Well ... Barack appoints a black Attorney General .. and he gets right down to business; talking about race. What a surprise. Eric Holder is one Obama appointee that really slipped under our radar as the country grew more outraged over this government growth bill. So now the guy is our Attorney General. He's the first black Attorney General. And apparently he isn't going to let us forget it.
Holder made a speech to Justice Department employees yesterday in honor of Black History Month. He indicated his belief that the American workplace is pretty much integrated, but that Americans are still self-segregated on the weekends and in their private lives. Apparently there is something wrong with free people choosing those whom with they wish to associate.
A question before we move on .. as long as no one is being harmed in the process, what is the big deal? People have the freedom to choose who they associate with in their private lives. I hope that this does not insinuate that the government should make sure people of various races are hosting barbeques together on the weekends like they do on television commercials
But back to his speech. Holder says, "Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards."
Wow, now there is a pretty blunt statement. He says that average Americans simply do not talk enough with each other about race. Allow me a little input here. I've been talking for a living for about 40 years ... so perhaps I can put a little light on this subject.
Let's say that I go on the air today to talk about the anti-achievement policy that so permeates urban black communities. What if I resurrect some of those stories from sources such as Time Magazine detailing the anti-learning culture in America's urban high schools. Learning, you know, is a white thing. Across this country there are young black men and women who won't study, won't answer questions in class, won't do homework, and won't try to do well on tests because their friends will think they're trying to "act white."
What if I were to gather some statistics detailing the fact that blacks commit violent crimes way out of proportion to their percentage of the population? How do you think that is going to go over?
Now just why would I bring these subjects up on my show? I like to illustrate that these problems are not race-based, they're culture-based. I like to show that some people get outraged when these problems are based on culture rather than race. Why? Because if you're part of the problem you can change cultural mores - but you can't change your color. Showing these problems to be culture-based erases black's claims to victimization.
Trust me ... I try to bring these things up on the air, and I'm a racist. Nation of cowards? Hardly. There are a lot of people who are ready to address these issues - but as soon as they do the "racism" word is pulled out. End of conversation.