tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353011839380404074.post2169037353341609995..comments2023-12-05T02:14:13.549-08:00Comments on New Possibilities: In Defense of My PeopleAnson Asakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18251275167610699492noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353011839380404074.post-3236315217604042192013-07-30T04:40:08.069-07:002013-07-30T04:40:08.069-07:00Thanks for sharing your insightful comments. I com...Thanks for sharing your insightful comments. I completely agree.Anson Asakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18251275167610699492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353011839380404074.post-81186732104788120052013-07-30T04:14:47.732-07:002013-07-30T04:14:47.732-07:00"Violence, high drop out rates and high out o..."Violence, high drop out rates and high out of wedlock birthrates are merely symptoms of systemic problems such as poverty, unemployment, inferior schools and war on drugs." <br /><br />This is everything. <br /><br />But Blacks who "made it" refuse to acknowledge that. What I find even more pathetic about Don Lemon's comments is that he does't recognize that Whites often dress similarly to the supposed "sagging pants" trend (which I hardly see anymore) and at worst are seen as being nuisances. No one ever finds them threatening or fears for their lives when they are around. <br /><br />I just hate how simpletons like to make everything black and white. "If you didn't do this, then this wouldn't happen." They think with their LIMITED view on the world, they can solve all the world's problems. Yes, there is dysfunction in the Black American community, but don't presume that it's all their doing. Just because you've chosen to forego all vestiges of your Black heritage, and assume the image of "anti-threat" (i.e., soft-spoken and effeminate, so that Whites have the impression they could win in a fight against you), and that works for you, does't make it something we all should strive for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com