But that would mean that American Blacks must start blaming themselves rather than White Folk, and we can't have that...Racism and violence are on the rapid rise amongst African Americans. I know it's not politically correct to state that, but it is the reality. The stats are there for anyone who's interested. Black on White violent crime is at an all-time high, while White on Black violent crime is almost nonexistent. It's time to start having an honest & open discussion about it. The African American community needs to begin seriously & honestly addressing their own problems from within. Nothing can get better until they do that.
Jackson and Sharpton and their fellow-travelers would lose their relevancy...
The NEXT generation of Black American leadership will hopefully carry a different message and a firm resolve to work to better things without playing the Race Card or the Blame Game every 10 seconds...
But I suspect we'll have to wait until the last of the junior-leadership from the old 1960s Civil Rights movement dies-off, which shouldn't be long now...
Political opportuniists come in all shapes, sizes, genders, races. and age groups, however. Until the American people themselves demand that skin color be of no more consequence than eye color or hair color, the political opportunists--both those in government and for private motives--will continue to fan the flames of racism. It is big business to them and keeps them in their positions of power.
Again freedom loving people everywhere of all races, ethnicities, etc. should be condemning and making that socially unacceptable. But alas, some of us even on this thread not only condone it, but participate in it. And that is a lose-lose proposition for all but the opportunists.