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04-10-2007, 06:36 PM
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If I Was An African American.................
(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?)
and............................................... ................... 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 and............................................... ................... Had people like Rev Jackson and Sharpton "speaking" on my behalf.............. and............................................... ...................................... 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  
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04-10-2007, 07:17 PM
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Please don't get me started on Rev. Jackson. He's the biggest POS on the planet. As far as I'm concerned, he's one of the reasons racism is still around.
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04-10-2007, 07:40 PM
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I guess you haven't read Rev Jackson's new book The Clergy Do More Than Lay People. 
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04-10-2007, 07:46 PM
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Surely you didn't think before you typed that!!?? Blaming a black man for racism is beyond ridiculous! I haven't been around Jesse since the 60's but he was a good man then, I suspect he still is! It's easy to be critical of any human being...we all make plenty of mistakes but the Jesse I knew, the member of Dr King's inner circle, was passionate and dedicated to the cause of equality and fairness. Maybe I give him too much credit but I think his heart remains in the right place despite his mistakes. And regarding this topic...no, not racism but rather egotistical I'm afraid..."If I was an African American"...well, you aren't! If I was a bird I could fly! I spent some of the best years of my life in the movement and I learned a lot...but I'm not a black man so I can't speak as one, neither can you!
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04-10-2007, 07:56 PM
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By the way, what does color have to do with anything?! In order for racism to be abolished, we must stop looking at eachother by the color of our skin!
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04-10-2007, 08:06 PM
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04-10-2007, 09:01 PM
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04-10-2007, 09:39 PM
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04-10-2007, 09:40 PM
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04-17-2007, 07:30 PM
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While I don't agree with everything that JJ has done, I think the fact that he and Sharpton are considered peers is laughable.
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04-11-2007, 01:45 AM
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I face racisim all the time. People are always jealous of my spectacularly good looks. I ought not apologize for the fact that I am better looking than everyone else.
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04-10-2007, 08:25 PM
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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.) Quote:
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04-10-2007, 08:34 PM
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04-10-2007, 08:40 PM
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And I've not been unkind to 2minTP, I wish he had made his point differently. I simply don't think it correct to cast this kind of umbrella on any one region of the country. And besides, I love your humor. You make me smile every single day, as do several people here. That, along with many here whose thoughts are so well stated.
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04-10-2007, 08:57 PM
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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" OK...I can't get the cover on-line. Whats with the 48 men on the front page that is so important? 
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