Quote of the Day
Posted on September 23rd, 2005 in General, Culture by tavaresforby ||
Like the March of Dimes’ victory against polio in the U.S., civil rights organizations can claim victory as well. At one time, black Americans did not enjoy the same constitutional guarantees as other Americans. Now we do. Because the civil rights struggle is over and won doesn’t mean that all problems have vanished within the black community. A 70 percent illegitimacy rate, 65 percent of black children raised in female-headed households, high crime rates and fraudulent education are devastating problems, but they’re not civil rights problems. Furthermore, their solutions do not lie in civil rights strategies.
-Walter Williams
September 26th, 2005 at 2:02 pm
I have a problem with the regressive attitudes of Jesse Jackson and his ilk. He perpetuates stereotypes based on victimization. The recent “gem” was comparing the citizens of New Orleans who were dealing with a nightmare to slaves on a slave ship. I think Jackson is stuck two or three decades back and he can’t re-invent.
Someone else in here said the “refugee” word was used for blacks and not for whites and others exacuating and said it applied to FOX coverage. I can’t imagine FOX making any kind of editorial decision like that … and if it was coming from the mouth of Shep Smith, well … I hold no brief for Shepherd’s ability to draw subtle distinctions in such matters. But yeah - “refugee” in that context referring to any American citizen is a very poor choice of words.