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Originally Posted by Kozmik  So off topic, but I am at the library in my favorite work spot facing a window.
He plops down his books - Sue "Overcoming Our Racism" and Rothenberg "White Privilege" titles aimed directly at me.
It feels abrasive, confrontational as if to say, "See me". It occurs to me that he may never succeed if he makes this his mission. |
Its not off-topic-- strikes me as just right.
One of the failures of the "liberals" (at least what Fox News would call the "liberals" anyway) is the "culture of grievance."
There are real grievances in this world, but I've seen one too many whiny "leaders" reciting a litany of the "discriminated-against". Its a terrible message, and the implicit instruction is "don't bother getting off your ass, the system is rigged, fight the power, blah, blah, blah".
I find it incredible to hear such nonsense, even as Africans clamor for green cards. Walk around New York, and you'll run into dozens of pushcart vendors, who instead of being Jewish as they were a century ago, now are West Africans. I have yet to have a native-born American black try to sell me something other than weed.
Ever.
On the other hand, I've got Nigerian princes who apparently want to give me half their bank account.
More seriously, the message is: Attitude counts. Yes, shitty things happened to black folks in America. But the bottom line is, if you live here and want to succeed, you can.
You just have to stop complaining; no one ever got ahead by listing the reasons they can't get ahead.