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Originally posted by Steeltrap
I heart Leonard Pitts. He makes a lot of sense, and I do believe that it was easier for us to scream at Chang because he wasn't black.
It speaks to personal responsibility and making sure that our house is clean. How the h*** can we rail at others when our house isn't in order? The era of the larger society feeling guilty is over, done, especially since the prevailing media stereotype/image isn't the classy, dignified lunch-counter sit-in people. It's the thugs/hoodrats/chickenheads. 
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I like Leonard Pitts and generally agree with his commentary -- but who is he really blaming here? After all, to blame everybody is to blame nobody. Is it really up to the civil rights leaders on CNN to explain to my children why 50 cent's CD is not coming into the crib? If we leave it to the "leaders," is it then okay for parents to let it slide when they hear the music because the kids are just "rebelling like we did back in the day?"
Yeah, we can blame the rappers but they're just vendors moving, in this case, mentally poisonous product.
I agree ST that the dominant society's guilt trip is over and has been so for quite a while now. I think that's what gives rise to the wide distribution of the Ward Connerlys, Larry Elders, etc...
ok, Ima put my soap box away now...