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Originally Posted by spence
The NAACP was born of race riots and lynchings. For a group to seek to advance themselves and overcome racial prejudice isn't racism.
Advancing as a group at this stage in American history is not only antiquated, it is slower than a snail in molasses. It's about time for Afro/black/Americans to bust out on their own each to find his personal identity APART FROM THE GROUP and fulfill his destiny as an individual. That is the gift he inherits as a citizen of this country. It is pitiful if he chooses to remain in the pack of fear.
Some argue there's a double standard...well, duh.
Are you saying the double standard is OK? Doesn't the double standard actually retard the progression to individualism?
That's not to say that the NAACP doesn't at times overstep their bounds...this does happen, and as we progress the line becomes even finer.
Are you contradicting your own teaser?
Issues like these make we wish we could all walk in others shoes for even just a short while.
-spence
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I think we've been walked through "others" shoes by our various media and by our educational and societal institutions nearly ad nauseum. It would be wonderful if the "others" could begin, or at least to begin to take an interest in, walking in the shoes of a free, individual citizen of this great country. So long as the "others" continue to cower in the path of their group, they miss out on the greatest opportunities and experiences that freedom has to offer. And if we keep assisting them to stay there, we may all catch the disease.