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Originally posted by Lebell
And those black people who do succeed are frequently further victimized by their own, by being called “Uncle Tom” or “Oreo”, because those who don’t succeed believe that any black who does, must have “sold out”, as if being true to your (black) heritage means you remain in the ghetto.
This self-victimization is further seen by the scale of black-on-black crime. Blacks victimize other blacks at rates higher than any other racial group. They are also disproportionately represented in American prisons, especially death row.* Then they are told by those on the left that this is proof that they are still victims of discrimination, that somehow it isn’t the black criminal’s fault that he is a criminal.
Ironically, if you point this out, you are likely to be called a bigot, as if pointing out stark statistics is prejudiced.
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You know, I wasn't even going to post more in here, but I just HAD to after reading that. Lebell, you are completely right and I couldn't agree with you more. This is very true about how blacks in this country continue to hold themselves back. But I mean, Uncle Tom isn't a term given out so lightly. For an example, Michael Jackson isn't considered an Uncle Tom because he stop singing soul music and went to pop or because he had a white wife. I don't really want to go into what I feel an uncle tom is, because that will probably just spark another argument and I personally am not trying to get involved in another one of those.
Nonetheless I had to get on and say that you are right; as blacks as a whole we should get more pollitically involved and vote, stop all the black on black crime, and the mentality that being from the ghetto is something to be proud of; because it is not. And I think it is great that you are so open-minded and objective and can see that no, things AREN'T perfect as far as racial issues go in America and the judicial and capital punishment programs may not be completely as fair as they should be.