As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Is the Harvard professor who got Arrest
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The following is an essay regarding the failings of a system and a culture.
Please note that he elegantly describes the mood of many Americans and he Does so without prejudice.
Blacks And The Politics Of Racial Extortion
..........by Fr
On the Web I find that Henry Louis Gates Jr., the chairman of Afro-American Studies at Harvard, is demanding that whites pay reparations to blacks. It's Because of slavery, see. He is join
I feel like saying, "Let me get this straight, Hank. I'm slow. Be patient.
You want free money because of slavery, right? I don't blame you." I'd like Free money too. Tell you what. I believe in justice. I'll give you a million Dollars for every slave I own, and another million for every year you were a Slave. Fair enough? But tell me, how many slaves do you suppose I have? In round numbers, I mean...say to the nearest dozen. And how long were you a slave?
Oh. In other words, I owe you reparations for something that I didn't do and Didn't happen to you. That makes sense. Like lug nuts on a birthday Cake.
Personally, I think you owe me reparations for things you didn't do and Never happen
But if we're going to talk about reparations, that's a street that runs in Two directions. You want money from me for what some other whites did To some other blacks in another century?
How about you guys paying whites reparations for current expenses caus
Now, yes, I know you burn
Over the years blacks have burn
I can't live in the capital city of my own country because of crime Committ
Now, I'd view things differently if you said to me, "Fr
And bigger words. Can you help us?"
I'd say, "Hallelujah! Hoo-ahh! Not just yes, but hell yes. Let's sell an Aircraft carrier and get these folks some real schools and get them into the Economic main-stream.' I'd say It partly because it would be the right thing To do, and partly because I'd like to add you guys to the tax base.
The current custodial state is expensive. I'd just love for blacks to study And learn to compete and stop burning places. But is it going to happen?
You may not believe it, but I, and most whites, don't like seeing blacks as miserable and screw
I spend a fair amount of time in the projects. Those places are ugly. It's no fun watching perfectly good kids turn into semi-literate dope dealers who barely speak English. It just plain ain't right. But, Hank, what am I suppos
Maybe it's time.
I'll tell you what I see out in the world, Hank... I think blacks are too accustom
Thing is, whites don't much buy it any longer. Most recognize that what once was a civil-rights movement has become a shak
On one hand, blacks hate whites and incline toward looting and burning. (The whites you hate are the ones who march
On the other hand, whites quietly grow wearier and wearier of it. Not good, Hank.
On the third hand (allow me three hands, for rhetorical convenience), blacks keep demanding things. As I write, you demand reparations for slavery. Blacks in
Other blacks reject the Declaration of Independence. Blacks in
What happens if whites ever say, "No"?
Now, how about you? You've got a cushy job up there at Harvard, and you can hoot and holler about what swine and bandits whites are. I guess it's lots of fun, and you get a salary for it to boot. But don't you think you might do blacks more good if you told them to complain less and study more?
For example, if you want blacks to work in Silicon Gulch, the best approach might be to find some really smart black guys, and get them to study digital design ~ not Black Studies (as you teach). That's how everybody else does it. It works. Then blacks wouldn't feel left out, and racial tensions would decline. Sound like a plan?
Just out of curiosity, how many hours a week do professors of Afro-American Studies spend in the projects, encouraging poor black kids to study real- life sho-nuf subjects?
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