Thank you. At least you took the time to differentiate patriotic and non-patriotic American blacks. I appreciate that.
Blacks have been a part of American history since our inception. If I'm not mistaken, Crispus Attacks (killed in the Boston Massacre) was the first Af-american KIA! This is why it those who would seek to seperate us steam me so.
Obviously, slavery was evil. If ignorant souls would actually READ the actual words of the Founding Fathers they would find out that they wrestled with this, and that the seed that they laid out in the Constitution and Bill of Rights underpinned much of the Civil Rights movement.
MLK argued from a Christian and uniquely American perspective - "All men are created equal in the sight of God." Because most Americans agreed with this basic premise, they saw the injustice of Jim Crow.
Most Americans still believe this, and I am deeply grieved when I see ignorant people like this guy (on O'Reilly) who discount their great heritage as Americans and who seek to divide us.
One of the best things about our country is that we admit to our failings and we try to right them. The Left has successfully played upon this for years (white guilt). I hope that after 9/11, the resurgence in our pride in our basic tenets will continue. I have never met a fellow American who would not stand proudly with their countrymen, of whatever race, background, etc. in order to defend her.
It's because America represents an idea, and an ideal. And that is worth fighting for.
Damn straight. It's stupid to lump all the blacks into one category. In fact, many of the first people around my town to have their flags flying after Setp. 11 were black. Unfortunately their leaders are for the most part militant jerks who do a diservice to the average black man. Living in a town that's as highly black (55%) as I do and working with as many blacks as I do, I suspect that I'd be in arguments daily with blacks if they all held the same evil opinions as that the guy on O'Reilly did.