So first Oprah and now Russell Simons (whom I was a very big fan of till I saw him calling people slave and trader on twitter) are all up in the news screaming about racism in America. So my question is how this attitude can exist from two people born into poverty and now have more money than they can ever spend find that race has anything to do with success in America? I guess they want us to believe that they as opposed to others became successful not because they worked hard and didn’t take no for an answer but by their fairy godmother who waved a magic wand and poof all the white folks got out of their way. It is getting to be way too much. Oprah is the most influential media personality in the country. She was raised by a single mother, in a poor neighborhood. She is now living the ultimate American dream; she is a household name and is recognized by her first name alone. If she stopped making money tomorrow she will still never run out. How can they not believe in the empowerment of their own people? How can Simmons also a self-made multi-millionaire not believe in teaching his own community that hard work pays off? That with self-respect and hard work all things are possible? That Don Lemon’s non talking points that said 1. pull up pants (sagging is from prison) 2.drop the N-word 3.take care of their communities 4.finish school 5.lower rate of children born out of wedlock (More than 72% of children in the African American community are born out of wedlock,) How are Earth are these not good ideas? Race has nothing to do with these ideas they are good advice for everyone! People approach situations from their own personal frame of mind; they believe other think exactly like they do. The annotations coming for the black community say a lot about how they feel about others. I am not saying that racism does not exist I have seen more than one child called white for being smart or speaking proper English. It is time for personal liberation and stop making excuses. It is time to take personal responsibilities seriously for yourself and your own future. It is time to stop wasting time on validating lack of success and criminal behavior as a race issue and time to promote and praise those who do succeed. We’re to a point where those who do work very hard, put in the long hours, muster up the courage and resolve to fight and scratch their way to the top of their field are ignored or dismissed. This is America the land of opportunity not the land of guarantees. It is time to stop demeaning those who worked hard and became the best at what they do by justifying those who do not. Just off the top of my head a small list of other blacks who achievements should be praised not put aside as anomalistic in nature. Athletes Hank; Aaron Kareem; Abdul-Jabbar; Muhammad Ali; Arthur Ashe; Charles Barkley; Wilt Chamberlain; Althea Gibson; Reggie Jackson; Michael Jordan; Jackie Joyner-Kersee; Sugar Ray Leonard; Joe Louis; Jesse Owens; Jackie Robinson; Tiger Woods Maya Angelou Authors; Ralph Ellison; Alex Haley; Lorraine Hansberry; Langston Hughes; Zora Neale Hurston; Toni Morrison; Walter Mosley; Richard Wright; Civil Rights Leaders and Activists; Ella Baker; Stokely Carmichael; W.E.B. DuBois; Medgar Evers; Marcus Garvey; Martin Luther King Jr.; Malcolm X; James Meredith; Elijah Muhammad; Rosa Parks; Bobby Seale; Fred Shuttlesworth; Emmett Till; Ida Bell ; ells-Barnett; Walter White; Roy Wilkins; Entertainers; Josephine Baker; Halle Berry; Bill Cosby; Dorothy ; andridge; Sammy Davis Jr.; Morgan Freeman; Gregory Hines; Lena Horne; James Earl Jones; Spike Lee; Eddie Murphy; Sidney Poitier; Richard Pryor; Will Smith; Denzel Washington; Oprah Winfrey; Inventors,Scientists, and Educators; Archibald Alphonso Alexander; Patricia Bath; Bessie Coleman; David Crosthwait Jr.; Mark Dean; Charles Drew; Matthew Henson; Mae Jemison; Percy Lavon Julian; Frederick McKinley Jones; Ernest Everett Just; Mary McLeod Bethune; Garrett Augustus; Morgan Charles ; Henry Turner; Madame C.J. Walker; Booker T. Washington; Daniel Hale Williams; Politicians, Lawyers, and Other Government Leaders; Ralph Bunche; Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr.; Minnie Joycelyn Elders; Jesse Jackson; Daniel "Chappie" James; Thurgood Marshall; Kwesi Mfume; Colin Powell; Clarence Thomas; Andrew Young; Coleman Young; Singers and Musicians; WC; T.I.; 50 Cent; Dr. Dre; Kanye West; Lil Wayne; Method Man ; Big Daddy Kane; Busta Rhymes; Common; Slick Rick; Mobb Deep; Kurupt; The Game; Raekwon; OutKast; Redman; Chuck D; Eazy-E; Snoop Dogg; Scarface; LL Cool J; KRS-One; Ice Cube; Ice Cube; Jay Z; Rakim; Nas; The Notorious B.I.G.; 2Pac; Marian Anderson; Louis Armstrong; Harry Belafonte; Chuck Berry; Ray Charles; Nat King Cole; Miles Davis; Duke Ellington; Aretha Franklin; Dizzy Gillespie; Jimi Hendrix; Billie Holiday; Michael Jackson; Robert Johnson; Diana Ross; Stevie Wonder
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 23:33:39 +0000
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