http://goodboysnation.com/2006/03/07/politics-and-african-americans-2006-style/ A heady and eclectic mix of of the mundane, golf, religion, and politics Sat, 19 May 2012 05:07:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://goodboysnation.com/2006/03/07/politics-and-african-americans-2006-style/comment-page-1/#comment-6593 GoodBoys Nation - Archives » Juan Williams Gets It. Will Others? Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:59:30 +0000 http://goodboysnation.com/2006/03/07/politics-and-african-americans-2006-style/#comment-6593 [...] Juan’s a man after after my own heart here. As I’ve written previously, the African American community has found itself abandoned by the policies, politics, politicians, and leaders of the post-Lyndon John “Great Society” era. Call me stupid and naive, but I’ve always believed African-Americans are no different from everyone else - they want for themselves and their families and futures the same things everyone else in America does, which is prosperity. They want their children to be educated, they want a (holy crap, I’m quoting Michael Dukakis here) a good job at a good wage, they want to take vacations, recreate, and live in safe communities. Regardless of what the Jesses and Als think, they’re no different from everyone else, and calling up the race card, slavery, and racism whenever it serves their own cynical purposes only isolates the African-American “community” further from every other kind of “community” in this country. [...] [...] Juan’s a man after after my own heart here. As I’ve written previously, the African American community has found itself abandoned by the policies, politics, politicians, and leaders of the post-Lyndon John “Great Society” era. Call me stupid and naive, but I’ve always believed African-Americans are no different from everyone else - they want for themselves and their families and futures the same things everyone else in America does, which is prosperity. They want their children to be educated, they want a (holy crap, I’m quoting Michael Dukakis here) a good job at a good wage, they want to take vacations, recreate, and live in safe communities. Regardless of what the Jesses and Als think, they’re no different from everyone else, and calling up the race card, slavery, and racism whenever it serves their own cynical purposes only isolates the African-American “community” further from every other kind of “community” in this country. [...]

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