I always find it rather amusing when those who I’m fairly certain have spent their entire lives voting for Democrats, have the nerve to complain about what is essentially the direct result from they’re having done so. Recently former basketball player Charles Barkley spoke, in what was described as being a very candid manner, about the problems facing the black community. He did so while appearing on a Philadelphia radio station, and went so far as to accuse "unintelligent," "brainwashed" African-Americans of keeping successful ones down. Barkley is another one of those folks who are long on complaining, but short on action.
It was while appearing on "Afternoons with Anthony Gargano and Rob Ellis," that old Chuck was asked about a rumor that Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson was getting criticism from his black teammates for not being, quote, "black enough." Chuck then launched into a long monologue on the subject saying, "Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we’re never going to be successful, not because of you white people, but because of other black people. When you’re black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people. It’s a dirty, dark secret; I’m glad it’s coming out."
Chuck went on to say that young black men who do well in school are accused of "acting white" by their peers. He said, "One of the reasons we’re never going to be successful as a whole, because of other black people. And for some reason we are brainwashed to think, if you’re not a thug or an idiot, you’re not black enough. If you go to school, make good grades, speak intelligent, and don’t break the law, you’re not a good black person. And it’s a dirty, dark secret." While I really don’t really think it’s all that much of a secret really, what it is, is something that is routinely taken advantage of and for purely political purposes.
Chuck continued, saying, "There are a lot of black people who are unintelligent, who don’t have success." And added, "It’s best to knock a successful black person down because they’re intelligent, they speak well, they do well in school, and they’re successful." He went on to say, "We’re the only ethnic group who say, ‘Hey, if you go to jail, it gives you street cred.’ It’s just typical BS that goes on when you’re black, man." Personally, I don’t think it’s about brainwashing. I think the root cause of what Chuck talks about has more to do with the fact that over the course of the last 60 years, the black family has been completely decimated.
And what Chuck conveniently leaves out of little rant, is who it is that he thinks is responsible for this brainwashing that he says is now taking place. I don’t suppose there’s anyway that those perpetrating this alleged brainwashing might be doing so in an effort to weaken the black community in such a way as to make blacks less able to become more self-sufficient and as such less likely to require the government to intervene in their lives. I’m sure that that’s not what Chuck might be implying here. After all, this guy was a big supporter of Barry, even going so far as to call Romney out during the 2012 presidential campaign.
If guys like Chuck really wanted to make a serious impact, he would be venturing out into the community and ask those folks how is it that the Democrat Party has made their lives better. He would ask blacks, what is that Democrats have done to keep black men out of prison and to make sure more black men are employed. And he would then answer that question by saying, "NOTHIN." But Chuck will never do that, because like so many others he would rather be part of the problem than part of the solution. Because to encourage blacks to leave the ‘Democrat Plantation’ risks drawing the ire of those to whom Chuck as sworn political allegiance.
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