I'll repeat, before we put in place laws and regulations to fix a problem shouldn't we validate that a problem actually exists?
This is apropos since this is MLK day, but the basis of all of this is inequity. What exacerbates this institutional inequity, which by definition is discrimination, is patronizing.
White liberals, who have controlled the Democratic Party for the last 50 years, have viewed themselves as saviors to oppressed minorities who need their intervention. The state of society 50/40/30 years ago necessitated government intervention in civil rights. But today's society and liberal motivations have changed. Blacks and minorities in general today do not need to be patronized. Is there still discrimination today? Absolutely and of all kinds. There are dumbass KKK idiots, Hollywood executives who type cast Asian actors, and white CEOs who talk about diversity while their entire C-suite are white dudes. Candidly, those kinds of issues are peanuts compared to the real problems minorities face.
Ironically, my white male PhD student who I tutor for his executive MBA program captures the issues of certain minorities groups. The guy is obviously very smart. He's completely capable of being the best student in his class by a wide margin. However, he comes unprepared and assumes I will just give him the answer and that he'll learn by just by showing up to our sessions. In other words 1) he's lazy, 2) he has no confidence, 3) he does not hold himself accountable.
I don't have a lot of real historical heroes, but I do have a few and many of them are black. Since I'm a bookworm, probably my earliest was Alexandre Dumas...the guy that wrote the Three Musketeers. As military man, the 54th Massachusetts...and as a docent at the National Gallery, I have the privilege to present Gardens' monument on tour groups. Louis Armstrong and every Motown artist you can think of. And course Ricky Williams and Hakeem Olajuwon. Ricky, a guy who's politics I probably disagree with, for his courage for being himself. Olajuwon for the man's constitution to dominate even when fasting during Ramadan. Even the fictional Deets from Lonesome Dove based off of the real life Bose Ikard was a prototype of the man I wanted to become.
As my heroes, I have the highest admiration for these individuals for their creativity, faith, and courage. And the sad truth of slavery and racial discrimination in the African American experience underscores and highlights the fortitude and strength of character of these individuals. It makes me, a guy with 100x more advantages, want to live up to their examples. But as a man living in the 21st Century, it does not make me pity them. And pity begets patronizing.
And why is that a problem? Because decades of patronizing, promoting victimhood, and intervention from the government and liberal saviors feed laziness/lack of confidence/and lack of accountability in the African American community.
Forget what color your skin is - in Life, 95% of the time those three issues are what hold people back. It's not because you're not smart, or don't have opportunities, or your mom doesn't give you enough love.
So what is really causing this pervasive inequity in the black community? Well, who is the person that doesn't let you get away with laziness? Who gives you confidence when you need it? Who holds you accountable and doesn't accept excuses?
IT'S YOUR FATHER. The patronizing manifested by these stupid entitlement liberal policies exacerbate the problem of fatherless African American homes. Don Lemon himself cited 72% of African Americans are born out of wedlock from a 2013 CDC Study. In 1965 it was 24%. Government entitlements do not solve laziness, affirmative action does not address lack of confidence, and with patronizing excuses who needs accountability?
