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To: Neocon who wrote (221491)	1/23/2002 4:02:07 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"...funnily enough, most blacks are Evangelicals, and agree more with Republicans on social issues!" More are beginning to discover this, but to succeed as a group they will have to stop giving credence to race baiters. * * *

To: Neocon who wrote (221491)	1/25/2002 11:50:07 AM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Pride Cometh Before A Fall by Thomas Lindaman 02/01/01 By now you've heard of the Reverend Jesse Jackson's personal scandal where he fathered an illegitimate child and brought the then-pregnant mother to the White House during the Monica Lewinsky scandal so he could be one of Bill Clinton's "spiritual advisors." Rod Serling couldn't come up with a more ironic and fitting punishment for Jackson's indiscretion. But, as easy as it would be to jump on the Bash Jackson bandwagon, I can't do it. I don't condone what he did, nor do I appreciate his self-righteous tone on issues of public morality. Nor do I take joy at seeing a well-known modern liberal Democrat falling flat on his face. Instead, I feel a sense of pity, not just for Jackson, but for the very people he presumes to represent. One of the biggest problems within the black community right now is illegitimacy. Black men are breeding with women and then abandoning mother and child, sometimes leaving a string of fatherless children in their wakes. Blacks know this is going on and many are disappointed at how often this scenario gets played out. So, what does this have to do with the Reverend Jackson? Plenty. Thanks to Democrat social policies, it has become easier to do what so many blacks have done. Why stick around in a relationship without love when you know your sex partner and any children that come out of sexual relations will be taken care of by the government? And who has been at the forefront, supporting such programs? The so-called black leadership, including Reverend Jackson. The sad thing is many blacks don't realize the futility of supporting the party that promotes the never-ending cycle of poverty and illegitimacy. In this past Presidential election, Al Gore received 92% of the African-American vote, even though Gore opposed many of the programs these same African-Americans say they support, such as school vouchers. Yet, these voters can't pull the lever for any other political party because they believe Democrats still have the black community's best interests in mind. And those who do happen to break away are lambasted by the majority of blacks as "acting white" or being "Uncle Toms" or even "traitors to their race." My question would be who exactly is the traitor here? Conservative blacks may be frowned upon by their fellow blacks, but more often than not they represent the pinnacle of what people can do when they want to succeed. Are conservative blacks somehow superior to liberal blacks? Not really. Everyone has the power to excel, but people must have the right attitude to achieve their goals. There are any number of true black leaders: Dr. Alan Keyes, Larry Elder, Dr. Thomas Sowell, Ken Hamblin, Colin Powell, J. C. Watts, Clarence Thomas, Earl G. Graves, Kathleen Battle, Simon Estes, and I'm only scratching the surface. Yet, most if not all of these individuals are either ridiculed or ignored by the bulk of their fellow blacks. That is truly a sad statement about the state of the black community in America. Hopefully blacks, and people of all races for that matter, will see the Jesse Jackson scandal not as a jumping on point to either bash Jackson or conservatives, but rather as an opportunity to reevaluate the role people like Reverend Jackson have in society. Jackson got caught up in a trap he helped create, and only time will tell if he will be able to get himself out of it. If I may be so bold as to suggest something to the Reverend and his followers: It's time to stop paying lip service to a political party that only uses you to further its own causes and to start thinking for yourselves. All you're doing by voting Democratic in every election is ensuring the cycle of illegitimacy in black communities continues and gets harder to break out of. And as we've seen with Jesse Jackson, even the mighty aren't immune to its siren song. And that's the Bottom Line. commonconservative.com * * *