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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: goldworldnet who wrote (540232)	2/14/2004 10:30:54 AM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Blacks denigrate themselves by calling each other by the "N" word. Yes. Indeed. We also should think about this. Do you think blacks like Powell and Rice call each other these names? Quite obviously not. They are clearly of a different attitude and bearing than what we see in Sharpton and Jackson. It would not surprise me at all to hear that the latter two men use this sort of language in reference to other blacks. Their culture is different from Powell's and Rice's. But since both groups have experienced discrimmination, they can yet identify with each other. We can help by keeping this in mind-- defending the former group when it is attacked by the latter. That would assault the identification shared by the two groups, over time helping to set the former group free. I am in favor of being an example and attempting to convey my thoughts in a positive manner. But you ought not be afraid, certainly not of the negros. I think too many whites are afraid of being called "racist" when in fact they are not racist at all. A couple in my church has a son who through his public school became infatuated with "thug" culture. They were told by someone that it was a phase and that they ought not worry about it. The kid worsened and fell deeply into thugdom. But the parents were too afraid to strike out against it because they didn't want to been seen as racists. They were unable to make the distinction between blacks and negros (thugs) and felt that by coming against the latter, they were assaulting the former. The son himself used this argument against his parents. It was madness. Eventually the parents came to me, since I am their elder. Obviously there were other issues involved, but in dealing with this particular issue I told them essentially what I have shared here, that they ought not be afraid of anything and that they ought to openly make the distinctions that are already quite clear. They laid down the law for the kid, put him in his place and we were all able to work together through the other difficulties. That was years ago. The kid is now married and doing fine. I am still a servant of this family. I know you agree with this. It is up to us to set an example. Indeed I do. I also think that in setting an example we ought not be afraid of people like Shep, who in ignorance would call us "racists." The real racists are those who refuse to make distinctions when they are quite evident. There is no need to assume the guilt of all blacks because essentially, the distinctions between blacks and thugs are already before us.