What if we agree with Pastor Wright?

[Etta Place]

March 21, 2008
What if we agree with Pastor Wright?
Thomas Lifson

Bookworm performs a thought experiment: what if we agree with Pastor Wright's diagnosis of America as irredeemably racist? What then do blacks want? A sample:

[As for] the same laws that Obama continues to demand we pass, Wright and other African-Americans have concluded that we've failed dismally in all these efforts. No matter what we do, we're so deeply tainted and racist that nothing changes.

I do not understand why the black community, having weighed us (white America) and found us wanting, continues to demand that we save it. Even conceding that everything wrong with the black community is indeed our fault, it's become pretty apparent that we (that is, white Americans) are not fixing the problems. The profound irony, of course, is that the lack of fixes doesn't affect us very much at all - but it affects black Americans terribly.

If things are as bad as Wright and his fellow travelers say, African Americans should be rejecting the Obama message of more government, rather than embracing it. After all, by their own testimony, the government is a failure. It has not done what it set out to do. African Americans should be demanding an entirely new approach, rather than more of the same. That they're not making such demands can lead us to a couple of entirely different conclusions. The first is that, when it comes to the subject of government programs and race, African Americans fall within the jocular definition of insanity, which has one doing the same thing over and over, but expecting a different result. The second, alternative conclusion, is that things have, in fact, improved under the government's aegis, and that African Americans are worried that, if they concede that this is true, white America will say "Great, the job is done," and then turn off the spigot.

American Thinker Blog: What if we agree with Pastor Wright? at March 21, 2008 - 08:32:00 PM EDT

I guess this is the Ron Paul argument as well.

[Judge]

That's just interesting...

[Ed Ely]

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[AZXD]

Originally Posted by Ed Ely

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[robin48]

At the end of the day we are all responsible for ourselves. I can no more fix the problems of the black community than I can build a rocket. Only the black community can fix the problems therein. Having said that,I believe they need to look at the failures of their present leadership. Men such as Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton. These men are of the same ilk as Pastor Wright. No answers, just more hate and accusations.

[Hubs]

Some time ago, Bill Cosby mad a comment about how blacks must be accountable for their actions. Guess what? He was right! However, he was crucified by the black community(Jesse and Al, and et al) for not supporting them....

[Frenchy]

I believe much of the black community revels in their "second class citizenship". The would lose if they were perceived as regular Americans.
Jessie and Al would be out of a job. Division is profitable.

[Powerman]

Originally Posted by Frenchy

I believe much of the black community revels in their "second class citizenship". The would lose if they were perceived as regular Americans.
Jessie and Al would be out of a job. Division is profitable.

But do you really believe the majority of the black community feel that way?

Say look at Christians. (No this is not meant as insulting) While many love to point out the hypocrites and poor examples, I know that is just the vocal minority. That the ones doing most of the judging are not the vast majority that prefer to walk their talk instead. Do you not think the black community, or any community for that matter is the same? There is a part of every group that playing victim is their favorite part. Look at whites. We have plenty. Poor whites love complaining about rich whites. Heck, you could even say whites complaining about affirmative action are doing it.

[Ed Ely]

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[Frenchy]

I believe much of the black community revels in their "second class citizenship". The would lose if they were perceived as regular Americans.
Jessie and Al would be out of a job. Division is profitable.

Originally Posted by Powerman

But do you really believe the majority of the black community feel that way?

Say look at Christians. (No this is not meant as insulting) While many love to point out the hypocrites and poor examples, I know that is just the vocal minority. That the ones doing most of the judging are not the vast majority that prefer to walk their talk instead. Do you not think the black community, or any community for that matter is the same? There is a part of every group that playing victim is their favorite part. Look at whites. We have plenty. Poor whites love complaining about rich whites. Heck, you could even say whites complaining about affirmative action are doing it.

That's why I used the term "much", rather than majority.