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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T._Washington His patient approach fell out of favor in the mis 20th century, and I think rightly so, blacks were correct to demand their rights now since it appeared the south wasn't gonna budge. But I think his ideas of hard work, industry, and rejecting victimhood could serve well not only the black community but all people in this day and age. |
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That Booker T. Washington would write such a thing while his fellow blacks were suffering the degredation of Jim Crow is quite reprehensible and says it all about who were his real constituents. I doubt that passage was quoted by Wikipedia in a laudatory way. That Tex would lap that quotation up like a dog to his vomit says all I need to know about Tex's true state of mind about race issues. Venkman, you should be ashamed. Tex, you go ahead and keep quoting Booker T., so that all whom you will encounter will appreciate immediately the content of your character. Yeah, go ahead and tell me how many black friends you have. I'm not impressed. That's what they all say.
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Your spiteful confessed ignorance concerning black history in the same sentence as you pontificate about contemporary black culture is priceless.
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I don't know enough about black history to understand the context of the quote. To an outsider observing today's black culture, it appeals to us outsiders.
And I believe the concept could be turned on its head to apply to most of our political leaders.
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And if you are completely ignorant of Booker T. Washington why do you regard him as an authority worthy of citation on this isssue?
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Contemporary black culture? It hardly needs to be that expansive. We're talking about Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton here. What they have done in the name of race relations/equality is simply shameful. If you want to take umbrage with that claim, feel free to do so. Last edited by Indy Coug; 05-16-2007 at 05:02 PM. |
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I don't necessarily disagree with the point. I just am appalled that anyone should quote Booker T. Washington to make it, particularly someone who admittedly doesn't know nor care to know anything about Washington. Try Clarence Thomas or Bill Cosby or Stephen Carter but for the love of God quoting Booker T. Washington for this concept comes back at you like a bungy chord that has come loose from its mooring.
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Jackson & Sharpton are counterproductive, but having bad leaders itself is a legacy of slavery. It's hard to have initiative when for 300 years you're instructed not to do anything unless told. Little wonder the most prominent leaders, Colin Powell & Obama, are born of Jamaican and African immigrants. I spent half my mission in the NYC ghetto, and I've noticed caribbean people start their own businesses, have tight-knit families, and have kids who excel in school. Same race of people as African Americans. Denial of victimhood is ridiculous. |
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