic. I think that might be happening with his brethren more than he realizes.
There is no way to establish the truth of the statement that blacks detect racism everywhere. This is to be regarded as just confirmation bias, unless actual racist acts are cited. I cannot detect racism when a white person has mistreated me because I am also white. It happens every day as God knows there is no shortage of nasty white people.
If you're categorizing a person.....by their skin color, you are part of the problem.....not the solution.
Most of the Democrats on the ballot don’t live in the inner city either and do very little to help make the situation better. They promise to make it better to get votes, and promise handouts.
I know something needs to be done about the inner cities, not just talk about it. I know the issues have to be complex and I have no idea how to solve them. I will say if I lived there I would hope I would not vote for the same people over and over and watch my neighborhood get worse and worse.
I understand blacks quite well. Racist of the author to assume whites don’t.
I’m amused that you suggest people should learn the English language better, then misuse the phrase “begging the question” and suggest I meant all blacks when I never wrote that.
Nonetheless, the question remains unanswered. Should only whites learn not to generalize, or could all races benefit by that advice. Do you disagree with Dennis Prager that without generalizations there is no wisdom?
Oh, and the entire article is one long generalization about white conservatives.
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