You guys really should read Shelby Steele's WHITE GUILT.
The complete title is...
White Guilt: How whites and blacks together destroyed the promise of civil rights era
His opinion is basically, "look white people - you guys come at these poor blacks with free money and free this and that - they will take it and it only hurts THEM in the long run"
I agree with Shelby Steele, Whitwe Guilt is why we have a holiday today and white guilt is why America is the way it is in regards to blacks.
My advice to blacks is just like Shelby Steele says (he is black) "Come in off the plantation. Blacks have it better now than they have ever had it, and they still cant get it together. America gives blacks an oppurtunity that many poor whites dont get."
Thats paraphrased... he thinks giving money to poor blacks is wrong etc... he is one of the best minds on race in america right now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Steele
when whites put down WHITE GUILT this country will begin to take a turn, bu we must rid ourselves of race protection ideas like "affirmative action" etc...
Quote:
Steele is a self-described Black conservative.[3] He opposes movements such as affirmative action, which he considers to be unsuccessful liberal campaigns to promote equal opportunity for African-Americans. He contends that blacks have been "twice betrayed": first, by slavery and oppression, and second, by group preferences mandated by the government that cause blacks to lose their self-esteem.
Steele believes that the use of victimization is the greatest hindrance for black Americans. In his view, white Americans see blacks as victims to ease their guilty conscience, while blacks attempt to turn their status as victims into a kind of currency with no purchasing power. Therefore, he claims, blacks must stop "buying into this zero-sum game" by adopting a "culture of excellence and achievement" without relying on "set-asides and entitlements.""
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i have been mesmirezed by Shelby Steele and his kind since coming across them.
Hurray for intellectuals over "gimme gimme gimme"