-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | | | | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | | | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Chris Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Blacks are now left with leaders like Mfume and Jackson and Sharpton and > Bond who accuse the president of not giving enough handouts.
This is false and reads like USA right-wing propaganda. Bond, Jackson and others marched in the 1960's, withstood racist attacks, etc. They have fought for African-Americans and ask for equal opportunity which is denied them, not handouts. > An America where blacks run blue chip businesses such as Merrill Lynch, > American Express and the U.S. State Department This is true and about time. However, these are the exceptions and do not reflect the demographics of the USA. > no longer needs activism of poverty pimps such as Jackson, Sharpton, Bond, > et. al. This is cheap invective, something one would hear from Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter. > The battle for legal equality has been fought and won. Blacks still face > social and > economic challenges but these are self-inflicted. This is false and right-wing propaganda. The present state of African-Americans is not self-inflicted but is the legacy of years of discrimination and racism. Although racism is illegal, it is still practiced. Regards, George
