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Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
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!
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Let's be clear here. We're talking about comments made my Bill Cosby. The comments he made were about the way our children speak, bad parenting skills, people stealing pound cake, expensive tennis shoes, etc... Are you trying to tell me that your interpretation of what most black Democrats want is someone to step in cure those types of ills? While I don't speak for all black people (contrary to popular belief), I think I can fairly say that that is ridiculous. Since you seem to be the expert on this, please outline for me what you believe these "black issues" are. Actually, that's okay, I just realized that I really don't even want to know, lol.
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Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
What do you mean you don't see the point? Are the issues a secret?
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No, these issues aren't a secret at all and you and Bill can yell them from a mountaintop if you want. It just seems an ineffective method to me. DO something about it if you're so compelled to speak on it. Everything else is just rhetoric. We know there's a bad element. Now what?
Did you notice how I totally just skipped over that whole "white" spiel? I don't even know where that came from, lol.
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Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
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...
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So my argument has no merit just because you don't agree with it? Yeah, okay. How can you claim I'm in denial when I clearly posted that I'm aware of the many ills in the black community? I even listed some of them. Not only do I acknowledge them, but I make active efforts to alleviate them.
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Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
"...are they comfortable in their own skin" 
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You like that, huh? You may as well make that your new siggy since it shows up in all your posts anyway, lol.
And for the third time I ask:
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?
Anyway, this has been entertaining and all, but I have a life I need to go live.