[ Edited for some clean up ]
If "Black liberals" can be race hustlers, why can't "Black conservatives"?
[ edited ] Didn't Alan Keyes race hustle when he ran for the senate seat in Illinois? Come on, tell the truth.
From an exchange on Booker Rising:
Massie as race hustler, DS? Which race is he hustling?
LB, I number of times I've pointed out glaring inconsistencies in some of his pieces.
In this one, I point out that he's slamming Blacks for the idea of a Black community. If he believes that Blacks should look at Blacks as a part of America, then he should stop bashing the Black community because it's something that he doesn't believe in.
By bashing the Black community, which he doesn't believe in, he's using race when it's convienient. Thus, to me, he's hustling the race issue.
Next, the idea that most Blacks don't consider ourselves as being part of America fails under the light of inspection.
Start with the fact that Blacks are more likely to live in an integrated neighborhood than whites. Continue with the fact that most Blacks still strive for, and believe in, integration.
Consider the make up of the military, recent recruiting data not withstanding. The percentage of Blacks in the military exceeds the percentage of Blacks in the general population. If Blacks didn't consider ourselves as a part of America, the percentage in the service would be lower than in the general population.
Condi Rice and Colin Powell have called themselves African-American. Now tell me that by them calling themselves African-American, they don't consider themselves to be American. Yet, those who are intellectually lazy or who just want to throw flames, state that by calling themselves African-American, they are belittling themselves as American. Or better stated, they are down playing that they are American.
There is a sticker that says, "American by birth. Texan by the grace of God!". I've seen that sticker a lot. Does it mean that the person is not considering themselves to be American?
Of course not.
Let's look at something here. More and more, employers are complaining about high school graduates, no matter what race, not knowing basic things to make them good ENTRY LEVEL employees. McDonald's uses pictures on their registers for a reason. It's because the employees are less prone to errors if there are pictures on the register instead of ordinary numbers.
"Anti-intellecutalism" exists in America, in general. People don't want to admit it, but the "geek" vs. "cool" thing is an issue of "anti-intellectualism". But, it's a Black issue?
In "The End of Racism", D'Nish D'Souza bashes Blacks for believing in the group. But then he turns around and writes that Blacks should act like Jewish people whose money circulates in the Jewish community a number of times before "leaving" the Jewish community. "Black money" cirulates less than 1 time before it leaves the Black community. He wrote that Blacks should act like some immigrant groups who poll money to fund start up businesses for others within their group.
Am I the only one to see the intellectual flip-flop there? How can you say Blacks should not act as a group and then turn around and say Blacks should act like these groups who act like a group?
I keep writing that Blacks shouldn't allow ourselves to be caught up in the madness and this is just a small example of why I think so.
Posted by at March 9, 2005 09:13 PM | TrackBack*SIGH*
Corrected. Thanks.
Massie and his ilk - are the sambo show... much of what he says is utter nonsense to garner support from the White Community.
Posted by: denise at March 10, 2005 10:10 AMMehlman and Rove have now designated the GOP HNIC dream team
If you're not on the list, or, fewer than 2 degrees of separation from list members, let the haterating begin....,
Really dough, were any of these peeple on the Tavis Show?
Posted by: cnulan at March 10, 2005 06:49 PM
Well, I'm from Ohio and the fact that Alan Keyes ran here is news to me. I thought he ran in Illinois.
Posted by: Joseph Marshall at March 9, 2005 11:15 PM