Whenever I listen to the eldest son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak, what I most often hear is someone who sounds much more like a Jesse "the Extortionist" Jackson or an Al "Bull Horn" Sharpton, than someone who sounds like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He reminds of someone who would rather live off his father's name, than to perhaps actually go out into the cold, cruel world and do something on his own that would not only build upon his father's already impressive legacy but that would allow him to stand on his own and not merely in his father's shadow. To do something that would actually help those people whom he professes to be fighting for.
He says that while blacks can rightfully celebrate his father's life and work with pride, there is much more that remains to be accomplished. And I would agree. But most of that which remains, needs to come from within the black community. I find it somewhat hypocritical that he can complain about the "staggering unemployment" among black males 18 to 30 years old, and instead of going out and advocating the fact that true change is what's needed in order to have a chance at increasing prosperity for all, he actively encourages those same individuals to go out and vote for the very ones responsible for this disgusting statistic.
Ignoring completely the amount of damage that has been done to this country in just four short years he heralds Barry "Almighty's" election as the first African-American president, which realistically speaking, has been nothing but a grand nightmare on so many levels, a major breakthrough for America. And he bases that declaration not on the content of Barry's character, or because of any great accomplishments, but solely on the color of Barry's skin. We are all, for some bizarre reason, supposed to be proud of the fact that we elected Barry, perhaps the most ill-prepared individual to ever hold the job, as our president. Sorry, but I'm not!
King also told NBC's "Today" show in an interview that he believes young blacks today still "are first judged by their color and then the content of their character." Well what I would only say to that, is before one can be judged on the content of one's character, one must first possess that character. And character is one of those things that one most often learns by example from one's father, and how many black men even know who their father is. Which is nothing but another result from having the government become the main provider for a family thus making it completely unnecessary for there to be a responsible male figure involved in the raising of most black kids.
So it would seem to me, that if the son were truly interested in furthering the father's legacy, he would have the courage to act in a way that would run counter to that of Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. Increasing the dependency on the government does not make for a bright future for anyone. The goal here should be to decrease that dependence, and that starts with voting for those who favor unleashing our economy, instead of burying it under needless regulations, an unbearable tax burden and the weight of Obamacare all of which accomplish nothing more than the stifling of job growth. But, you see, that would require leaving the Democrat plantation.
People, all people, need to be shown the advantages of being self-reliant as well as self-sufficient, and the benefits of family. But apparently the son sees it another way, a way different than how his father viewed things. The black community today is laying in tatters, it has quite literally been decimated by decades of what is nothing more than a addiction to government 'entitlements.' And yet, what is the son saying we need more of? If he was genuinely interested in carrying on with his father's dream, he would be doing all that he could to convince as many as he could to wean themselves off of the government, and to assume some level of personal responsibility.
There are those that do comprise the voice of reason within the black community and they are plentiful. That would be, of course, folks like Ben Carson, Allen West, Mia Love, Tim Scott and the Herman Cain, to name only a few. But, oddly enough, somehow it's they who always seem to get drowned out by poison coming from the race-baiters and the haters like the Jackson, Sharpton, Farrakhan, Wright, all, strangely enough, who are supposedly men of God. And it's rather confusing how anyone would willingly choose to listen to Al "Bull Horn" Sharpton over someone like Ben Carson or Allen West. That someone would do that, however, actually explains a lot.
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