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	<title>Comments on: After Dr. King, it&#039;s still black and white</title>
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		<title>By: Mike in NYC</title>
		<link>http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/09/after-dr-king-its-still-black-and-white/comment-page-1/#comment-237771</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike in NYC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To: Ray in L.A. 

You wrote:

“It is death by a thousand paper cuts.”

From about 500,000 slaves brought to the Americas, blacks are now nearly forty million, most living at a level beyond the dreams of their ancestors, and the reach of most modern Africans. This increase was a benefit of living within Western civilization, as well as by outright subsidization, to the tune of over a trillion dollars in wealth transferred from whites to blacks. That doesn’t sound like “death” to me.

As to your litany of unpaid labor, a quote is useful here --

Eddis, William. Letters from America, Historical and Descriptive: Comprising Occurrences from 1769 to 1777 Inclusive. London: 1792:

“By the eighteenth century indentured servants [he’s talking whites here] outnumbered African slaves in the North American colonies…. Negroes being a property for life, the death of slaves … is a material loss to the proprietor; they are, therefore, almost in every instance, under more comfortable circumstances than the miserable European…”

In other words, slaves had it better than paid indentured European servants.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To: Ray in L.A. </p>
<p>You wrote:</p>
<p>“It is death by a thousand paper cuts.”</p>
<p>From about 500,000 slaves brought to the Americas, blacks are now nearly forty million, most living at a level beyond the dreams of their ancestors, and the reach of most modern Africans. This increase was a benefit of living within Western civilization, as well as by outright subsidization, to the tune of over a trillion dollars in wealth transferred from whites to blacks. That doesn’t sound like “death” to me.</p>
<p>As to your litany of unpaid labor, a quote is useful here &#8211;</p>
<p>Eddis, William. Letters from America, Historical and Descriptive: Comprising Occurrences from 1769 to 1777 Inclusive. London: 1792:</p>
<p>“By the eighteenth century indentured servants [he’s talking whites here] outnumbered African slaves in the North American colonies…. Negroes being a property for life, the death of slaves … is a material loss to the proprietor; they are, therefore, almost in every instance, under more comfortable circumstances than the miserable European…”</p>
<p>In other words, slaves had it better than paid indentured European servants.</p>
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		<title>By: Pat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank You Ray. It is true America has come a long way but from where I sit, it truly has a long way to go. It is way past time America began to realize they are way behind the other Nations who have dealt with ethic problems and chosen a new path to a brighter future. 

When I heard the story of the lady in the hospital treated with less dignity and regard than an animal . When I read the story about the Black Man being tassered nine times, with nine times 50,000 volts of electricity, I was astounded that such vile, hateful, heartless, indifferent souls still live and breathe in America! And more astounding is the fact that some of these same vile creatures are representatives of what their State defines as Justice! This is not only unacceptable. It is unthinkable, criminal and inhumane!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank You Ray. It is true America has come a long way but from where I sit, it truly has a long way to go. It is way past time America began to realize they are way behind the other Nations who have dealt with ethic problems and chosen a new path to a brighter future. </p>
<p>When I heard the story of the lady in the hospital treated with less dignity and regard than an animal . When I read the story about the Black Man being tassered nine times, with nine times 50,000 volts of electricity, I was astounded that such vile, hateful, heartless, indifferent souls still live and breathe in America! And more astounding is the fact that some of these same vile creatures are representatives of what their State defines as Justice! This is not only unacceptable. It is unthinkable, criminal and inhumane!</p>
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		<title>By: RBD</title>
		<link>http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/09/after-dr-king-its-still-black-and-white/comment-page-1/#comment-237686</link>
		<dc:creator>RBD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>America is not a fair place.  It may be the best available but not fair!  To think as a black person nor any non-white u will receive the same treatment as a white in a white country is delusional on the best of days!!!  Human nature being what it is says that white prefer whites and blacks blacks, etc.  For sure if ur tribe is associated with illegal/aborant behavior u are going to be lumped into the same category, rightly or wrongly.  Hence u operate in a society that sees u in a tribal sense and not as an individual and attribute characteristics of ur tribe to u.  So from the jump u have to demonstrate and show beyond a reasonable doubt ur different from the rest in order to progress.  It&#039;s a hard row but it&#039;s the reality of being non-white in America. 

Blacks have been in America as long as whites and contributed to its greatness as much as any group, albeit thru involuntary servitude for the first couple hundred years.   With so-called emancipation, we were cast in the wilderness for the next hundred years.  Its only been since the &#039;60s to date (50 years) that America has begun to accept us into the mainstream.  In the past 50 years, many have made great strides but many more have regressed into a pathology of irresposibilty.  HIV, drugs, homicides, avaricious promiscuity, single parent families,  disdain for education, unbridled materialism at the expense of wealth creation, and last but not least self deprecating oratory and language.  This kind of self-hatred culminates in a self imposed genocide that is blamed on others instead of admitting u are the perpetrators of ur own demise.  The limits of tyrants are set by the people they oppress; power concedes nothing but to power.  White America at its worst could not have done to blacks that blacks have.  No tribe in America relies on its clergy (reverends) as blacks to right the wrongs perceived heaped upon them.  Until individuals decide to ante up and do what it takes to right this listing ship, blacks will remain afloat unsold in the sea of life!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>America is not a fair place.  It may be the best available but not fair!  To think as a black person nor any non-white u will receive the same treatment as a white in a white country is delusional on the best of days!!!  Human nature being what it is says that white prefer whites and blacks blacks, etc.  For sure if ur tribe is associated with illegal/aborant behavior u are going to be lumped into the same category, rightly or wrongly.  Hence u operate in a society that sees u in a tribal sense and not as an individual and attribute characteristics of ur tribe to u.  So from the jump u have to demonstrate and show beyond a reasonable doubt ur different from the rest in order to progress.  It&#039;s a hard row but it&#039;s the reality of being non-white in America. </p>
<p>Blacks have been in America as long as whites and contributed to its greatness as much as any group, albeit thru involuntary servitude for the first couple hundred years.   With so-called emancipation, we were cast in the wilderness for the next hundred years.  Its only been since the &#039;60s to date (50 years) that America has begun to accept us into the mainstream.  In the past 50 years, many have made great strides but many more have regressed into a pathology of irresposibilty.  HIV, drugs, homicides, avaricious promiscuity, single parent families,  disdain for education, unbridled materialism at the expense of wealth creation, and last but not least self deprecating oratory and language.  This kind of self-hatred culminates in a self imposed genocide that is blamed on others instead of admitting u are the perpetrators of ur own demise.  The limits of tyrants are set by the people they oppress; power concedes nothing but to power.  White America at its worst could not have done to blacks that blacks have.  No tribe in America relies on its clergy (reverends) as blacks to right the wrongs perceived heaped upon them.  Until individuals decide to ante up and do what it takes to right this listing ship, blacks will remain afloat unsold in the sea of life!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: awhiteman</title>
		<link>http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/09/after-dr-king-its-still-black-and-white/comment-page-1/#comment-237641</link>
		<dc:creator>awhiteman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I cant wait to see how they blame &quot;the man&quot; when &quot;the man&quot; is black. even though B O was raised by whites and of a black father who ran out on them. oh wait that the white man fault like everthing else they do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I cant wait to see how they blame &#034;the man&#034; when &#034;the man&#034; is black. even though B O was raised by whites and of a black father who ran out on them. oh wait that the white man fault like everthing else they do.</p>
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		<title>By: Patricia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patricia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A felony conviction is a death sentence to a black person in America, unless you have the resources available to substain your own business.  I know, I am a black ex-felon.  I am a mother, grandmother, and recent college graduate--top honors, at that.    I get the interviews.  But as soon as the application is filled out and the conviction is mentioned, I am dismissed as viable candidate for the position.  I am hungry, desperate, and disgusted.  I made some mistakes.  I spent the time required for my crime.  How much more time do I have to do?  Thirteen years and two degrees later; and I still can&#039;t get a job.  Oh, I forgot.  I might can get a job as a food service worker, housekeeper, or warehouse picker.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A felony conviction is a death sentence to a black person in America, unless you have the resources available to substain your own business.  I know, I am a black ex-felon.  I am a mother, grandmother, and recent college graduate&#8211;top honors, at that.    I get the interviews.  But as soon as the application is filled out and the conviction is mentioned, I am dismissed as viable candidate for the position.  I am hungry, desperate, and disgusted.  I made some mistakes.  I spent the time required for my crime.  How much more time do I have to do?  Thirteen years and two degrees later; and I still can&#039;t get a job.  Oh, I forgot.  I might can get a job as a food service worker, housekeeper, or warehouse picker.</p>
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		<title>By: Jamal</title>
		<link>http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/09/after-dr-king-its-still-black-and-white/comment-page-1/#comment-237598</link>
		<dc:creator>Jamal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You all have it all wrong because what is missed in all education and omitted from Blacks and white (including all races,cultures etc.) is real truth . Asian man started dark colored. Indian man, African man Mexican and any other indigenous cultured being all started dark colored. White people: in order to become the ruler race of the world you would first have to confuse and control. Here&#039;s what i mean! if two tribes can communicate with each other with respect and any other tribe be respectful to each others tribes I have to cause a riff between them, because they harvest and cultivate and create things that i see that would be seen to have great  value to the &quot;queen&quot; and the &quot;king&quot; of my country.I can have these things control them then profit from bond-labor if i am lucky and govern a new way for them here and those of us to build new homes here to become successful and flourish in a land that is innate in riches of it&#039;s own resource. The</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You all have it all wrong because what is missed in all education and omitted from Blacks and white (including all races,cultures etc.) is real truth . Asian man started dark colored. Indian man, African man Mexican and any other indigenous cultured being all started dark colored. White people: in order to become the ruler race of the world you would first have to confuse and control. Here&#039;s what i mean! if two tribes can communicate with each other with respect and any other tribe be respectful to each others tribes I have to cause a riff between them, because they harvest and cultivate and create things that i see that would be seen to have great  value to the &#034;queen&#034; and the &#034;king&#034; of my country.I can have these things control them then profit from bond-labor if i am lucky and govern a new way for them here and those of us to build new homes here to become successful and flourish in a land that is innate in riches of it&#039;s own resource. The</p>
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		<title>By: Cliff</title>
		<link>http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/09/after-dr-king-its-still-black-and-white/comment-page-1/#comment-237557</link>
		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think two things need to be done. People need to learn the nuances of culture in this country. Ignorance leads to bigotry.

Most articles to me here read RACISM=RACIAL PROFILING

We need to fix this issue to solve it seems to me the biggest concern

White America needs to reduce its simplified stereotypical view of black people

Black people need to stop walking around with a &quot;chip on their shoulder&quot; and act angry all the time

White and black people need to embrace a culture of achievement instead of a culture of failure. Ergo, Let your children know that failing at something is OK, but not trying is not OK. 

How you carry yourself is how you will be treated. It is not a crime to conform sometimes to be successful. That is called being part of a business culture. Wear a suit, be well groomed, no tattos, can get you a lot farther than you realize. Friendly over angry leads to a positive response</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think two things need to be done. People need to learn the nuances of culture in this country. Ignorance leads to bigotry.</p>
<p>Most articles to me here read RACISM=RACIAL PROFILING</p>
<p>We need to fix this issue to solve it seems to me the biggest concern</p>
<p>White America needs to reduce its simplified stereotypical view of black people</p>
<p>Black people need to stop walking around with a &#034;chip on their shoulder&#034; and act angry all the time</p>
<p>White and black people need to embrace a culture of achievement instead of a culture of failure. Ergo, Let your children know that failing at something is OK, but not trying is not OK. </p>
<p>How you carry yourself is how you will be treated. It is not a crime to conform sometimes to be successful. That is called being part of a business culture. Wear a suit, be well groomed, no tattos, can get you a lot farther than you realize. Friendly over angry leads to a positive response</p>
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		<title>By: Lou</title>
		<link>http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/09/after-dr-king-its-still-black-and-white/comment-page-1/#comment-237545</link>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here we go again.  Another narrow minded person who thinks America is black and white.  Come to Los Angeles where I live and see the tapestry of diiferent races and cultures.  Why are people like Al Sharpton so selfish in their world view?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here we go again.  Another narrow minded person who thinks America is black and white.  Come to Los Angeles where I live and see the tapestry of diiferent races and cultures.  Why are people like Al Sharpton so selfish in their world view?</p>
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		<title>By: Cliff</title>
		<link>http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/09/after-dr-king-its-still-black-and-white/comment-page-1/#comment-237517</link>
		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It doesn&#039;t help when some people use the race card when it does not exist. It is like calling wolf too often. people are not going to believe you.  Sometimes it is used as a scapegoat for any failure, whether it is school, job, or whatever. Overuse makes it difficult to distinguish real from fake use of the term.

It seems like every article is about racial profiling. Is that all there is to blacks feeling downtrodden in America right now? If so, then we have indeed made huge progress from a real dark past.

Arab Americans are suffering the same unfairness.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It doesn&#039;t help when some people use the race card when it does not exist. It is like calling wolf too often. people are not going to believe you.  Sometimes it is used as a scapegoat for any failure, whether it is school, job, or whatever. Overuse makes it difficult to distinguish real from fake use of the term.</p>
<p>It seems like every article is about racial profiling. Is that all there is to blacks feeling downtrodden in America right now? If so, then we have indeed made huge progress from a real dark past.</p>
<p>Arab Americans are suffering the same unfairness.</p>
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		<title>By: Ray in L.A.</title>
		<link>http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/09/after-dr-king-its-still-black-and-white/comment-page-1/#comment-237342</link>
		<dc:creator>Ray in L.A.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don&#039;t really know a lot about Italians, but I have no personal animous toward them.  What Mr. Sharpton eludes to is the pervasiveness of racism against black people in this country.  It is death by a thousand paper cuts.  But what is interesting to me is that you are not sensitive to the fact that at least 95% of corporate CEOs are other than black (the corporate league if you will), that prior to affirmative action which was enacted during the mid 60&#039;s corporate America could just have easily and voluntarily done the right thing ( which they didn&#039;t!!!!!!), that nowhere is it talked about the 200 and more years of white male affirmative action that excluded everyone else, that the black code which was written to enslave african people after 1865 i.e. the Jim Crow period was most assuredly not written by black people but was written by a group of people I have come to call &quot;Ostrich&quot; people - people who play like they aren&#039;t responsible for past crimes but who still profit by past economic injustice.  Yet you elude to some persons being lazy.  How many of your descendants bricked the streets of Atlanta for free.  How many of them mined coal in Birmingham FOR FREE????   How many of your relatives have been killed with impunity and no prosecution?  How many of your family have been tasered 9 times???  Yes there are low lifes in all groups but the true criminals are seldom prosecuted.  They start wars without justification.  They profiteer on the lost lives of young Americans and fail to deliver on the promises that their service merits. These among other miscreants are the true criminal &quot;ostrich&quot; people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#039;t really know a lot about Italians, but I have no personal animous toward them.  What Mr. Sharpton eludes to is the pervasiveness of racism against black people in this country.  It is death by a thousand paper cuts.  But what is interesting to me is that you are not sensitive to the fact that at least 95% of corporate CEOs are other than black (the corporate league if you will), that prior to affirmative action which was enacted during the mid 60&#039;s corporate America could just have easily and voluntarily done the right thing ( which they didn&#039;t!!!!!!), that nowhere is it talked about the 200 and more years of white male affirmative action that excluded everyone else, that the black code which was written to enslave african people after 1865 i.e. the Jim Crow period was most assuredly not written by black people but was written by a group of people I have come to call &#034;Ostrich&#034; people &#8211; people who play like they aren&#039;t responsible for past crimes but who still profit by past economic injustice.  Yet you elude to some persons being lazy.  How many of your descendants bricked the streets of Atlanta for free.  How many of them mined coal in Birmingham FOR FREE????   How many of your relatives have been killed with impunity and no prosecution?  How many of your family have been tasered 9 times???  Yes there are low lifes in all groups but the true criminals are seldom prosecuted.  They start wars without justification.  They profiteer on the lost lives of young Americans and fail to deliver on the promises that their service merits. These among other miscreants are the true criminal &#034;ostrich&#034; people.</p>
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		<title>By: Karen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with Rosie.

I am a white woman who remembers well the time she speaks of.

I traveled with my family and was shocked to see the signs on motels, water fountains, bathrooms. I watched on television as people had dogs set upon them and hoses aimed at them and were cursed and spit upon.

I know things are better. I know things are still not right. We&#039;ve come a ways, but we have a long way to go.

Reverend Sharpton can certainly be abrasive, but he gets attention. 
And if you listen to what he is saying, maybe you can put aside your notions that he&#039;s always wrong and realize that sometimes he makes a lot of sense.

I also support Obama. He&#039;s the first candidate in many years who actually inspires me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with Rosie.</p>
<p>I am a white woman who remembers well the time she speaks of.</p>
<p>I traveled with my family and was shocked to see the signs on motels, water fountains, bathrooms. I watched on television as people had dogs set upon them and hoses aimed at them and were cursed and spit upon.</p>
<p>I know things are better. I know things are still not right. We&#039;ve come a ways, but we have a long way to go.</p>
<p>Reverend Sharpton can certainly be abrasive, but he gets attention.<br />
And if you listen to what he is saying, maybe you can put aside your notions that he&#039;s always wrong and realize that sometimes he makes a lot of sense.</p>
<p>I also support Obama. He&#039;s the first candidate in many years who actually inspires me.</p>
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		<title>By: Feliece</title>
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		<dc:creator>Feliece</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While I thought that the CNN piece was needed (it&#039;s about time that the issue&#039;s of the black community were highlighted and exposed to a broader audience than it has been in  the past) I have to say that I didn&#039;t like the differences in the manner that the two part series was conducted. I don&#039;t feel that the plight of the black woman was highligted as much as that of the black man.  The special covered the life of the black single mother, the mother who&#039;s lost a child, the plight of women with HIV as well as the black single successful woman. But there&#039;s more to the black woman that deals with more than the men that we are devoted to. What about our roles in the workplace, or our roles in the black church? As someone else said, why did we not hear anything about the black women who are pastor&#039;s of churches? Where was the piece about black young ladies having babies, and/or out there on their own? I thought that the point of this piece was to bring the issues of the black community to the outside world, but for us to really try to make them understand (though I don&#039;t think that will ever happen) we have to expose them to EVERYTHING!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I thought that the CNN piece was needed (it&#039;s about time that the issue&#039;s of the black community were highlighted and exposed to a broader audience than it has been in  the past) I have to say that I didn&#039;t like the differences in the manner that the two part series was conducted. I don&#039;t feel that the plight of the black woman was highligted as much as that of the black man.  The special covered the life of the black single mother, the mother who&#039;s lost a child, the plight of women with HIV as well as the black single successful woman. But there&#039;s more to the black woman that deals with more than the men that we are devoted to. What about our roles in the workplace, or our roles in the black church? As someone else said, why did we not hear anything about the black women who are pastor&#039;s of churches? Where was the piece about black young ladies having babies, and/or out there on their own? I thought that the point of this piece was to bring the issues of the black community to the outside world, but for us to really try to make them understand (though I don&#039;t think that will ever happen) we have to expose them to EVERYTHING!</p>
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		<title>By: Ihor Oleksyn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ihor Oleksyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The one thing that I truly am sick of is how if someone like Imus makes  a comment; every Black  (supposed) leader will try to &quot;lynch&quot; him or her. But when the &quot;Reverened Dr. Jackson&quot;  wants to ....... it&#039;s okay. It&#039;s okay to be Black and say it. But guess what; we&#039;ve been dealing with reverse discrimination for years also.  It pisses me off that you can&#039;t go forward. Because, every time we hear from your Rev.&#039;s (either Mr. Jackson or Mr. Sharpton); it&#039;s only when it&#039;s usually a media opportunity or photo op. They  have proven that they are no better than the problem we need to address.  Hip hop, sports, media, inc., ltd., ...on on on on . Progress has been made. Unfortunately, people like Bill Cosby are labled as &quot; Uncle Toms&quot;.  As a Caucasian, that is someone that I admire</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The one thing that I truly am sick of is how if someone like Imus makes  a comment; every Black  (supposed) leader will try to &#034;lynch&#034; him or her. But when the &#034;Reverened Dr. Jackson&#034;  wants to ....... it&#039;s okay. It&#039;s okay to be Black and say it. But guess what; we&#039;ve been dealing with reverse discrimination for years also.  It pisses me off that you can&#039;t go forward. Because, every time we hear from your Rev.&#039;s (either Mr. Jackson or Mr. Sharpton); it&#039;s only when it&#039;s usually a media opportunity or photo op. They  have proven that they are no better than the problem we need to address.  Hip hop, sports, media, inc., ltd., ...on on on on . Progress has been made. Unfortunately, people like Bill Cosby are labled as &#034; Uncle Toms&#034;.  As a Caucasian, that is someone that I admire</p>
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		<title>By: Melissa, Los Angeles</title>
		<link>http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/09/after-dr-king-its-still-black-and-white/comment-page-1/#comment-236527</link>
		<dc:creator>Melissa, Los Angeles</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m still waiting for you Rev. Sharpton and Rev. Jackson to apologize to the Duke LaCrosse team for vilifying them when in reality this black woman had LIED about being raped.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#039;m still waiting for you Rev. Sharpton and Rev. Jackson to apologize to the Duke LaCrosse team for vilifying them when in reality this black woman had LIED about being raped.</p>
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		<title>By: James</title>
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		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Enough of the Black thing. Whats next. This whole thing is getting worry some. Is CNN going to do the history of the injustice of the Irish and the rest of the people that came to this country. Obama is pretty shallow but not because he is Black. Sharpton is a spokesman for the Black people. Surley we can do better than that. Jackson goes without comment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Enough of the Black thing. Whats next. This whole thing is getting worry some. Is CNN going to do the history of the injustice of the Irish and the rest of the people that came to this country. Obama is pretty shallow but not because he is Black. Sharpton is a spokesman for the Black people. Surley we can do better than that. Jackson goes without comment.</p>
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		<title>By: RICK T</title>
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		<dc:creator>RICK T</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It has never been about African-Americans as a whole needing to stand out . It has always been about equal access, opportunity and protection under the laws of this country. 
As a 37 year old, college educated Black man, I have experienced the promise and prejudice of this country.  I have been subjected to things that I wish on no one.  In spite of my experiences, I cannot allow my pain derail me from my mission to be a great father and husband.
The problem lies in the fact that at any given time in my life, I will be judged only by the fact that I am a Black man. I have no way of knowing when, and by whom it will happen. It could be by my employer, the police, or my potential mortgage lender. so until this country can ensure that I, or amy other minority, will not have to live with this fear, and anger, there will continue to be a need for dialogue about the subject.
Before you demonize  the message, and perhaps the messenger, taka a look in the mirror. Make sure you are not the one at times perpetuating this cycle</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It has never been about African-Americans as a whole needing to stand out . It has always been about equal access, opportunity and protection under the laws of this country.<br />
As a 37 year old, college educated Black man, I have experienced the promise and prejudice of this country.  I have been subjected to things that I wish on no one.  In spite of my experiences, I cannot allow my pain derail me from my mission to be a great father and husband.<br />
The problem lies in the fact that at any given time in my life, I will be judged only by the fact that I am a Black man. I have no way of knowing when, and by whom it will happen. It could be by my employer, the police, or my potential mortgage lender. so until this country can ensure that I, or amy other minority, will not have to live with this fear, and anger, there will continue to be a need for dialogue about the subject.<br />
Before you demonize  the message, and perhaps the messenger, taka a look in the mirror. Make sure you are not the one at times perpetuating this cycle</p>
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		<title>By: Mike in NYC</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike in NYC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To: Kent Fitzsimmons, Kewanee, IL

To be complete, here’s a source for the 90% figure:

Walter Williams, “An Ugly Conspiracy of Silence,” August 18, 1999:

“In that year [1994], there were about 1,700,000 interracial crimes, of which 1,276,030 involved whites and blacks. In 90 percent of the cases, a white was the victim and a black was the perpetrator, while in 10 percent of the cases it was the reverse.”

I doubt that the awful picture has changed much since then.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To: Kent Fitzsimmons, Kewanee, IL</p>
<p>To be complete, here’s a source for the 90% figure:</p>
<p>Walter Williams, “An Ugly Conspiracy of Silence,” August 18, 1999:</p>
<p>“In that year [1994], there were about 1,700,000 interracial crimes, of which 1,276,030 involved whites and blacks. In 90 percent of the cases, a white was the victim and a black was the perpetrator, while in 10 percent of the cases it was the reverse.”</p>
<p>I doubt that the awful picture has changed much since then.</p>
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		<title>By: Amy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>IF you want to know what it&#039;s like to be white the listen up!  Just like every other race whites generally are also looking to put the blame on someone or something else.  The only way for things to change is for people of every color to learn that we all get dealt hard hands in life.  What is hard for me might not be hard for you but we all have challenges that we have to overcome and what we all have to learn is to stop blaming someone else!  Black people blame whites for the lack of jobs available for them when there are whites that are blaming affirmative action and illegal immigrants.  People need to work hard and earn what they get.  This country is all about what I&#039;m owed and who took that from me..  The only one taking things from you is you!  IF you are only looking for who done me wrong you only have yourself to blame!  People need to understand that your actions have consequences and when we make those choices we are choosing the outcomes!!!  Start thinking before you act!!!!!!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IF you want to know what it&#039;s like to be white the listen up!  Just like every other race whites generally are also looking to put the blame on someone or something else.  The only way for things to change is for people of every color to learn that we all get dealt hard hands in life.  What is hard for me might not be hard for you but we all have challenges that we have to overcome and what we all have to learn is to stop blaming someone else!  Black people blame whites for the lack of jobs available for them when there are whites that are blaming affirmative action and illegal immigrants.  People need to work hard and earn what they get.  This country is all about what I&#039;m owed and who took that from me..  The only one taking things from you is you!  IF you are only looking for who done me wrong you only have yourself to blame!  People need to understand that your actions have consequences and when we make those choices we are choosing the outcomes!!!  Start thinking before you act!!!!!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Larry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lest we forget the Duke Lacrosse Team that was roasted over the fires by 88 members oftheir own university and not one of those 88 ever issued an apology. The girl involved was supposedly going to get a scholarship from the good Rev. Jesse Jackson; however, he said he was unable to get in contact with her.

Those boys from Duke fought back to have their reputations restored, its even sadder to have seen their coach summarily fired, without proof of any wrongdoing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lest we forget the Duke Lacrosse Team that was roasted over the fires by 88 members oftheir own university and not one of those 88 ever issued an apology. The girl involved was supposedly going to get a scholarship from the good Rev. Jesse Jackson; however, he said he was unable to get in contact with her.</p>
<p>Those boys from Duke fought back to have their reputations restored, its even sadder to have seen their coach summarily fired, without proof of any wrongdoing.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike in NYC</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike in NYC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To: Kent Fitzsimmons, Kewanee, IL

Sorry to intrude upon your fantasy world, but facts are facts. 

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a black writer, wrote on May 31, 2007:

&quot;...whites are far more likely to be the victims and blacks their assailants in interracial crimes than the other way around.... according to FBI figures, on average there were about 1 million and a half to 2 million racial crossover crimes in the country.&quot;

So the vast majority of those 1-2 million interracial crimes are committed against whites. How many black victims in the cases that you mentioned? Single digits?

I can tell you from a lifetime lived in large East Coast cities that non-whites routinely go into white areas to commit crimes. The reverse – white criminals preying on non-white areas – is, for all intents and purposes, non-existent.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To: Kent Fitzsimmons, Kewanee, IL</p>
<p>Sorry to intrude upon your fantasy world, but facts are facts. </p>
<p>Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a black writer, wrote on May 31, 2007:</p>
<p>&#034;...whites are far more likely to be the victims and blacks their assailants in interracial crimes than the other way around.... according to FBI figures, on average there were about 1 million and a half to 2 million racial crossover crimes in the country.&#034;</p>
<p>So the vast majority of those 1-2 million interracial crimes are committed against whites. How many black victims in the cases that you mentioned? Single digits?</p>
<p>I can tell you from a lifetime lived in large East Coast cities that non-whites routinely go into white areas to commit crimes. The reverse – white criminals preying on non-white areas – is, for all intents and purposes, non-existent.</p>
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