Comments on: Tavis Smiley – Poverty is the New Slavery!

By: Don Jones

Don Jones — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:37:16 +0000

Does anyone else get tired of Whining Smiley? I have always wanted to tell him, “If you want to be like everyone else, act like everyone else.” We elected a black President, so to speak. So quit whining. Of course you will not because whining pays pretty good, does it not, Travis?

Hoe bigis the black audience on NPR? Where do they get their funds to pay you so well? Whining Smiley, now ain’t he a dandy? Gimmie, whine, gimmie, whine.

By: Tomimot

Tomimot — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:30:10 +0000

If you need a picture ID to vote, get one.

If you need money to live, get some.

If you need education to make it, don’t be dumb!

Be happy and live healthy. Plug into the Powersource.

Make it so.

By: Satchel

Satchel — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 03:26:54 +0000

If Poverty is the New Slavery, then collectivly we volunteered for it. Black people spend over $1 Trillion a year, a good portion is spent on things that make us feel good, rather then on things that would advance our quality of life. Fatherless children and young undereducated mothers raising these children, while fathers are out of the childs life. The most visable Blacks with money are our Millionaire Sports and Entertainment stars. These are the roll models our young peoplesee as successful and aspire to be like while some of our adults want to seem like. We chose to be consumers instead merchants and businessmen, providing the goods and services as well as the Education and training, that is neccessary for us to be self sufficient.

By: AMERICA I AM

AMERICA I AM — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:05:41 +0000

ROMNEY 2012!

By: rikki

rikki — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:00:30 +0000

Travis seems to ignore what is at the root of poverty…Black & poor people have to be forced to read, write and speak English

We need a war on Ebonics..no more accepting it as an alternative language.

Make all public assistance recipients sit in English and Math classes 25 hours a week for their EBT card. I’ll bet half will quit in the first month.

We need to eliminate all parole and early release until you can read the New York Times in front of a judge or parole board. 90% of prisoners speak Ebonics…does this ring a bell with anyone????

It is pitiful as Americans we have so many millions who are Functionally Illiterate…some tough love in order!

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:47:01 +0000

My problem with Smiley and West is that they did not go after President Bush during his time as President in the same manner. I think of the President as being one for the entire country. Therefore, absent a specific reason, e.g., Katrina, I do not expect him to provide special treatment to a certain race. When jobs are created, health care provided, that helps everyone, including African Americans. As a people, we cannot have it both ways. President Obama is in uncharted territory and to expect him to be able to resolve every ill that has occurred over 200 years is totally unfair and unrealistic. In addition, when you have a party that absolutely refuses to work with you, and your own party who tend to often choke, that makes his job harder. Help the process instead of sitting and writing commentary.

By: Terrance Amen

Terrance Amen — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:53:14 +0000

Thanks for your support Steph. I’m
just getting started in the arena of speaking and organizing. If you like what I say here, go to my site to see and here my solutions to the problems in our community. Just click on my name above, and if you like what you here and see, pass the word. Thanks again for your support.

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:01:59 +0000

Thanks Terrance Amen for your brilliant input. I hope that you give speeches throughout the nation.

By: Terrance Amen

Terrance Amen — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:41:11 +0000

Let me say this up front, I’m voting for President Obama, not because I like what he is doing, because I think he can do better when it comes to our community, and not because of what he has done for the country as a whole, but because he is a better choice than Romney, who will totally ignore not only our people, but the general population as well. Voting for him will be like voting for bush, in my opinion. Unfortunately we still have to vote for the lesser of the evils, even though we should all know the democrats totally take advantage of us when it comes to getting what we need in our community or at least what could help our community. Until we build a strong economic base inside our community, we will always be in this position, and the politicians know this. But if we have a strong economic base where 20- 40% of that trillion dollars we spend every year in every community but our own, we can do what the wealthy who run this country do, and that is to have a strong lobby with money to back whoever we want, and appoint someone who will represent us, instead of always having people we didn’t appoint represent us.

Black Unity means financial independence and happiness

By: Tavis Smiley – Poverty is the New Slavery!

Tavis Smiley – Poverty is the New Slavery! — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 04:52:20 +0000

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