Interesting article...

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...MNGIJBF3LP1.DTL

 

I thought it was interesting...it seems like some black American civil rights leaders are complaining that black African immigrants are passing them by. Discuss.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

LOL -- so now the race-baiting poverty pimps are saying blacks from other countries are holding them down...

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Yeah, it's like "we want blacks to succeed...but only blacks that have been here longer."

[Guest MikeSC]

NRO pointed out that it has an 'Animal Farm" vibe.

-=Mike

[EricMM 0]

It's interesting that they're now saying that AA isn't for blacks because of their skincolor, but blacks because of their history?

 

As far as I can remember, it was designed to counteract racism in culture. If it is truely designed to help those from impoverished areas with low access to textbooks and a so-called culture of sloth (as the article had a quote mentioning) then take the skin color out of it.

 

There are more broke ass uneducated crackers in this country than anywhere else. And they don't get any help just because other white people have it so much better. In fact, a lot of white people genuinely have more prejudice against trailer trash than anyone else because to them it's "okay".

[Guest Cerebus]

Listening to Chris Rock, in his famous "I love black people but I hate n*ggas" speech, it seems that there is an "internal racism" with blacks as well. I remember at NYU my freshman year I said something using the word "african-americans" and my black roommate stopped me saying "Do I LOOK African?"

 

But, honestly, it is hard for me to judge. I'm not black/African.

[Jingus 0]

The linguistic argument over exactly what to call people with relatively dark skin whose ancestry can be traced to Africa rages on, and won't be solved anytime soon.

 

Personally, I just say "black" cuz I'm lazy and "african-american" is too damn many syllables.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

Saying African-American makes me sound like a Politically corect pussy, so I just say black. I don't say Caucasion either, unless I'm mocking those that do.

[2GOLD 0]

I say either black or white. Because that is easier to say. Plus the politically correct term has changed so much that I've grown very lazy with remembering what the hell the new one is.

[Guest Brian]

It's interesting that they're now saying that AA isn't for blacks because of their skincolor, but blacks because of their history?

 

As far as I can remember, it was designed to counteract racism in culture. If it is truely designed to help those from impoverished areas with low access to textbooks and a so-called culture of sloth (as the article had a quote mentioning) then take the skin color out of it.

 

There are more broke ass uneducated crackers in this country than anywhere else. And they don't get any help just because other white people have it so much better. In fact, a lot of white people genuinely have more prejudice against trailer trash than anyone else because to them it's "okay".

AA is extended in almost all cases to class, sex, disability, and veteran (or children of) status.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Listening to Chris Rock, in his famous "I love black people but I hate n*ggas" speech, it seems that there is an "internal racism" with blacks as well.

You better believe it. I'm as white as they come, but I've had some of my homiez over the years tell me about this (no, I'm not kidding). Of course if I say there's a difference between blacks and n*ggers, then I'd be branded a RACIST, yet Chris Rock gets to make a living saying the same damn thing.

 

No wonder I hate that nigg-, er, I mean, stand-up comic...

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I guess I just don't get why the supposed "black leaders" in this country can't move on and find consctuctive ways of helping their communities, rather than whining that African immigrants are doing better than they are.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Because that's how they make a living. If nobody's oppressed, then Jesse Jackson and friends would have to get real jobs...

[AndrewTS 0]

No big shock, really. It's kinda like all those stereotypical first-gen and second-gen Asians that bust their butts vs. a number of 3rd and 4th gens that are C students (I knew a 4th gen girl who was as dumb as a sack of hammers).

 

"Of course if I say there's a difference between blacks and n*ggers, then I'd be branded a RACIST, yet Chris Rock gets to make a living saying the same damn thing."

 

I love that rant.

 

"If you want to hide something from a n*gger--hide it in a book! Books are like Kryptonite to a n*gger."

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Because that's how they make a living. If nobody's oppressed, then Jesse Jackson and friends would have to get real jobs...

That sums it up. There are enough powerful people in this world making their careers on racism that they will make sure that it never goes away.

[Vyce 0]

I guess I just don't get why the supposed "black leaders" in this country can't move on and find consctuctive ways of helping their communities, rather than whining that African immigrants are doing better than they are.

Those same black leaders are also shaking in their boots at the fact that the Latinos have overtaken blacks as the number one minority community in the U.S.

 

Can't quite get away with the same shit they used to able to do!