The Urban League's 'State of Black America' report paints a (hmm let me guess) dire picture and makes proposals for solutions. I have to say this is getting tired. Over at the Washington Post, folks in the comment section are spewing big time. Take this one for example:
What about 70 of all black kids being our of wedlock? It appears the blacks
have plenty of time being on welfare and getting money from drugs and stealing
to keep busy reproducing. And what about the nationwide poor performance of
black kids in schools at every level? They cant say it is discrimination when it
affects every school district in the US -- not just DC. And what about report
after report saying that historically black colleges and universities being nothing
more than extension of high school with poor accademic standards and poor
quality teachers? Maybe these schools should be renamed historially bad
colleges and universities as that description fits them to a T. And what about
most of the inmates in prison being black? Does that tell you something about
the moral fiber of blacks? It sure speaks a lot about the decline of blacks in a
society where every other racial group exxept for blacks have pulled
themseleves up and moved into main stream society. Lets face it, in my mind
the blacks have declined in almost every quality measure of life in the US. And
they did it themselves.
Obviously, you can expect people to be vehement in their assertions that it is racist to talk about all black people in such negative and general terms. But that criticism not-so-obviously, goes both ways. The Urban League is not making a report about the state of 'some of' Black America, but presumes to speak for all of us. Note with irony.
The Washington Post, for its role in this, allows everyone who reads the story and ventures to the comment section to 'request removal' of comments you deem offensive. I picked the one above because I'm guessing that it won't last long.
I recall what my mother and yours used to tell me: If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
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