Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 955469" data-attributes="member: 22662">That seems perverted logic to me.&nbsp; I won&#039;t even bother to challenge the numbers.So since single parents and broken homes are prevalent in the black community, exactly what conclusion are we supposed to draw?&nbsp; Blacks should expect this treatment because statistics show we are more likely to come from these boken homes and thus be criminal elements based on the color of our skin?&nbsp; Is that what you mean Island?&nbsp; Because if it is, you have defined exactly what racism is.&nbsp; And if it is not what you mean, please explain.Or perhaps it is that until we solve all social ills within the black community, racism is nothing more than a completely understandable failing of the nation we live in?No, Island.&nbsp; These are not facts that I, black leaders, or any black man, woman or child needs to accept.&nbsp; The list of prominent blacks from broken families is long and since January 20th, 2001 it has started with the president.&nbsp; We don&#039;t have to accept that we are stereotyped because there is no reason to believe that Trayvon Martin could not have been elected to the highest office in the land some 30 years from now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 955469, member: 22662"] That seems perverted logic to me. I won't even bother to challenge the numbers. So since single parents and broken homes are prevalent in the black community, exactly what conclusion are we supposed to draw? Blacks should expect this treatment because statistics show we are more likely to come from these boken homes and thus be criminal elements based on the color of our skin? Is that what you mean Island? Because if it is, you have defined exactly what racism is. And if it is not what you mean, please explain. Or perhaps it is that until we solve all social ills within the black community, racism is nothing more than a completely understandable failing of the nation we live in? No, Island. These are not facts that I, black leaders, or any black man, woman or child needs to accept. The list of prominent blacks from broken families is long and since January 20th, 2001 it has started with the president. We don't have to accept that we are stereotyped because there is no reason to believe that Trayvon Martin could not have been elected to the highest office in the land some 30 years from now. [/QUOTE]

Verification