Posted on 03/06/2002 11:55:55 AM PST by Quester
I look for every opportunity to tell people I'm 100% Native American. The look of incredulity is well worth the ensuing explanation. ("Well, of course, I was born here. Weren't you?")
For a demographic group who is so religious and up until 30 years ago so family oriented what has happened to the family and why is there so much crime, drugs, illiteracy and illegitamacy in the black community today?From the survey, here is the answer:
African-American adults are less likely than Hispanics or whites to contend that moral truth is absolute. In total, 10% of African-Americans believe moral truth is absolute, compared to 15% of Hispanics and 26% of whites.Self-indulgence and crime are the usual consequences of moral relativism. Coincidentally, the percentage of the Black community that believes morality is relative is very close to the percentage that votes Democrat.
And the Democrats are the Party of Satan.
Some white people are so overly careful that they are afraid to say black.
Well, I'm black, and, sometimes I get strange looks when I refer to another black person as 'black'. It just isn't PC, ... ya know? Sometimes, it can be a bit frustrating.
These rappers hate whites and that's all there is to it.Well, the good news is ... at some point the rappers start to like the money ... and, what do you know, all that white hate stuff goes away. Next thing you know ... they're starring in sitcom America. I tell you ... it happens every time ... unless they get killed first ...
My reply ought to be taken with a truckload of salt. I am white, with few close relationships with black Americans. I do observe, however anecdotally, that Black Americans seem more pre-disposed to conversion to Islam. I knop of no hard figures, (and I appreciate the poster's stats) but I would venture if one studied the pool of American converts to Islam, one would find the percentage of Blacks to be much higher than their representation in the general population. It seems logical that for some, Christianity is seen as "the white man's religion" and Islam is seen as "African" ( accuracy aside ) Until recently, I did not view Black Muslim Americans with anywhere near the suspicion with which I did Islamic foreign nationals. I figured Black Muslim Americans had simply found a way to assuage the racial/religious chip they may have (justifiably) had on their shoulder.
Per my experience, this is essentially correct. Generally, blacks don't become Muslims because they want to participate in the larger experience of Islam. They become Muslim as an expression against the white man's system.
84% believe that God is the all-powerful, all-knowing, perfect creator who rules the world today.
If God truely "rules the world today" then he's doing a god-awful job of it, or else does not have the best of intentions as far as the human race is concerned.
3% believe that everyone is God
OTOH, this statement could explain the above statement (still not necessarily good news, if true)
2% believe that there are many different Gods, each with different power and authority.
1% believe that there is no such thing as God.
Interesting, I would not have thought that pagans outnumbered atheists, in any ethnic group.
The day before yesterday, it was -4 degrees here south of Chicago. I was standing with a group of people across the street from our local police station when a Muslim woman in a burka came out of the police station and walked past us to get into her SUV.
Some of the people in the group were white, some black. We all kind of half-stared at the woman in the burka. (It was the first time I saw one in real life.) When the woman got in her SUV, I observed that, at -4 below zero, it was good weather to be in a burka...
The black guys laughed as much as the white guys did.
Mark W.
Why is Negro "condescending"?Honestly ... it simply has too many negative past connotations.
Now do we have to call them Muslim African Americans ? or African Muslim Americans ?Or American Muslim Africans?
Im Scottish by ancestry But i dont walk around telling people im Scottish American AM I WRONG ? Should i be telling people im SCOTTISH AMERICAN when i greet them? I dont think so
But on to better things Ive asked this question of many black people i know and they cant seem to give me an answer either
How many blacks in prison CONVERT TO MUSLIM
How many are practicing Muslim before they go And what KORAN are they studying
Just some simple questions from an AMERICAN
How many are rappers? More than a couple dozen?
Alas, there is very little support for precision in language use these days.
Wait ... you wouldn't be any relation to the Learys of Baltimore, would you?
From "The Accidental Tourist" by Anne Tyler
When he hung up, he found Rose embarked on a discussion of the English language. She pretended not to notice that Macon had rejoined the group. It was shocking, she was just saying, how sloppy everyday speech had become. How the world seemed bound and determined to say "the hoi polloi", a clear redundancy in view of the fact that "hoi" was an article. How the word "chauvinist" had come to be a shorthand term for "male chauvinist," its original meaning sadly lost to common knowledge. It was incredible, Charles chimed in, that a female movie star traveled "incognito", when anyone should know that it was "incognita", instead. Julian appeared to share their indignation. It was more incredible still, he said, how everyone slung around the word 'incredible' when there really was very little on earth that truly defied credibility. "Credence", Macon corrected him, but Rose rushed in as if Macon hadn't spoken. "Oh, I know just what you mean," she said to Julian. "Words are getting devalued, aren't they?"
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