Then you went and screwed everything up by going with “Liberal = Nigger Lover” nonsense. That overly simplistic reduction of how the Republicans branded liberalism is such a small part of the equation. Remember, not all Republicans hate Black folks and as you yourself have stated before their are different types of Republicans.

Remember, when Rush rose to prominence he was talking about “Femi-Nazi’s” ad nauseum. While it is true, the Reagan era produced terms such as welfare queens, and manipulated the narrative towards social benefits damaging the middle class, it really wasn’t all about Black folks.

Think about what has occurred since the 80s. The right really began to clarify and market an ideology around morality (IE abortion, family values), a return to small government and constitutionalism, and a large and strong military.

Your article started off so great, I wish you would have been more thorough instead of letting it descend into that simplistic rhetoric.

First, you’re regurgitating Republican talking points. What do you mean by “Big Government?” I simply want a government big enough to prevent overzealous and greedy corporate thugs from grinding up rat meat in my ground beef; and big enough to prevent them from draining sewage and cancer-causing chemicals into out water supply. I don’t see that as “Big Government;” I see that as common sense.
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On the other hand, conservatives want a freehand to let their “sense of responsibility” and “morality” what they can do, or not do, to the people. And since many of these brainiacs don’t even believe in science, I’d call relying on the judgment of such people gross stupidity.
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CD, you also said,
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“Those blacks that are doing well are doing so, in spite of the big government control you promote. If you will take the time to study the history of blacks in early America before 1860, blacks barely had support in the Federal government. How did you think they survived, some of them well, without Affirmative Action?”
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I shouldn’t have to inform you of this, CD, but prior to 1860 Blacks were enslaved. Are you suggesting that Black people did better under slavery!!!?
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This is the kind of thinking, CD, that causes well over 90% of all Black people to write off Black conservatives as lunatics. And as I see it, you’ve done nothing to curb that opinion herein.

Those blacks that are doing well are doing so, in spite of the big government control you promote. If you will take the time to study the history of blacks in early America before 1860, blacks barely had support in the Federal government. How did you think they survived, some of them well, without Affirmative Action?

The problem is that liberal blacks as whole no longer believe in themselves to build strong economic environment where blacks can hire other blacks and lower the unemployment rate and compete because of the bogey man of RACISM.

By the way, the REAL unemployment numbers among blacks is %18-%22.
Also see: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/30/male-african-american-unemployment_n_2986180.html

Obviously you’ve bought into the media stereotype of Black people. Most Black people who are motivated and apply themselves do very well in this country. Even if 15% of Black people are unemployed, that means that 85% are gainfully employed and functional. And of the 15% Black people who are unemployed, what percentage of those people have invested in the education, knowledge, and skills to make themselves employable?
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Business people are not social workers. They’re in the business to make money. So we can’t expect someone to come up and just GIVE us a job as a favor to society. We have to be prepared to bring something to the table that makes it worth an employer’s while to hire us – and sitting around waiting for Obama to come put out our joint and scrape us off the block is not a viable effort in that regard.
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But that said, believe it or not, Robert, most Black people are doing pretty well. I’m Black, and my son and daughter and many of their friends are Black, and every one of us to a person are doing just fine. That also goes for the majority of Black people in this country:
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FACTS THE GOP DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW
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The vast majority of Black people in this country are middle class or above. African Americans are the second largest consumer group in America with a combined buying power of over $892 billion currently and likely over $1.1 trillion by 2012. In 2002 African American owned businesses accounted for 1.2 million of the US’s 23 million businesses, and 47% of Africans Americans own their own homes. – U.S. Census Bureau
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So if you’re not able to maintain, the question is, what are other Black people doing that you’re not?

Mr. Parker, in constructive dialogue, we should research and exam facts and truths. Before I make a statement, normally, I measure my statement by facts and truths, and strive to rise above my emotion, to a clear delivery. So let me clear up a couple of things, evidently you did not to research, my name. Mikal Darnell Sulaiman. (Solomon)

Born in NJ. Not just attend the Million Man March of 1995, but did my obligatory duty of security. (I was 21 then) Last year I gave over $10K in charity, to black conscious organizations or schools, not counting my intellectual time, towards the struggle. How much did you give? What group are you in that supports the advancement of black people, since we are talking credentials?

The books I have read:

Quran, Message to the Black, Valley of Dry Bones, Our Saviour Has Arrived, This is the One, The Book Of God, Fall of America, Great Men of Color, Fire Next Time, The National Agenda, Brainwashed, Injeel, Torah, Supreme Wisdom, and hundreds more.. How much did you spend on books this year? I have spent about $500 so far, and have revolving subscription cost around $125 per month.

What I am reading now: Final Call, Financial Times, Economist, Harvard Business Review, Foreign Affairs, Lords Of Strategy, Financial Intelligence, The Post American World, The Jewish, Phenomenon, and again, dozens of others

I am striving to have a comprehensive knowledge. Hint, with the knowledge of my the Master Teacher, in one day, in a Scottish Rite Lodge, I was a Master Mason, teaching them who is really the Master or God. Oh yea, two degrees I have in accounting, and have my own company in a major city on prime real estate area. http://www.auphsite.com

I can go from the West Side of Chicago or North Philadelphia to the board room and don’t miss a beat. I am certified in hood as well board room. Lastly, clubs or groups don’t choose me, I choose them.

So now that we are done with credentials, let’s get into some dialogue for greater understanding.

Affirmative action is beneficial if you are working to build your own reality. If you are using this program to simply get a car, buy a home, clothes, sit in a restaurant, then you are not aware. Land or businesses is what make you a man. In the Jewish community, you are not a man until you have land and/or a business.

Affirmative actions contributed marginally to our advance. Sure we have more blacks with degrees, more black men in prison then black in slavery, drop out rate of 50% or a little higher, the feminization of black men, and black women still lacking black men who will produce a world for them to love and support. No one can give your freedom, you must work hard for it in a collective manner. Note, white women talk feminism, but the white man produces a world for them, as he should.

So, if Dr. Dre or the government did not pay for your college tuition, what would you do?

You stated “If Dre had given the $35 million to an HBCU, fewer of us would need to pool our money to support the education of our young people.” Mr. Parker you are grossly negligent of the knowledge of what it take to build a community. Every community that is successful, Italian, Irish, Asian, Jewish, Dominican, or any other, is successful because they work together in a collective or concerted effort.

Economics and finance: You support trends. People purchased the iPhone because of trends, design, quality, and so forth. When you are talking about investing in a university, regardless of race, you look to see what is the trend in the market, what have they produced lately. Mr. Parker I don’t know if you are married or not. But, when you are married or in a relationship, a woman wants and desires for you to produce for her. When you refuse or delay in producing for her, she began to loose faith in your ability to accomplish anything worth while. When you are considering investing money the same deduction and conclusion are made.

A person lacking knowledge of ROI, return on investment, and its mitigating variables, would think it’s simply about, giving money. Did you pick up the phone and ask Dr. Dre, what returns is he looking on his investment? Why do you assume, Dr. Dre is like you? My teacher taught me to accept my own and be myself. The questions are, who is your own and what is yourself?

And again, will you fund your own education or will you beg for someone to do it for you?

I am aware that our schools need funding, but who ever funds your get to dictate what you teach. Mr. Parker there are two type of education, one to enslave the minds, and one to free the minds. Example, I have an intern, whom I have know for a while, is 17 years old with a bachelor degree in biology, entering meds school, and will graduate when she is 20 or 21 with a med degree. But way before she attended HBCU, she had a superior knowledge that enable her to do this. Note she is not going to med school simply to say I am have a med degree and then assimilate.

The only person responsible for funding your advancement in life is you. If you desire something, such as college education, what will you sacrifice to obtain it.