From your post, I get the idea that you feel that members of the black community throughout this nation--in every major inner city, in every ghetto, and in every rat infested, drug riddled, drive-by shot-up slum in the north, east, and west is living in conditions far, far above those of their race who make their homes here in the South.
It sounds as though you believe the black community all reside on farms as tenants working for the white man with their little chil'ren sittin' in a one room school house.
Its not a good thing to single out one region of the nation as though the living conditions here are far worse than that of other areas where poverty exists, as readily.
Step into one of your free clinics in Harlem, in the Bronx, in Chicago, in L.A.
....I am having a difficult time here, part of the reason being....I'm honest as the day is long. And your post should be rephrased to include all areas of the country where poverty exists. And believe me when I say, no region is excluded.
If one looks at demographics, one will find, interestingly, that the South is growing faster than any region of the nation.
I wish you had not phrased your post this way as less than an hour ago, on CNN an African-American educator on staff at Vanderbuilt University, which of course, is here in the South spoke to this exact point. "Al Sharpton is not a representative of all of the African American Community, not at all."
(And please don't anyone pile on me about this. I really have had enough.)
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Originally Posted by 2MinsToPost
(Disclaimer - If you are an intelligent person you will see my point in this thread. If you are not you will see this as some racisist slam against African Americans. If you see this as some slam, insult, etc, I suggest you pm me with your racial slurs. Otherwise, lets talk intelligently here ok?)
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Opened the sports section of todays USA Today and saw 48 out of 50 players were of my skin color. Front page mind you, plastered all over the front page.............................................. ................................
If you are not aware of why these 48 men are on the front page, look into it
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Had people like Rev Jackson and Sharpton "speaking" on my behalf..............
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If, if I was African American, given all this "Drama" of the past couple days (see Imus, etc etc) I would be ashamed...........................................
African Americans deserve better then this. As a whole, you have who speaking on your behalf? Sharpton? Jackson? PLEASE! Rappers? Etc etc, IT IS TIME FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND GET someone to speak on their behalf who can REPRESENT! Represent those folks in the south, say Alabama and Georgia bustin tail for pennies on the dollar. Scrappin. How bout their kids in those schools in the south? WHERE IS THE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV JACKSON AND THE
RRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVV SHARPTON when it comes to those black kids in the south of hard workin families who go without in their schools?
NAH, THEY WOULD RATHER FOCUS ON IMUS  |