Comments on: Blame A Black Man, Episode…

By: AT

AT — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:49:37 +0000

Zorro, Zorro, Zorro! Poor misplaced soul. The first lady’s comments were meant to remind audience members not to forget their heritage nor should they forget helping others within their communities when they need a helping hand; similar to actions taken by those in the Jewish and Asian communities.

The “buy black” program belongs in the same “vein” as the First Lady’s comments-if those in the black community can buy Nike, Donna Karan, Vera Wang, & Calvin Klein, then hopefully they can also spend their money in the black owned “mom & pop” shops in the community that routinely battle against these large business behemoths and often lose the battle.

As for future Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor let me say this: As a 40 year old black man raised by a father that grew up in Mississippi during the 30’s & 40’s, I can safely say, with utmost confidence, I know a little more about violent racist actions and examples then a white man growing up in the suburbs of Beverly Hills. I definitely would not be able to comment, with any degree of authenticity, on this man’s upbringing anymore than he can tell me or my father about the KKK, lynchings, and other cowardly acts of violence.

By: Sarai

Sarai — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:02:45 +0000

I liked this article. It made a point which not many want to accept. As long as crime is committed by a minority it will be sensationalized. Yet when the same type of crime is committed by a white person it won’t get as much coverage. When the authorities are called for a problem in urban school districts, they come in with sirens blaring and a lot of commotion even when it’s unnecessary. Yet when the same issue is called for in a suburban area, the authorities approach as if nothing is happening at all. The race issues would be less in weight if the media and the authorities looked at issues on equal standing no matter where the problem takes place. I have yet to see one particular race elevate to be better than another. There is good and bad in every culture, race & faith.

By: Dionne Ford

Dionne Ford — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:23:05 +0000

Thank you so much for your thorough presentation of the other side of the race card. I also will never forget the Susan Smith story. From the beginning I also smelled a rat. Black men kidnapping white children in a stolen car seemed to me the quickest way to get themselves caught. But I was heartened then that the investigators saw through her charade. The media does need to check itself on how it proceeds when covering an ongoing investigation so that it doesn’t pour gas on an already raging fire. My journalism professor, Bob Dembo thought the Stuart case in Boston was such a cautionary tale that it was required study for his media course. He was right then, almost 20 years ago, and it should be required study now. While it’s not necessarily the media’s job to change people’s racist ideas, at least we shouldn’t add to them by helping advance racist agendas.

By: Zorro

Zorro — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:41:18 +0000

Let’s not also forget the many crimes by Blacks against Whites that is somehow never mentioned as a “hate” crime but let it be the other way around and every media title proclaims “hate crime”. where is the justice in that?

By: Zorro

Zorro — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:40:12 +0000

Oh yeah it’s all whitey’s fault right? Well let’s take a look at some recent racist comments coming from the Black community shall we? Michele Obama’s thesis chided her fellow Black students for becoming “too white” and “forgetting their community”. Recently there is a “buy black” movement which in essence says Black dollars will not go to the business of any other race than Black. And Sonia Sotomayor is the one who first threw down the race gauntlet in 2001 at a “LA RAZA” (THE RACE) conference when she stated a Latina woman would probably make a better judge than a White male. Racism is PERPETUATED by those who see themselves through the filter of their skin color and look at those not like them as “other” and ‘different” and that comes from ALL SIDES of this issue. I’m sick and tired of YOUR community pointing the finger at whitey when the blame for racism lies in ALL RACIAL CAMPS.