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Originally posted by Bamboozled
And again, I say to you what I said to Rudey:
When has anyone on here said that we want politicians to address the "problems" being discussed in this thread? I don't expect politicians to take the crack pipe out of someones hand, make someone speak "proper" English or take better care of their children. What I do expect politicians to do is ensure that there is equal opportunity to education, housing, employment, etc... The only reason those tend to be "black problems" is because those basic rights are often not afforded to us. What other "black problems" does the black community ask politicians to address?

People say ALL THE TIME that politicians need to address BLACK ISSUES discussed in this thread and beyond. I'm not sure how much you keep up with politics but this is the main flame many Black Democrats throw at Republicans that they don't pay attention to "our issues." You quote things that YOU consider to be black issues i.e. education, housing employment etc. and my response is that there are lots of opportunities out there..and if the priorities in the black community were right we'd be taking advantage of them. The government can't do EVERYTHING. We need to stop waiting for the government to legislate things to make it easier for us and take advantage of the MANY opportunities that are already available to us. THERE IS NO PRESIDENT, BILL OR POLICY THAT CAN "FIX" THE THINGS WRONG IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY (BECAUSE ITS NOT LACK OF $$, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT ETC.) IT HAS TO START WITH US!

As far as Bill making his comments in front of a white audience, that's really not an issue for me. I guess I'm just wondering what the point is? To let us all know there is a bad element among us? Check... I think we all get that. So now what?

What do you mean you don't see the point? Are the issues a secret? And I know its hard for you to believe this, but there are actually white people that not only care about things in the black community (and black peoples abroad), and have done GREAT things to help our community. And lets not mention the numerous WHITE people that go to South Africa etc. to help OUR PEOPLE. Did you forget about the white folks during civil rights that helped OUR cause? Lets not paint everyone with such a broad brush. Some people may actually want to help...and if they don't what's the harm in discussing it?

And I reiterate:
I just don't get how some of you on here sit around agreeing with the masses, posting slanted statistics, saying, "yeah, my race is in an awful state, isn't it?" Well, where does that place you? And better yet, what are YOU doing about it?

And I just don't understand how some of YOU sit around here disagreeing just to be disagreeing based on your emotions and not facts, are in denial about the urgency of the situation in the black community, and call anyone that addresses these issues head on without shielding the truth a sell out...uncle Tom or a more trendy phrase asking them "are they comfortable in their own skin"