Comments on: “George Bush doesn’t care about white people!”

By: The Black Informant » Something else should have been buried yesterday

The Black Informant » Something else should have been buried yesterday — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:49:31 +0000

[...] Carter then brings up the Katrina situation in such a way that points the bulk of the blame right to Bush (Remember now, this is a funeral for Mrs. King). Nevermind the FACT that more whites were affected than blacks. Despite his oversight of that detail, the crowd gave him a standing ovation. [...]

By: Duane

Duane — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 21:43:11 +0000

John,

I hate to burst your bubble, but Gill does have a valid point.

#the amount of small businesses started by blacks have already bypassed the 8 years Clinton was in office.

#More tax dollars have poured into the public school system than in the Clinton years.

#More blacks have served in high positions of authority in government than in the Clinton years.

#Home ownership amongst blacks have already bypassed ownership under the Clinton years.

Admitidly, the war in Iraq, hurricanes, 9/11 (you know, little things like that) have played a major role in employment stats–issues that Clinton never had to deal with.

There is a whole list of unbiased data that I can provide for you, but methinks you may not be interested in them.

By: John Lindsay

John Lindsay — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:43:28 +0000

Gill wrote: “Using empirical data, blacks have fared better with Bush in office as opposed to the former President”

JCL: How uncritical. Those results are from the Clinton years. It’s much too early to ascertain Bush’s impact, except for the Iraq war/loss of soldiers’ lives; the loss of revenue for many cities due to the tax cuts; the mess at FEMA and other unqualified and un-disclosed appointments; etc.

John L.

By: Duane

Duane — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:34:33 +0000

Sorry, but I respect my people too much to think that we are so weak-willed against whites that we would allow them to force us to take and sell drugs to our own. I do not question your intelligence as a person, but you are not using it with this issue. Instead of addressing the FACTS that I presented in this piece, you STILL decide to take the route of conspiracy theories.

Man, I just don’t know…

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:05:21 +0000

I think what Kanye said was very accurate. True it is now our responsibility to deal with what goes on in our neighborhoods but my question is how did our hoods get that way in the first place. I.e. who is behind the drugs infesting our hoods. I think it needed to be said and I’m glad he said it. People our ancestors were lynched and dehumanized at the outset of this country and that can never be forgotten because it still effects us mentally to this day. We can’t continue to just try and “fit in” in America, a land that if we looked at our roots we would find we are indigenous to. As a balck man he spoke from a black mans position and I respect the brother for airing it out instead of just ignoring that whites have hated us since we were stole and brought here and then left to rot after slavery ended. Sure we are further along now then ever before in America but the point I want to make is that we have to be a force to be reckoned with to get the respect we deserve the world over not just here in America. So I say right on to the real and we get stronger as we heal as a nation.

By: Tam

Tam — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:39:52 +0000

Great post. Good idea to show population by race for the affected areas. I would be willing to bet that those giving high 5’s behind Kanye’s statements didn’t investigate the racial make-up of not one of those cities. Most are content with what they see on television or hear from friends or family and have no desire to educate themselves (before going along with the opinions of others) by doing a little research. But, that would require them to do some reading.

By: Chris Gill

Chris Gill — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:39:04 +0000

My sentiments of the Kanye West remark were: A. Predictable, and B. ClichÃƒÂ©

Using empirical data, blacks have fared better with Bush in office as opposed to the former President we continue to worship (More minority housing ownership, more blacks in the middle class, more spending on entitlements for the poor, lower percentage of those living poverty, etc). Now many will see this and try to attribute this progress to Bush. I, on the other hand, attribute to the spirit of Blacks in this country thriving in the free market places of a capitalist society.

And for those who like to compare the Bible scriptures concerning the poor, to the current situation in societyÃ¢â‚¬Â¦Ã¢â‚¬Â¦Roman governments in JesusÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ earthly ministry did not spend one cent on entitlements for the poor. In this country, we spend close to 70 billion/year on the poor and their care. This is not an indictment of the poor. It is a defense of how great our society is.

As far as Kanye West and how his marks effected Black AmericaÃ¢â‚¬Â¦..While Kanye will probably pat himself on the fact for some cutting edge political courage, it is actually the same tired spiel regurgitated by many self appointed leaders and elected officials. I think that

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 05:31:15 +0000

Dangit!

I knew Bush didn’t like me!

By: Chris Gill

Chris Gill — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:47:23 +0000

Duane..welcome back. I’ve been waiting for you to post on this comment for a while. I will come back to give my tow cents on the subject.

Thanks

By: VB

VB — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:40:37 +0000

My reaction to Kanye’s “outburst” was : a long sigh, a yawn, then, “Here we go again, one of my peeps using up someone else’s paid time to mouth off !” Then it was embarrassment that Kanye would not use his own money to buy TV time to make the “urgent” statements that he felt he just HAD to make at that time! Sure it’s a free country and he can say whatever he wants, but please do it on your own time, with your own money!