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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (165629)	7/29/2001 10:47:58 AM
From: Sly_	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

offer up analysis as to why 9 of 10 African-Americans voted for Gore the last election Because 9 out of 10 african americans (like yourself) never met a handout they didn't like. I'm not talking racism, I'm talking FACTS Sly

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (165629)	7/29/2001 10:50:58 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

flapjack, I was saddened to hear of the racial tension in Cincinnati. We appear to be having some of the same problems in the Seattle area where I live. I was in Cincinnati in 1985 attending a trial practice course for lawyers which was held in Covington. I remember having dinner at a Holiday Inn which was apparently under black management. I was having trouble with a rental car with a dead battery. The black management really busted their a-s helping me out with a difficult situation. They were really wonderful.

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (165629)	7/29/2001 12:09:23 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

That is very simple. The naacp ran an ad that was despicable. Do you think their ad was despicable? Did you say anything? Did any black leaders condemn the Nazi like ad? Did democrats or the liberal press really say much. The poorer one is the less one has time to look at issues. One goes by the nuance of news. In poverty and crime filled areas where most blacks live with no one speaking out one may think this extreme but why is no-one saying it's extreme. The black leadership of this country has lead their race to 7 in 10 of their future is born out of wedlock. They are the leadership of we are the victims and we should be paid. We are the victims of business and rich white folks stealing from us. The fact that two blacks have very high profile positions and more educated blacks are seeing the wholesale rape of the black community by Democrat victimology may start changing the situation. But the poorer one is the less time one has to learn was it real. One also has no experience of success and what are the rules to achieve success. One hears and wants to believe personal failure is someone else's fault. They completely identify with a person who is ia total personal failure, mr. bill. tom watson tosiwmee

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (165629)	7/30/2001 2:14:21 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 769667

I haven't replied to it because I didn't read it. I only occasionally read ALL the posts anymore, too many! I have said why I think so before, and it got me slammed immediately as a racist. Ideas move the world. Your belief system can either raise you up out of poverty, or keep you buried there. The "black community" is mired in a victim culture and an entitlement culture. The community punishes productive behaviors as being "white" and rewards destructive behavior and beliefs, with the expectation that wealth simply HAPPENS, or is BESTOWED, not created. The community justifies the continued self-destructive tendencies with a mantra of victimhood. My girlfriend works in restaurant with many different races, her general manager is Mexican. Her supervisor is black. A black employee doesn't come in on time, stands around and does nothing during rush hour, save talk on the phone. The manager reprimands him, the employee immediately makes the accusation that he is RACIST, and begins spouting how the white man got him down. While the manager is reminding the dumb ass that HE IS MEXICAN. Do you know how many times I have heard her come home with stories like that? Do you know how many times I have experienced that personally? It is ingrained, it is a knee-jerk reaction. If one demands that you take responsibility for yourself, and god forbid do your job, you are "white" and "racist" and "keeping him down." What is wrong with this picture, flappy? Is that a social structural problem? Or is it a self-destructive belief system? Why haven't more blacks joined the conservative side of the political spectrum? I think they have, for the reasons others have posted. Another problem is that many educated, affluent blacks continue to hold the victim belief system. It is not only reinforced in American colleges, believe me, it is ENCOURAGED. Derek