Racism?

Where does racism end and sociology begin?

John and I went to see The Omen last weekend, because there isn't SHIT for movies out of Hollywood in like a year, and a couple of minutes after it starts, a group of black people come in. They were talking as if they were the only ones in the theatre, and doing that yelling at the screen thing. It was incredibly annoying, and somebody got an usher to shut them up and so on.

This particular group consisted of several young kids (10, 12 or so) and adults (30's and 40's). They were all totally unconcerned about anyone else.

That behavior displays a complete lack of respect for anyone else. Many blacks are not only refusing to become ingrained in American society, but actually revel in their poverty and ignorance.

Even Congressional leaders do it;

"The Black Caucus takes exception when we become the exception to the rule. We want the same standards," said Rep. Donald Payne (news, bio, voting record), D-N.J. He noted that the Louisianan has denied wrongdoing in a federal bribery probe and has not been indicted.

The man was caught accepting bribes of over $400,000, yet they refuse to throw Jefferson under the bus.. because he's black.. and because black people suffered the indignity of slavery, they get a free pass on any sort of behavior that we consider wrong in a civil society.

That really is it, isn't it?

Walking out of the movie theatre, I could hardly understand a word the kids were saying. I'm not kidding - it wasn't just some slang. It was a completely different language. Not one of those kids will become a doctor. Not one will become a lawyer, or an engineer, of a business executive. Not a single one.

And they wonder why that is, and continue to excuse completely anti-social behavior because the country is so down on them.

Well, that's bullshit. Where I grew up, we had a number of black families.. and I went to school with a number of them. There was never any racial over tones. They did the same things as everyone else - albeit they were a bit better at sports.. but still.. they sounded indistinguishable from everyone else, and dressed the same, and even screwed up the same. The went to college the same.. and had the same respect for others that everyone else did.

So.. in the end it's not really a racial problem, otherwise those black kids I went to school with would have been speaking ebonics. It's a social problem, but it affects predominately black people. I have no problem being "prejudiced" against that social set, whatever their race. In many southern black communities, they've glorified laziness, and ignorance, and violence, seemingly as if it's their heritage.

Unfortunately much of the media reinforces those stereotypes, especially professional sports. I really won't watch the NBA anymore as the players speak a completely different language. It's not English, whatever it is. Call me old, but I watched Julius Irving, or Kareem, or Kevin Johnson, or Michael Jordan, or even Charles Barkley. They were basketball players that just happened to be black, and you couldn't tell Dr. J from Larry Bird except by what they looked like... oh and the dunking ability. Today - ghetto is marketed by the NBA. Thuggery is the new social model. A player can physically assault his coach, and that's okay. Those are the role models for the urban black kids, and the differences between societal models are growing wider every day.

I can't imagine how you can reverse that trend. There's simply no way any kid can succeed when his own community is reinforcing traits and behaviors that will ultimately land him in a prison, rather than a board room.

Meanwhile.. they'll blame "whitey" for the problems they cause themselves. Even their "good" role models, Congressional blacks, are nothing more than the refined ghetto that managed to get elected. Cynthia McKinney comes to mind.. The "success story" from the ghetto assaults a cop. Nice role model..