tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post5402982408427458486..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Teachable Moments On Black RacismAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-15595504615244591012011-05-14T13:45:46.706-04:002011-05-14T13:45:46.706-04:00Ed, Well said and very true. People who spend thei...Ed, Well said and very true. People who spend their lives obsessing about other people are dooming themselves to miserable lives marked with failure. That's one of the key problems at the core of socialism, that it's concerned with what others have, not with what we have for ourselves. That's destructive and stupid. Racism works on the same principle, but is many times worse.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-27472165271616012062011-05-14T13:02:21.392-04:002011-05-14T13:02:21.392-04:00Obama is a disgrace, so is his wife. This is just ...Obama is a disgrace, so is his wife. This is just further proof. Also, the MSM is a disgrace again on this because they are just ignoring this as they do with every other instance of black racism.<br /><br />I was raised to look beyond race and ethnicity, but unfortunately, too many people aren't. I'll tell you what though, people who get obsessed about race are building a prison for themselves that will trap them in unhappiness and failure their whole lives. I don't intend to join them.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122308626703654554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-37038041878796049532011-05-13T22:07:51.389-04:002011-05-13T22:07:51.389-04:00Lawhawk, I believe you've mentioned it in pass...Lawhawk, I believe you've mentioned it in passing.<br /><br />Nice rant, by the way. It's hard to disagree with that.<br /><br />Yeah, he showed a lot of love for his grandmother.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-72539879094517607942011-05-13T21:18:02.474-04:002011-05-13T21:18:02.474-04:00I noticed a couple of pundits claiming that Obama ...I noticed a couple of pundits claiming that Obama isn't really in sympathy with the "kill the [white] cops" point of view because he's half white. Yeah, the son of a tramp and her black, communist, absent, serial monogamist husband (though he often forgot to get divorced before remarrying). We've already seen how he treated his only relative who babied him, pampered him and supported him. His grandmother, whom he referred to as a "typical white person" who was afraid of black people. He identifies black, and only black. He is a radical, race-baiting, black liberation theology-loving, America-hating son of a bitch. Cop-killers and gangsta rap "artists" are not even a difficult leap for this president. Was that civil enough?<br /><br />Have I mentioned that I hate Obama?LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-54446481489874355132011-05-13T20:55:29.568-04:002011-05-13T20:55:29.568-04:00I would say this issue excites you Lawhawk?
Commo...I would say this issue excites you Lawhawk?<br /><br />Common not only raps about one Black Panther cop killer, he named his daughter after another. How sick it that? "Gee, I think I'll name my kids Dauhmer and Bundy because I think those guys speak for me." What an ass.<br /><br />And Common is not along on the guest list. They've also invited Jill Scott, who also sees the modern black world as still fighting slavery. Could you imagine the outrage if Bush had invited two white guys from Arkansas who were opposed to inter-racial dating? I don't think the left would have stopped screaming until Bush's name was removed from the history books. Yet somehow, it's accept in this instance?<br /><br />That needs to change if they ever want to fix race relations in this country. You can't have peace when one side is taught that it's ok to openly hate the rest.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-17383829295115242692011-05-13T20:12:53.956-04:002011-05-13T20:12:53.956-04:00And speaking of choices, how about Michelle Obama’...And speaking of choices, how about Michelle Obama’s poetry reading guest list at the White House? Don’t you all just love the great poet and socially-conscious hip-hop star Common? Not only did this piece of inhuman filth write a poem about killing a cop, then record it, but it was actually a paean of praise for an actual event. A New Jersey state trooper was killed in a shootout with Black Panther felon Assata Shakur (aka Joanne Deborah Byron, and JoAnne Deborah Chesimard [her “married,” “slave”name}, along with about seven other aliases). She is the step-aunt of fellow [dead] thug Tupac Shakur. The left wing has attempted to frame this White House idiocy in terms of free speech, artistic expression, social consciousness-raising, and a host of other phony coverups. The simple fact is that Michelle (and Barack, by insertion) loves and supports this vile, racist garbage.<br /><br />When Fox News reported the incident, I had a twinge of memory combined with a frisson of anger that I couldn’t quite place. Until they mentioned the heroine of the scumbag’s poem/song. Then it all hit me. Assata Shakur was convicted of murder of the trooper, sent to prison, escaped, and fled to Cuba where she still resides. And I heard her name mentioned the first time in decades by, drum roll, Columbia hip-hop Professor Marc Lamont Hill. Over the past few years, the racist professor posing as a legitimate university instructor has written about, praised, and promoted the cause of Shakur. He refers to her in e-mails and tweets as his “sister, soul-mate, teacher, mentor, and life guide.” That got him fired by Fox News as a paid commentator. BUT, he still appears in the guise of a legitimate guest on Fox’s “Red Eye” and “The O’Reilly Factor,” among others.<br /><br />Inviting Common to the White House is Obama’s intentional “error.” Inviting Marc Lamont Hill, Professor of Dubious Credentials, is Fox’s ongoing error. Hill is treated as the token liberal with special knowledge of the black community. He is in fact, an extreme racist, a hater of America, and a supporter of cop-killers (he likes Mumia abu Jamal a lot too). Dressing him up in Brooks Brothers suits and giving him unearned professorial titles can’t cover up the stink of this race-baiting lowlife.<br /><br />For details on Shakur and Hill, go to: <a href="http://commentarama.blogspot.com/2009/10/fox-news-and-professor-hill-enough_06.html" rel="nofollow">Enough!</a>.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-89317859274085226302011-05-13T20:02:25.619-04:002011-05-13T20:02:25.619-04:00Jocelyn, I've seen similar things in DC. When...Jocelyn, I've seen similar things in DC. When a group is told that they lack the power to control their own lives because someone else has set them up for failure, they invariably choose to go the route of making themselves into victims and feeling that they are entitled to being taken care of.<br /><br />That keeps them from trying to improve themselves and developing the skills they need to make their lives better. It also leads them to act completely irresponsibly because they get this idea in their heads that they aren't to blame no matter what happens. And as the negative consequences of those choices pile up, they just keep getting angrier and angrier at everyone but themselves. Then they see other people who aren't suffering similar consequences and they get angrier yet.<br /><br />Like I said, I've seen this in DC and Baltimore, and I've seen it among poor whites in Appalachia as well. This becomes a lifestyle that they pass on to their kids and everyone else around them, as they all decide the government will take care of them.<br /><br />The only way to fix this is if everyone stops accepting and excusing that kind of behavior. And that starts within each community. That means a guy like Obama needs to step up and say "enough." But he won't do that because it suits him politically to keep his core voters angry and dependent. It's really despicable.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-43144619658637845712011-05-13T19:51:11.592-04:002011-05-13T19:51:11.592-04:00Thanks Jocelyn, And I agree entirely.
We should b...Thanks Jocelyn, And I agree entirely.<br /><br />We should be treating every single person as an individual. And that means looking at a person based on their own words and deeds, their own actions, their characters, and their judgment. There's no legitimate reason to consider race in that.<br /><br />Unfortunately, too many people are deeply enthralled with the issue of race and racial spoils and that leads them to keep stoking the anger and the hatred and to keep ancient antagonisms alive as modern prejudices. And that causes a lot of hate and a lot of damage in society at large.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-37324312355360871112011-05-13T19:49:03.130-04:002011-05-13T19:49:03.130-04:00"I also think it's the root cause of what..."I also think it's the root cause of what is keeping the black community from moving beyond the issue of race because they're being told that they are the victims and they need never look at their own behavior."<br /><br />Andrew: This is so true. I ride public transportation everyday to work and all I hear about is what kind of free stuff you get from the government and how it is not their fault for their poor life choices. And they think it's okay to be taken care of instead of being self sufficient. They don't understand the concept of taxes or anything outside of their "all about me" bubble.Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404272311393716408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-62316893803527729862011-05-13T19:45:20.728-04:002011-05-13T19:45:20.728-04:00I didn't get a chance to read this yesterday, ...I didn't get a chance to read this yesterday, but this was a nice summary of all the articles about Common I've been seeing.<br /><br />I just don't understand why there must be racism. A person should not be held accountable based on their skin, it should be based on your merit and your ability to accomplish your job. I see it all the time in Los Angeles and it really frustrates me because I don't think there's anything we can do to change their minds.<br /><br />And the fact that the White House allows someone who has the views Common does is disrespectful to America.Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404272311393716408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-6461195439973140112011-05-13T19:44:28.709-04:002011-05-13T19:44:28.709-04:00Jed, I agree. I think the idea that somehow black...Jed, I agree. I think the idea that somehow black racism is acceptable or that blacks can't be racist is ridiculous. I also think it's the root cause of what is keeping the black community from moving beyond the issue of race because they're being told that they are the victims and they need never look at their own behavior.<br /><br />When we decide that all of our actions are without fault, no matter what we do, then we set ourselves up to become very bad people. And when we think we are the victims and nothing we do can change that, then we tend not to bother helping ourselves. And if you don't help yourself, you will always be a failure. . . the government cannot make you a success.<br /><br />As for Obama, I agree with that too. The Dems love to present him as beyond the issue of race, but his actions have repeatedly shown that he's deeply enmeshed with ideas of black liberation theology and its various racist offshoots.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-58660909231908503092011-05-13T19:37:56.990-04:002011-05-13T19:37:56.990-04:00Jed, Here were your comments (which were in my in-...Jed, Here were your comments (which were in my in-box):<br /><br /><br /><i><br />I think that as you and I have sometimes discussed, Barrack Obama is a closet racist himself. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt, but once again, the evidence seems to just continue to pile up.<br /><br />Sure there is the outside possibility that he is just a saavy politician who knows how to exploit something for political advantage, but some of the looks he gives, some of the statements he has made tend to truly make me think this is so.<br /><br />One of the things that makes me particularly unhappy is the notion is that black "reverse" racism is somehow more understandable, hence more acceptable due to circumstance. Bull feathers, says I!!<br />One other moment he missed is to tell his advocates who say the birthers are racially motivated to back off. I rarely watch O'Reilly anymore, but the other night happened to catch a small segment where he called out the editor of the New York Post for a provacative front page calling Trump a racist. I give him credit for calling the guy out on it. <br /></i>AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-91129902976177439922011-05-13T19:35:50.879-04:002011-05-13T19:35:50.879-04:00Here is my article from Thursday evening. I'm...Here is my article from Thursday evening. I'm not sure if the comments are coming back or not or even if they registered -- several people say they commented but those didn't show up.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-44258548849478343482011-05-12T16:14:13.130-04:002011-05-12T16:14:13.130-04:00got distracted while making last post. was trying ...got distracted while making last post. was trying to say the whole birther opportunity is one that particularly gauls me, even though in it's patent absurdity, that actually may purely be a political tool.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-60231966871474486652011-05-12T16:10:44.425-04:002011-05-12T16:10:44.425-04:00I think that as you and I have sometimes discussed...I think that as you and I have sometimes discussed, Barrack Obama is a closet racist himself. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt, but once again, the evidence seems to just continue to pile up.<br /><br />Sure there is the outside possibility that he is just a saavy politician who knows how to exploit something for political advantage, but some of the looks he gives, some of the statements he has made tend to truly make me think this is so.<br /><br />One of the things that makes me particularly unhappy is the notion is that black "reverse" racism is somehow more understandable, hence more acceptable due to circumstance. Bull feathers, says I!!<br />One other moment he missed is to tell his advocates who say the birthers are racially motivated to back off. I rarely watch O'Reilly anymore, but the other night happened to catch a small segment where he called out the editor of the New York Post for a provacative front page calling Trump a racist. I give him credit for calling the guy out on it.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.com