Troubled Blacks

Before I get accused of swiping with too broad of a brush, I want to be clear that there is a minority of Black citizens working, contributing, and living upstanding lives. It is a sad fact though that this number is pitifully small. The majority of African American youths, driven by the perception that there isn't any other way, seem hell-bent on destruction. These misguided youths have adopted the 'shortcut' method for progressing in this society.

It is a disturbing fact that Blacks have the 'wants', but instead of utilizing the opportunities of this nation that allows a person to rise to the level of his ambition, young Blacks feel the need to shortcut the process. The shortcut methods include any activity that provides instant wealth using criminal means; including robbery, pimping, selling street drugs, home invasions, and scams. The shortcut method attempts to circumvent acceptable paths to success.

The alarming statistics of African Americans is not good. Seventy percent of their children are born out of wedlock. According to this statistic, a majority of Black children are raised without the influence of a father. While mothers are nurturing, they cannot provide the balance needed by a child. With few exceptions, children raised in single parent homes develop deficiencies that carry over into adulthood.

The majority white population feels responsible for the plight of Blacks. After all, the white population enslaved and discriminated against Blacks. Whites still think of Blacks as being inferior but at the same time, they feel guilty about the past. The accepted method for Whites to salve their conscience is to reward Blacks with undeserved status. The White population has done everything in their power to destroy the Black population with their kindness. Whites do not intentionally try to harm Blacks, because other than the Liberal elitists among the White population, the majority of Whites want to do right by Blacks.

School integration brought the first opportunity for Whites to help the Black population. A good education would have given Blacks the tools to succeed in our competitive society, but the Democrat elitists' leaders had other ideas. Instead of challenging these young minds, White politicians lowered the standards for students. Lowering standards for Black students was only an extension of the deeply held idea that blacks were somehow inferior and couldn't be educated to White standards. It is important to understand Liberal politics. The Democrats never intended for the Black population to succeed, all they wanted was to create the illusion of helping the Black Race. The last thing that Liberals want is for the Black population to succeed. Under the guise of helping Blacks, the Democrats quickly made them wards of the state. They destroyed any incentive for success that this segment of the population may have had. The Welfare State was born. Reverse discrimination became common in the zeal to make up for the bad treatment Blacks had endured at the hands of the Whites. The welfare state was an easy sell to the White community because of the mantle of guilt riding on their shoulders.

Subsisting on the welfare handouts and other crumbs from Washington destroys Black national pride. In the eyes of the Black person on welfare, there needs to be more crumbs. Their resentment is a manifestation of the rampant poverty that is so pervasive in their communities. Leadership from the Black pulpits is absent. Few if any, tell of the freedom and pride they would gain by standing on their own hind legs. Very few Black ministers preach self-worth and to quit blaming the Whites for all their problems. With the exception of a few, Blacks are not succeeding as a race.

Black athletes are heralded for their athletic skills as they perform for a mostly White audience. Their athletic heroes are in a unique position to set an example for the younger Black generation but alas, the majority of successful Black athletes do not. Most get caught up in consumerism that projects the 'I have arrived' mentality. There is a desperate need for more Black grass root enterprises to celebrate the 'reward for effort formula' to inspire younger Blacks to make the effort to win in life. Instead, these young Blacks are allowed to drift into the shortcut system. Embracing the shortcut system is also the reason for such a large Black population in our prisons.

Lack of Leadership

There are a few Black leaders trying to get the message to the Black community, Bill Cosby comes to mind. But Mr. Cosby's message is met with derision because the message is laced with the idea of taking responsibility for the sad conditions prevalent within Black communities. The voices that are heard the most within the Black community are from those pied pipers of 'blame the whites' like Al Sharpton, Louis Farrakhan, and Jesse Jackson. We can only hope that the future will bring leadership to the Black community. A leadership that understands the value of family, hard work, and reward for effort. It is sad that successful Blacks are accused of being Uncle Toms, or Lackeys for Whites. Perpetuating the stereotype of victimization only works to empower the 'blame the whites' trumpeters and does real disservice to the Black population.

In conclusion, the sad state of the Black population in this country should be addressed without the shroud of political correctness. The American White needs to quit feeling guilty over past injustices and respect Blacks as equals, not a people needing their pitiful handouts. I leave this one last thought, whenever Black students do get challenged in school to a higher standard, they respond remarkably well. There are numerous examples of what these students achieve when they are not treated as if they were somehow inferior and in need of lower standards to get through school.

Cheers,

-Robert-