tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post7571589523377898200..comments2024-03-28T13:14:09.150-04:00Comments on field negro: "A country without a memory is a country of madmen."field negrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15411743587725023134noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-86865495805904624622011-01-28T00:24:48.043-05:002011-01-28T00:24:48.043-05:00Hey Field,
I noticed no one has chimed in from Mem...Hey Field,<br />I noticed no one has chimed in from Memphis so I guess I will. I'd like to direct you to an editorial by local columnist, Wendi C. Thomas (http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/jan/27/news-not-all-bad-in-other-side-of-02/). As the editorial points out, the number of pregnant students at Frayser is unsubstantiated. I suspect that this story has more to do with the City of Memphis school board asking the citizens of Memphis to vote on a resolution to surrender the city school charter which would mean full responsibility for funding Memphis schools would fall to the Shelby County School Board. This scares the hell out of the the mainly White & Republican suburbs and minor municipalities that comprise the small parts of Shelby County that aren't Memphis.Mphs.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05823146612703544448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-63115166789408807862011-01-18T18:29:50.475-05:002011-01-18T18:29:50.475-05:00APOI, I am pretty sure that I am correct with that...APOI, I am pretty sure that I am correct with that quote there big guy. But feel free to prove me wrong by providing a link. <br /><br />I will wait.....field negrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411743587725023134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-1663369323882439682011-01-18T16:26:51.686-05:002011-01-18T16:26:51.686-05:00To white people, I say what the fuck is wrong, don...To white people, I say what the fuck is wrong, don't like telling the truth about $hit in Amerika? This is just an extension of the campaign to eradicate the minority contributions to this nation. That's why a lot of redneck states, Arizona being the most recent one, are starting to roll back their various ethnic studies courses. One jack-ass politician even went so far as to say that they inspire resentment of white poeple and ethnic chuavanism. As for Negro Tea baggers, they don't have a problem with it. They'll just sliently nod their heads in approval because they believe whatever they're told to believe by their soon to be white masters. That's why I make my kids read Howard Zinn, that way when they're in class they know how to separate truth from bull$hitUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12221367529097713700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-2689673580958134592011-01-18T14:58:56.596-05:002011-01-18T14:58:56.596-05:00"they were revolutionaries who brought libert..."they were revolutionaries who brought liberty into a world where it hadn’t existed"<br /><br />This mighta already been said but HELLLLLLOOOOOOOOOO! I think the Native Americans were pretty damn well free before any Europeans came onto the scene.Farmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-3063501222287822072011-01-18T08:53:14.149-05:002011-01-18T08:53:14.149-05:00Field said,
"A country without a memory is a...Field said,<br /><br /><i>"A country without a memory is a country of madmen." <br /><br /><br />That quote by George Santayana is apropos right about now."</i><br /><br />Haven't had a chance to read ALL the comments, but I believe the correct quotation was, <i>"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"</i>.<br /><br />If one is to be quoted, they should be quoted correctly, lest their words may be taken "out of context".<br /><br />If no one caught this faux pas after 130-something comments, well, that's just a testament to the education in this country.<br /><br />BTW...one of my favorite quotes.APOInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-89454140177492585302011-01-17T21:46:23.109-05:002011-01-17T21:46:23.109-05:00I feel you. I feel the same way about having to pa...I feel you. I feel the same way about having to pay taxes to Uncle Sam to subsidize all those white farms in the Midwest and food stamps for those folks in Appalachia. <br /><br /><br /><br />Heres an idea. Lets segregate social aid. You get to pay for and subsidize Blacks and Whites in this country do the same for whites. As you imply, how do you think that will work out? Whites will of course then be allowed to introduce work programs, drug testing, parental obligation laws etc. How is the birthplace of civil rights Birmingham Alabama doin?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-36175111753084930472011-01-17T21:20:58.423-05:002011-01-17T21:20:58.423-05:00"MLK was not a failure; he succeeded in his l..."MLK was not a failure; he succeeded in his life's mission. Since his death, we have had 40 years of redress. Poor whites paid for the sins of rich whites. I'm done paying."<br /><br />I feel you. I feel the same way about having to pay taxes to Uncle Sam to subsidize all those white farms in the Midwest and food stamps for those folks in Appalachia. <br /><br />BTW, if you really want to get your kid in colege maybe you should sign them up to play a sport. Isn't that how all those Negroes get in?field negrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411743587725023134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-39206482919003667272011-01-17T20:55:18.953-05:002011-01-17T20:55:18.953-05:00Working man you can't make intelligent decisio...Working man you can't make intelligent decisions based on what you "think." Naming the cops who have shot and killed black folks or brutalized blacks for no other reason than their color, won't necessarily convince you.<br /><br />I will simply tell you the term police brutality and racial profiling didn't come out of the sky blue, but are terms arising out of real events.<br /><br />You sincerely are misguided if you think black folks go around shooting themselves with policemans guns or hitting themselves with the cops sticks just to prove that racisim exists.<br /><br />Cops beat up poor white folks too. And they do it to remind us of our place in society. And to remind us that we have nothing coming. <br /><br />Workingman I did not say the laws are discriminatory, with the exception of the powder cocaine/crack cocaine disparity in sentencing the laws are fair. <br /><br />The problem is the unequal enforcement of the laws and sometimes the failure to enforce the law on behalf of poor people and people of color.<br /><br />Rich folks don't get treated by the system the same way you and I do, especially rich white folks.<br /><br />Don't believe the hype. Ask the black folks on this board how many got full scholarships to school because they were black. I didn't. But when I went to school like now the poorer you were the more money in loans and grants you qualified for.<br /><br />My son who finished college not long ago had to take out loans and get help from dad and mom. The only scholarship help he got was a partial one for his academic achievement.<br /><br />Kids who are really poor get some financial help, but its simply not true that all blacks are getting something your children aren't getting.<br /><br />Thats the trick of this system my friend, to pit us against one another rather than find ways to work together. Both working whites and working blacks are struggling!<br /><br />And you are right poor whites were forced to pay for the sins of the rich.<br /><br />Its why you have to break free from identifying with the folks taking advantage of all of us just because they are the same color.<br /><br />The black upper middle class plays a game on poor blacks as well. Many of them benefited from the Civil Rights progress and didn't look back or reach back to help their poorer bretheren.<br /><br />MLK fought for the rights of everyone. He was organizing a poor peoples march when he was murdered. He condemned this country not only for its racism but for allowing so much poverty while fighting wars abroad to further line their pockets. Does that sound familiar?<br /><br />I appreciate the opportunity to have a civil conversation with you my friend.mellaneousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-85156520615552195932011-01-17T20:26:16.696-05:002011-01-17T20:26:16.696-05:00Mellaneous: "And help me out here. If you re...Mellaneous: "And help me out here. If you recognize what MLK fought for why don't you recognize how this society still falls short of the goal of equal opportunity, equality under the law, equal opportunity for a quality public education and the right to not be beaten or harrassed or shot by police."<br /><br />OK: I think that's bullshit. Can you point to one single law that discriminates against black people?If there are racially discrimantory cops, call them out by name; there are plenty of lawyers lined up to take the case. If you think black public schools don't get the resources white public schools, I can tell you that you are wrong. If you thing my kids don't have to get higher test scores and pay twice as much to go to college than if they were black, you are mistaken there too.<br /><br />MLK was not a failure; he succeeded in his life's mission. Since his death, we have had 40 years of redress. Poor whites paid for the sins of rich whites. I'm done paying.White Workingmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-51743964218446785122011-01-17T20:15:25.550-05:002011-01-17T20:15:25.550-05:00blackie backsweat said...
"BTW wingnuts, I di...blackie backsweat said...<br />"BTW wingnuts, I didn't see much of your kind at any of the volunteer programs today, but the white libs were out and in full effect."<br /><br />I gave at the office. (cue rimshot)<br /><br />..all your work to the minorities (cue Ed McMahon's HEY-OOOOOH)"<br /><br />Um, that was the point, blackie backsweat. (cue derisive laughter)Don Kingbergnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-22241917980313537802011-01-17T20:13:36.390-05:002011-01-17T20:13:36.390-05:00White Workingman said:
"I think the point of ...White Workingman said:<br />"I think the point of the civil rights movement was the enforcement of the guarantee of full constitutional rights for everyone, not life on a silver platter for everyone with a certain level of melanin."<br /><br />I think you got it right workingman. But let me say this very slowly and carefully. THERE ARE VERY FEW BLACKS WHO EITHER SEEK NOR WANT LIFE ON A SILVER PLATTER.<br /><br /> BLACK FOLKS WANT WHAT YOU WANT WORKINGMAN!<br /><br />And if you "believe" that you have heard that I gotta tell ya you've misheard or heard what you wanted to hear.<br /><br />And why did you take the time to go to a blog where injustices are discussed to make something up that we haven't said nor wanted.<br /><br />And help me out here. If you recognize what MLK fought for why don't you recognize how this society still falls short of the goal of equal opportunity, equality under the law, equal opportunity for a quality public education and the right to not be beaten or harrassed or shot by police.mellaneousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-16481659845214196942011-01-17T19:54:40.698-05:002011-01-17T19:54:40.698-05:00field negro said...
"I gave at the office&quo...field negro said...<br />"I gave at the office"<br /><br />"I doubt it wingnut. That would mean that you actually have a job."<br /><br />Every white person has "given" at the office. To deny that every leg up given to minorites came at the expense of someone else is to deny reality.Whitey Workingmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-82463902319019553142011-01-17T19:51:19.535-05:002011-01-17T19:51:19.535-05:00mellaneous: "There are still places in this c...mellaneous: "There are still places in this country that blacks are made to feel uncomfortable!"<br /><br />Was that MLK's dream? That no black person ever experience a whiff of discomfort? Isn't that a little unreasonable? I'm a white guy and there are plenty of places where I feel uncomfortable: around rich people, university settings, crazy liberals, black people who have been drinking, mexicans who haven't... <br /><br />I think the point of the civil rights movement was the enforcement of the guarantee of full constitutional rights for everyone, not life on a silver platter for everyone with a certain level of melanin.Working Whitemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-6889901251756568022011-01-17T19:46:38.566-05:002011-01-17T19:46:38.566-05:00"hake the shackles of your selected history a..."hake the shackles of your selected history and get out there and get your own. It works. Ask any Asian, Latino or Real African Immigrant."<br /><br />This from someone who probably makes less money than the taxes than most of the black folks on this board pay in a year. :) You gotta love it.field negrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411743587725023134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-86408765412389245972011-01-17T19:44:31.538-05:002011-01-17T19:44:31.538-05:00"I gave at the office"
I doubt it wingn..."I gave at the office"<br /><br />I doubt it wingnut. That would mean that you actually have a job.field negrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411743587725023134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-72700503824048903422011-01-17T19:40:45.689-05:002011-01-17T19:40:45.689-05:00Thanks Granny!
OKay Anon I give, you are obviousl...Thanks Granny!<br /><br />OKay Anon I give, you are obviously being obtuse. You know exactly what I was saying and you know just like everybody else knows that law enforcement enforces anti-drug laws primarily in the black community.<br /><br />And actually most whites do get a pass especially if they have money. Thats right if you are right you are much more likely to get a fair shake or a fairer shake from the system. Just go to any big city courthouse during the week and you will see this dual system at work.<br /><br />But you won't do that will you? You would rather hate and disdain your brother. How sad!<br />But I do get where you are coming from. So why waste your time on this blog.mellaneousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-20170359203042181482011-01-17T19:16:55.610-05:002011-01-17T19:16:55.610-05:00@Mellaneous:
Cosign with all of what you said.@Mellaneous:<br /><br />Cosign with all of what you said.GrannyStandingforTruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427949558167014793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-6972757600203634822011-01-17T19:04:36.150-05:002011-01-17T19:04:36.150-05:00Anonymous:
Is that what you think that you're...Anonymous:<br /><br />Is that what you think that you're pushing buttons? LOL! Child you do not faze me with your immaturity and juvenile tactics. It's obvious that you are a kid because you think that using vulgar language elevates you to an adult status, or either you're some kid that just reach adult age, but hasn't matured in the mind yet that thinks that using vulgar language is cool and makes you sound tough. <br /><br />It's obvious that your parents probably didn't have time for you and you were neglected somewhat because they didn't take the time out to teach you any morals or respect. It shows in your disgraceful, disgusting, degrading comments. You have what I call a DDD disease of the mind. However, you think that it's cool, but it's not, because your mind is SICK!<br /><br />You feed your mind garbage because that is all that comes out. So a man thinketh, so is he! It does not make you a man or woman, it makes you a degenerate person that seriously needs some help. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Yup!GrannyStandingforTruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427949558167014793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-37379152717923708512011-01-17T18:46:55.777-05:002011-01-17T18:46:55.777-05:00For example though white folks use drugs it is the...For example though white folks use drugs it is the black community that has its members carted off for drug selling and drug use.<br /><br />And then once given the scarlet letter of an arrest record society finds it easier to discriminate against them and disenfranchise them.<br /><br /><br />If Blacks don't sell drugs and kill each other, then they wouldnt get arrested or have that silly scarlet letter now would they. When a white gets arrested for a crime, he goes to jail, WIth a black its racism....thats why we are tired of this nonsense. If you don't want to go to jail, dont break the law. When you get caught then stop blaming someone who had nothign to do with the choices you made. Yes , you go to jail, dont pay your bills you will have a bad resume and bad credit. What do you want next, affirmative action credit and jail removal time? Sheeez!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-91945395089958725732011-01-17T18:43:50.333-05:002011-01-17T18:43:50.333-05:00GrannyStandingforTruth said...
Anonymous 6:28:
Yo...GrannyStandingforTruth said...<br />Anonymous 6:28:<br /><br />You have a very sick mind. I don't feel sorry for you either.<br /><br />6:41 PM<br /><br /><br /><br />Allright, Allright, I admit I may have gone over the top. What pushed the envelope for you? was it the gumjob or that you are a 30 year old granma? I bet it was the 30 year old granma part, right?!! Your younger? I'm sorry!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-33935009553591702252011-01-17T18:42:07.362-05:002011-01-17T18:42:07.362-05:00"BTW wingnuts, I didn't see much of your ...<i>"BTW wingnuts, I didn't see much of your kind at any of the volunteer programs today, but the white libs were out and in full effect."<br /><br />I gave at the office. (cue rimshot)</i><br /><br />..all your work to the minorities (cue Ed McMahon's HEY-OOOOOH)blackie backsweatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-39152632637935007482011-01-17T18:41:08.782-05:002011-01-17T18:41:08.782-05:00Anonymous 6:28:
You have a very sick mind. I don&...Anonymous 6:28:<br /><br />You have a very sick mind. I don't feel sorry for you either.GrannyStandingforTruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427949558167014793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-81407051746962798322011-01-17T18:41:03.655-05:002011-01-17T18:41:03.655-05:00Anon said:
something in history surely hasn't...Anon said:<br /><br />something in history surely hasn't shackled those people of today, yesterday and the day before or are they like you so busy cryin about the way history taught them that they aint doin a thing to gets their own?<br /><br />Anon don't be foolish we are not complaining about history but history's affect on the present.<br /><br />We are not crying we are talking about the reality of our society. Most folks who don't know about something have sense enough to at least listen to what folks are saying.<br /><br />But no you and your other small minded crowd run around denouncing what you don't know about.<br /><br />If you treat everyone fairly good for you! But the fact remains that many others with the power to affect folks lives don't do whats right. In fact many of them still discriminate because of color.<br /><br />And the institutions in society that may be fair to you are still to this day in many unfair to black folks. <br /><br />For example though white folks use drugs it is the black community that has its members carted off for drug selling and drug use.<br /><br />And then once given the scarlet letter of an arrest record society finds it easier to discriminate against them and disenfranchise them.mellaneousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-3743417395163038402011-01-17T18:34:19.812-05:002011-01-17T18:34:19.812-05:00LeRoi said:
"And I really wonder what MLK wou...LeRoi said:<br />"And I really wonder what MLK would think of the posters on this board who so fervently hold onto the easy path of victimhood, bitterly clinging to the tattered security blanket of discrmination. Surely he would have been disappointed how freedom and equality of the law have been frittered away by the unseemly bunch of whiny beggars and extortionists who pass for black "leaders" today."<br /><br />Okay LeRoi lets do this.<br /><br />First your interpretation of what goes on on this blog is mistaken. What black folks are complaining about are real live racism that still exists in this country,whether your racism-denying self believes it exists or not.If we had real freedom and real equality under the law we wouldn't be complaining.<br /><br />There are still places in this country that blacks are made to feel uncomfortable! The richest black man is still nervous when he sees a patrol car in his mirror.<br /><br />Second what kind of cold hearted bad excuse of a human being would beat up on folks who (according to your analysis)already feel bad about themselves.<br /><br /> Is it your habit to kick folks who have been raped, or shot, or misused or otherwise mistreated? Do you make a habit of going over to them and telling them to stop their whining. Do you taunt them?<br /><br />NO the average human being may think to themselves that someone has been crying too long, but would have the decency to keep their opinion to themselves(esp.since they are not friends with the victimized person in question)<br /><br />Most folks have sense enough to know that someone who has been hurt as a right to say Ow, and they also have sense enough to know that what may take you a short while to get over, may take someone else longer to get over.<br /><br />So what you demonstrate by coming over to this blog --on MLK day of all days --to denigrate folks who you say are just playing the victim, is a demonstration not of your intellect, or wit, but of your witlessness and your lack of intelligence, along with your callous cold hearted disregard for the pain and feelings of other human beings.<br /><br /> I say human beings because I am sure you are a Dog Lover.<br /><br />Dr.King who said that "all human beings are inextricably bound," would disagree with your lack of empathy. Dr. King who said that an "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere," would clearly frown on your insensitivity.<br /><br />Third you are disengenous. What you say is a lie and you know it.<br /><br />Black folks don't sit around bemoaning their place in life they go to work everyday. They prepare meals, they hug their children, help them with their homework, go to the gym, attend social events, go to the movies, go to church,etc., just as white folks do.<br /><br />But because many won't lay down to the racism they experience or see their brothers and sisters victimized by, you want them to shut up.<br /><br />And that makes you an even colder human being, because what you are really saying is that we are making it up.<br />And then you imply that even if its true that we in fact are victimized by racism, we ought to 'shut up about it' and just take it. In other words, we don't even have a right --like most human beings --to even say OUCH!<br /><br />NO it is not us black folks,King would disavow it would be folks like you who doesn't even have sense enough to act like a human being!<br /><br />"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the NARROW confines of his INDIVIDUALISTIC concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity"<br /><br />MLKmellaneousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-52374325822096122862011-01-17T18:32:24.677-05:002011-01-17T18:32:24.677-05:00Granny GumJOb Said....
. I wonder if they are al...Granny GumJOb Said....<br /><br />. I wonder if they are all on Oxycontin and having hallucinations and confused like Rush or have a gorilla on their back like Beck.<br /><br />How comes you dint mention da reefer or da crack? I noes, I noes, deys for your fam-u-lee and its just biznessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com