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Author Topic:   Black Rednecks and White Liberals (by Thomas Sowell)
Vacate
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Message 10 of 130 (376674)
01-13-2007 3:14 AM
Reply to: Message 7 by Hyroglyphx
01-13-2007 2:24 AM


nemesis_juggernaut writes:
The point is, there is this entire counter-culture who fight for people like Mumia Abu-Jamal or Tookie Williams simply because they are black. And somehow, they are just victims of the evil white conspiracy to oppress them. Therefore, in the strictest sense of the word, they are racists-- people who base their opinions of others based solely on race rather than the merits of any given person.
Thomas Sowell attempts to make this kind of connection-- not that I needed him to mark the dots for me. That is already apparent to me. What makes it all the better is that Sowell is very fair and impartial in his assessment
I do need people to mark the dots for me as you say. So white leftists blame white rightists because blacks are poor and stupid? Does this about sum up his fair and impartial assessment?
ABE:" By coddling those who claim just such a hardship, you are hindering them, not helping them" - This however I very much agree with, but seems counter to what you have posted above such comments.
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Message 13 of 130 (376684)
01-13-2007 3:35 AM
Reply to: Message 11 by Hyroglyphx
01-13-2007 3:22 AM


Re: Free Mumia !
I am not aware of the case, but I can relate to Crashfrogs scepticism.
Last week the local corner store was robbed in my city, at work I heard several people talking about it. (small city, we got nothing better to do I quess) The majority vote, as per usual, was that indians did it. Someone heard from someone.
Before the police caught the two master criminals (less than 50 in the till) I phoned the person working that night as I happen to know her. I asked about the robbery and if she recognized them - "I didnt see much, they had ski-masks"
The crooks may have been indians, who knows? The general feeling when things go bad in small town Canada is that indians did it. You may see it as a bad thing, but perhaps its good that there is a liberal group that fights for the underdog? Maybe that impartial jury has the same mentality as small town Canada?

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Vacate
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Message 14 of 130 (376686)
01-13-2007 3:41 AM
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01-13-2007 3:31 AM


Re: Much ado about nothing
I think you just misunderstood me
Perhaps I did. Your review of the book seems more be a critism of liberals than a deep look into black culture. I agree that hand holding is not going to fix the issues that blacks have in your country. The way you portrayed the book so far however seems not to be a discussion of these issues, but a critism of the people who are tying to improve the situation.
Biased jurors, biased employers etc are a reality - as they are in Canada.

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