On my blog I receive email from time to time both good and bad. When I have chosen to write about situations involving race, it surly touches nerves, which is understood. Although I remain completely statistical and logical sometimes people can’t separate emotion from logic. I’m never bothered by it; you have to expect that with the territory. I actually find these responses humorous, in fact last time I wrote about the Congressional Black Caucus I got a few comments (all negative) interesting but none more then this one:
“A DEVIL IS ANY GRAFTED MAN”-Khalid Muhammad. Our dark ancestors chronicled pale stringy-haired ppl as Tamahu not Humans. Being grafted affects behavior primarily bcuz as you graft a human, it devolves closer to the base animal…White man in particular shares hair types, physical features & scent with members of the lower animal kingdom; Apes, Dogs, Pigs. The devil-man’s behavior is a byproduct of being grafted & lacking MELANIN making them all vicious peckerwoods who should not have existed.”
The division continues as race continues to be a staple in the arsenal of those that wish to keep us separate and divided staying true to the cause: divide and conquer. Whether it is the state, the media or those people that make their very living off of this division of humans; race remains the single most powerful divider because it involves every one of us. Once you have everyone involved, it is then easy to exploit, and nobody is more notorious for this then Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.
I can only imagine what will come my way, with this bit of truth that I’m about to rely but what can I say? Facts are facts and I like them. I will continue to call out and point out this collectivism in the form of racism and double speak as long as these two are in the public eye. Now I digress, onwards and upwards…
Another black man killed at the hands of a white man, another charge of a hate crime. That is just one of the charges facing both Jake England, 19, and his roommate, Alvin Watts, 33 who are also being charged with multiple other charges including Murder-1 for the three gunshot victims who died on the 6th of April earlier this month in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Unlike the Martin/Zimmerman situation in Florida, this case has evidence based on police reports of: “admissions by both defendants as to their involvement in the three murder charges and the two SWIK (shooting with intent to kill) charges” that according to First Assistant District Attorney Doug Drummond.
Photo from: Tulsaworld.com
This situation appears to be quite different from the shooting in Sanford, where a lot of grey area surrounds the case. Zimmerman (who is facing only a 2nd degree murder charge) in his role of the Martin shooting claims his innocence; while this case in Tulsa you have an admission of guilt. An admission of guilt… is well, an admission of guilt. For one, there are two survivors in the Tulsa shootings. Secondly, there are two people being accused (roommates too) thus the pool of defense the defense team can draw from will be one that is severely limited. So there is no way that the Tulsa case will play out the same as the case in Sanford, this type of event is what makes people like Sharpton and Jackson get up every morning. The only question here will be life in prison or lethal injection.
Now, with the case of Zimmerman, I opined back in March that the charge of a hate crime or that Martins death was racially motivated was clearly speculative, based only on the fact that Zimmerman was white while Martin was black. That’s hardly enough evidence to say that something was motivated out of hate or prejudice. That however didn’t stop Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson from sticking in their beaks to claim otherwise. Jackson went even as far to say that: ““Blacks are under attack.”
I found that funny then and I find it funny now. The reality is that blacks attack more whites than blacks do and do so at an alarming rate. According to a study done by the New Century Foundation in 2005 (a non profit organization founded in 1994 to study immigration and race relations) crimes that involve blacks and whites, blacks commit 85% of the 770,000 violent interracial crimes to the white populations 15%. Its worth noting that, American White population in the US is 4x that of Black Americans.
Blacks target whites more so than any other race while committing violent crimes. In fact 45% of their victims are white to 43% being black. White people on the other hand commit only 3% of their violent crimes are against blacks. Now let’s think about these last two figures and maybe Jackson and Sharpton can give an explanation; because I don’t ever see or hear of an explanation when it comes to black on black crime. If they do speak out in these cases it’s always a community problem or it’s the nation, the illegal guns, the drugs or its our history that has failed them; I never hear ownership.
Blacks are an estimated 39 times more likely to commit a violent crime against a white than vice versa, and 136 times more likely to commit robbery.
Blacks are 2.25 times more likely to commit officially-designated hate crimes against whites than vice versa.
This study was done in 2005; I will gladly give the benefit of the doubt and stand corrected if blacks are indeed “under attack” as Jackson says they are. All I need to do is see the evidence. Show me the numbers and show me the crimes. If we are going to just cherry pick random acts of violence and call them hate crimes or grasp on to the very few of white hate crimes committed against blacks that are an anomaly without any statistical evidence to state otherwise… then these numbers I present speak for themselves. That however won’t happen, because race and division is big business. Facts and truth mean nothing to these men. Ask Sharpton, he wouldn’t go to Tulsa because he was too busy “fundraising” in DC.
“I was scheduled to be in Tulsa this weekend but now feel that I can be more useful to the families of the victims to remain at my national convention and raise money for them,” Sharpton said.
Remember who Jackson said was attacking Black America? It was “Big business” and I will say what I said a month ago regarding this: exploitation is big business.
I dont think logic and facts need to be seen through a lens. I dont think my color either way has any bearing on truth. The facts i state are there with a cite. The comments i quoted are also linked with a citation. I took the facts and formed a logical conclusion. That is two men are using hyperbole that is contrary and completely diametrically opposite of the truth to further their agenda and divide people. You think the media will point that out? Where is the MSM’s piece on crime and who suffers more “hate crimes”? You have not nor wont see that, so its left to people writing blogs, not beholden to advertisers and the PC police.
The problem RealityChick, and with all due respect… is that this mentality you present in your response is the antithesis of logic concerning race. People shouldn’t be afraid or feel out of line to talk about facts or statistics. How else do you suppose things change if we cant have an open dialogue? We cant rely on government to do this for us. We cant rely on the media to frame this argument either. If we continue to allow this type of mindset nothing will change and people will continue to be divided.
Exactly. The media unfortunately will never provide anything of substance. Its clear that anything out side of the accepted agenda will not be permitted. Besides, is it news if a black person commits an act of violence towards a white person? Statistically, no. Its much more common then the whites on blacks. Until we can talk about this as people instead of as members of one pigment tribe or another nothing will change. It works both ways. Until we stop sending minor drug offenders to prison who are predominantly black, or at least talk about it, nothing will change. Most people despite color in this country are good, hard working people. The majority all want the same things. So i agree, lets stop with the divisive rhetoric, the people that are at the forefront thou need to be called out. Thats what i will continue to do.
Ok, we need to stop the blaming who is wrong here. We can quote statistics of who hates who all day, or who murders who but it won’t solve the problem. What is the problem? Life is a commodity, it’s cheap and its disposable. People have no value for one another, If I hurt you who cares. Children are throw- away commodities; the elderly can be disposed of as “mercy killing” and euthanasia. Why when the least able to defend themselves have no protection, should anyone else think twice about you when you need protection? In an age of corruption and loss of morality, how can we be surprised when guilt is not punished justly? People have forgotten what real unconditional love and acceptance are, and our people are not educated well. Most of them need a good spanking, because they are acting like little children, they were never forced to, or expected to grow up with responsibility, or learn to control their impulses.
If you really want to do something to get back at your enemy, help them heal. Forgive them and pray for them. Love them. It’s the best thing you can do when you’re hated, and jeered at (whatever side is doing it). Stay calm and pray for them. It is our best defense against the evil that brings this about in people. The anger, the hate, the conditional acceptance are all symptoms of this lack of love in people’s lives, if they feel they have no value, why should your life have value? If their life feels hopeless, your life should also be hopeless. This brings everyone down to the lowest common denominator.
Don’t listen to Al Sharpton and his ilk who use these non-issues for their own gain, yet ignore the real travesty and real discrimination people of color face in the south every day, still. And ignore the plight of the minorities in their own communities, where there is a lack of appreciation, family role models and good values. They don’t need more money, or cell phones, they need a place to work hard and learn honest trades. They need an education that will help them to grow as a person, and not downgraded to meet them where they are (Ebonics); but to raise the bar and help them reach it. They need strong role models of hard work and strength of character, excellent faithful fathers and mothers not sports heroes or rap stars who often give the worst examples imaginable. They need to believe that they are better than what they have become. They need good helpful friendships, and long lasting love. It’s not about giving them a fish and creating dependence in order to create a voter base, it’s about teaching them how to fish, with the expectation that they will take care of themselves, like everyone else should. It’s about building strong families and communities that support one another. It’s about creating real community and not tearing it apart. And this goes for all those who find themselves disadvantaged; not just those of one minority or another.
Instead of Sharpton, listen to the Amish, who even after a great tragedy, where their own children in their school were gunned down. They were merciful, forgave the killer and built a new schoolhouse for their children. God asks us to be merciful, even to those who hate us, even to those who do not change, because they refuse to. As Jesus taught us to pray… “And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us”. “I say do not forgive your brother seven times only, but seventy times seven times”…. That isn’t to say a Christian is a door mat, but rather that we work toward the good in everyone. Love heals all wounds, and mercy is the balm of grace.
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I dont think logic and facts need to be seen through a lens. I dont think my color either way has any bearing on truth. The facts i state are there with a cite. The comments i quoted are also linked with a citation. I took the facts and formed a logical conclusion. That is two men are using hyperbole that is contrary and completely diametrically opposite of the truth to further their agenda and divide people. You think the media will point that out? Where is the MSM’s piece on crime and who suffers more “hate crimes”? You have not nor wont see that, so its left to people writing blogs, not beholden to advertisers and the PC police.
The problem RealityChick, and with all due respect… is that this mentality you present in your response is the antithesis of logic concerning race. People shouldn’t be afraid or feel out of line to talk about facts or statistics. How else do you suppose things change if we cant have an open dialogue? We cant rely on government to do this for us. We cant rely on the media to frame this argument either. If we continue to allow this type of mindset nothing will change and people will continue to be divided.
The Sharp Jacks need to go home and the news… well their all there for one thing right. And that has nothing to do with the truth or justice.
“Facts are facts and I like them.” – Why bother with that? A concoction is so much more controversial.
Lets stop with the divisive rhetoric and take the only side that matters; that which demands the truth and sees justice is served.
Headline: Media censored seven hate crime mob attacks in Grand Rapids
Note the source. GR Michigan residence always get their local news from Charleston, SC.
http://www.examiner.com/charleston-conservative-in-charleston-sc/media-censored-seven-hate-crime-mob-attacks-grand-rapids
http://beautifulnightmare-killumbus.blogspot.com/2012/04/censorship-media-censored-seven-hate.html
Exactly. The media unfortunately will never provide anything of substance. Its clear that anything out side of the accepted agenda will not be permitted. Besides, is it news if a black person commits an act of violence towards a white person? Statistically, no. Its much more common then the whites on blacks. Until we can talk about this as people instead of as members of one pigment tribe or another nothing will change. It works both ways. Until we stop sending minor drug offenders to prison who are predominantly black, or at least talk about it, nothing will change. Most people despite color in this country are good, hard working people. The majority all want the same things. So i agree, lets stop with the divisive rhetoric, the people that are at the forefront thou need to be called out. Thats what i will continue to do.
That’s not the only thing going on in Michigan. Have you seen what the Michigan DNR is doing to hog/pig farmers?
Ok, we need to stop the blaming who is wrong here. We can quote statistics of who hates who all day, or who murders who but it won’t solve the problem. What is the problem? Life is a commodity, it’s cheap and its disposable. People have no value for one another, If I hurt you who cares. Children are throw- away commodities; the elderly can be disposed of as “mercy killing” and euthanasia. Why when the least able to defend themselves have no protection, should anyone else think twice about you when you need protection? In an age of corruption and loss of morality, how can we be surprised when guilt is not punished justly? People have forgotten what real unconditional love and acceptance are, and our people are not educated well. Most of them need a good spanking, because they are acting like little children, they were never forced to, or expected to grow up with responsibility, or learn to control their impulses.
If you really want to do something to get back at your enemy, help them heal. Forgive them and pray for them. Love them. It’s the best thing you can do when you’re hated, and jeered at (whatever side is doing it). Stay calm and pray for them. It is our best defense against the evil that brings this about in people. The anger, the hate, the conditional acceptance are all symptoms of this lack of love in people’s lives, if they feel they have no value, why should your life have value? If their life feels hopeless, your life should also be hopeless. This brings everyone down to the lowest common denominator.
Don’t listen to Al Sharpton and his ilk who use these non-issues for their own gain, yet ignore the real travesty and real discrimination people of color face in the south every day, still. And ignore the plight of the minorities in their own communities, where there is a lack of appreciation, family role models and good values. They don’t need more money, or cell phones, they need a place to work hard and learn honest trades. They need an education that will help them to grow as a person, and not downgraded to meet them where they are (Ebonics); but to raise the bar and help them reach it. They need strong role models of hard work and strength of character, excellent faithful fathers and mothers not sports heroes or rap stars who often give the worst examples imaginable. They need to believe that they are better than what they have become. They need good helpful friendships, and long lasting love. It’s not about giving them a fish and creating dependence in order to create a voter base, it’s about teaching them how to fish, with the expectation that they will take care of themselves, like everyone else should. It’s about building strong families and communities that support one another. It’s about creating real community and not tearing it apart. And this goes for all those who find themselves disadvantaged; not just those of one minority or another.
Instead of Sharpton, listen to the Amish, who even after a great tragedy, where their own children in their school were gunned down. They were merciful, forgave the killer and built a new schoolhouse for their children. God asks us to be merciful, even to those who hate us, even to those who do not change, because they refuse to. As Jesus taught us to pray… “And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us”. “I say do not forgive your brother seven times only, but seventy times seven times”…. That isn’t to say a Christian is a door mat, but rather that we work toward the good in everyone. Love heals all wounds, and mercy is the balm of grace.