I’m having a hard time even writing an intro to this piece without coming across as a racist, so I will just use one of my usual intros.
Be a black thug – beat a white student senseless – you and your families get rewarded with an all-expense-paid “getaway for a relaxing weekend” while they watch you hand out awards on BET to a standing ovation. After all, six black thugs damn near killing a “white boy” in an unprovoked, cowardly attack can be tiring and stressful. But be a black student who works hard, gets good grades, speaks proper English, refuses to stoop to the lowest common denominator, and you are accused of “acting white.”
Have a 21-count indictment for child pornography in Chicago and indictments in Florida for same, with videos of your (alleged) sexual acts with minors selling on the street corners, and the NAACP will give you its Image Award (evidence: R. Kelly).
But be a black woman who enrolled at the University of Denver at age 15, who is fluent in Russian, has served three presidents, is an accomplished pianist, was a former provost of Stanford University, has written several books on international relations, is the former assistant to the president of the United States for national security affairs and today serves as the secretary of state, and you are called a sellout, which is the kindest of the pejoratives you are called. But declare yourself a “bitch and a ho,” make a salacious music video and you will win a Grammy award.
Demand black-theme college dorms, segregated tables in school cafeterias, separate minority graduation exercises, black studies curricula and black-only orientation, and it’s because you need a “safe place.” After all, being around all those white students wears hard on a brotha’ after three hours of class. But be a white student and even contemplate the notion of a white-only orientation, and we would see a national furor.
In the name of “we’re gonna make whitey pay for what Alex Haley said they did,” many blacks continue to take one step forward and five steps back.
Also:
Whites are not the enemy of blacks – the Jacksons and Sharptons, et al., along with a government that sanctions divisions based upon race, are the enemies of blacks. I will be soundly criticized for saying it, but until blacks start taking personal responsibility for themselves, their actions, their families and their neighborhoods, the last thing they should do is blame white people for anything – anything that is, save for being weak and unwilling to stand up for their own personal dignity.
Personal responsibility. Say it again. It is a liberating mindset. Embrace it. When you are no longer a victim, then you are truly a free man.
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