Friday, May 9, 2003
Good!
(Via Zogby Blog) Black leaders say rift exists with immigrants -- The Washington Times
"When we talk of housing disparities, education problems ... many [immigrants] don't think that affects them," said William Spriggs, executive director of the National Urban League Institute for Opportunity and Equality.
"Black politicians ... haven't been able to get [black immigrants] to buy into what white America is all about, about what white privilege is. Immigrants don't come here with that understanding. We have to change our language to let them know that these are their problems."
Many immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean do not wish to be classified as black, because black leaders here have failed to reach out to the immigrants and identify their concerns, said members of the panel, which was composed primarily of representatives from the liberal black establishment.[...]
You mean they're failing to buy in to the culture of victimhood and thereby failing to feed black "leadership's" hopes of renewed relevancy? The horror!
Many, many immigrant-Americans are ready to reap the rewards that hard work and a positive outlook can bring in America in spite of the best of efforts of some.
I remember seeing Ehud Barak on Hannity & Colmes one night. Hannity was trying to get Barak to admit that much of Israel's trouble was rooted in wide-spread anti-Semitism. Undoubtedly true, but whether deep down he thought so or not, Barak just waved his hand and blew it off.
Why? Well, amongst the several reasons for doing so, no doubt one of the strongest reasons was that no good leader ever says, "Our fate is in the hands of others." If you admit that Israel's troubles stem from anti-Semitism, well, there's nothing you can do about that is there? Anti-Semitism is not the fault of the Jews. Trying to placate irrational Jew-haters is a waste of time and energy and you'll just end up destroying yourself in an impossible battle to change things you have no control over.
Can you imagine an officer, getting his men ready to take an enemy-occupied hill saying, "OK men, we're gonna take that hill...if...they let us up there and don't shoot too much..." No. He's got to say, "OK men, we're gonna take that goddamn hill and show those bastards how to fight!"
So Ehud Barak blows off the assertion that Israel's troubles stem from Jew hating...too bad so many African American leaders are stuck in the paradigms of the past. There are voices of hope out there, though!
Oh, and as an aside, how does a conference attended by 40 people rate a Washington Times article?
Update: Right Wing News dissects the story, as does Daily Pundit. Emperor Misha does a number on it as well.
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