I'm saying that if you put someone out of TODAY'S 'self-appointed' black leaders such as Jackson or Sharpton....YES...they would pull the race card
very much all of the time. The do it now. Someone like MLK(minus his extra marital affairs), J. C. Watts, Colin Powell, Condolezza Rice and even Justice Clarence Thomas would be great candidates for president and I wouldn't hesitate to vote for just about any of them. Many black people today hold back from speaking out against racists like Jackson or Sharpton and hide support for conservative black leaders because they don't want to be thought of as white puppets (Uncle Tom's). This thinking has handicapped the black community for decades. As long
as the only black people with a voice are ones like Spike Lee, who rabbles anti-white and anti-Semetic statements with a wave of the hand, then the majority of the country will continue to hold back a vote for black leaders of tomorrow. If J.C Watts ran next year against Bush...I'd vote for him in a second, but Bush is my candidate and I will support him win or lose.
As to black men living through segregation and getting hosed down....wasn't that 40 years ago? I wasn't alive then so I don't rightly owe anyone an apology. As for your right to an opinion...by all means I am appreciative that someone your age is interested in political events and debates. I am thankful that people have died for that freedom and are working to give
that freedom to others in the world.
And Acid...more people are turning to Independents because people are losing their backbone and are chickenshit to stand up for anything...left or right. I once heard...."If you don't stand for something....you will fall for anything."
very much all of the time. The do it now. Someone like MLK(minus his extra marital affairs), J. C. Watts, Colin Powell, Condolezza Rice and even Justice Clarence Thomas would be great candidates for president and I wouldn't hesitate to vote for just about any of them. Many black people today hold back from speaking out against racists like Jackson or Sharpton and hide support for conservative black leaders because they don't want to be thought of as white puppets (Uncle Tom's). This thinking has handicapped the black community for decades. As long
as the only black people with a voice are ones like Spike Lee, who rabbles anti-white and anti-Semetic statements with a wave of the hand, then the majority of the country will continue to hold back a vote for black leaders of tomorrow. If J.C Watts ran next year against Bush...I'd vote for him in a second, but Bush is my candidate and I will support him win or lose.
As to black men living through segregation and getting hosed down....wasn't that 40 years ago? I wasn't alive then so I don't rightly owe anyone an apology. As for your right to an opinion...by all means I am appreciative that someone your age is interested in political events and debates. I am thankful that people have died for that freedom and are working to give
that freedom to others in the world.
And Acid...more people are turning to Independents because people are losing their backbone and are chickenshit to stand up for anything...left or right. I once heard...."If you don't stand for something....you will fall for anything."