A Matter of Faith, Race and Politics (Preview)
Posted on September 24th, 2008 by Dr. Eric Wallace
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End THIS war!
There is a war going on; a terrible war exacting a terrible toll on our men. It is a war that should not have been allowed to continue and one we are losing. In this war, both civilians and combatants are being killed, property is being destroyed, and a nation is under siege. You will not find a daily body count of this war’s casualties in the daily paper. You will not find people marching or a call for Congress to act. No; this war is not in Iraq, but on the streets of Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois, home of “Peacekeeper” Jesse Jackson and his son Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.; city of the great spiritual leader of the black man, Louis Farrakhan, is under attack. How can Chicago, who gave us the agent of change Barrack Hussein Obama and his advisor Reverend Jeremiah Wright, be more dangerous for a black man than the entire country of Iraq?
Imagine a city with twice the deaths from gunfire than an entire army at war in a foreign nation. But isn’t Chicago the land of Oprah? It seems like if we could see into the future of the “change”, coming our way, we would duck.
There were 123 people shot and killed this summer in Chicago; not Illinois, not the Midwest, but the city of Chicago, and mostly in a few particular sectors. From Memorial Day weekend on May 26, and the end of Labor Day on Sept. 1, 123 souls were lost to the testimony of failed liberal policies and a system of gangs. The Democrat controlled city should withdraw and surrender to the gangs; let them iron out their own differences. The young men there would be safer with combat training and patrolling Baghdad than driving around the city of Chicago.
In the same period of time, the U. S. Military reports 65 soldiers were killed in Iraq. What we really need is for Obama to deploy more Community Organizers to bring peace with honor to the streets of Chicago. Folks, we are talking about one city. Please do not look at Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Saint Louis or any other heavily Democratic, liberal lending city. If you took an honest look at the communities controlled by Democrats you would come to the conclusion that liberalism was a toxic element to black men. It fosters death and destruction with no hope.
When will we see the coffins displayed daily on the evening news? When can we expect the photographs of the fallen citizens solemnly depicted in the paper? Why no news magazines covering the grieving mother screaming for the mayor to do something? Why no chants of “Obama organized…crime” or “gangs grew, Obama knew”. Obama’s preacher told of mean hateful white men while his community committed suicide right (or Wright) in his presence. But Obama did not mind; Chicago was only a temporary stop for him. He was planning his escape to Washington D.C. (Another crime ridden Democratic control, high crime rate city) He temporarily left his comfortable existence in Hawaii with his white parents, white community, supported by his white friends. He only came to Chicago to take, not to give. He left it as he found it, and he stood on their backs to run for office. What he planned for Chicago he now plans for us. He schemed, plotted, and executed well. Do not under estimate him, but do not take him for granted either. Barrack Hussein Obama may be a new breed of Master, but the slaves are still the same. Like an abused family, they support the abuser and disregard the help of neighbors.
Liberal policies fail wherever they are implemented. Why do we keep trying them? Poverty, drugs, gangs, terrible schools, low self-esteem, and destruction will guarantee to also be Democratic and liberal. I guess they are telling the truth only when they claim to be the party for the poor. Of course, they mean the party of poverty.
You want to know why there are less deaths in the country of Iraq than in the city of Chicago? In Iraq the good guys can shoot back!
Mason,
I am Hispanic male who comes from a family of mixed ethnic back grounds. Blacks, Whites, Native Americans and so on. I am so glad that you are calling it as it really is. Many of my friends and family members are simply voting based on race. Some for Obama and some against. I will share your letter with everyone I know so to help them see things in a more balanced way.
Thanks
Steve
Plano Texas
Dr. Wallace:
As a self professed Black conservative (independent not a Republican or Democrat) I believe that the strategy of Black Conservatives and Black Republicans (distinction noted) is flawed in attempting to effectively reach our people.
You see - our people are suffering now. I don’t need to tell you this specifically as if you did not know this. My saying is “They are winning yet they are losing”. They are winning in the American Political domain as that which they have most focused upon has gained more power over their communities where ever they have at least 40% of the population and therefore can turn the tide of an election to that which is favorable to them.
They are losing because many of these same places that have a favorable political arraignment are also places where the greatest amount of agony that can be found among Black people is present. This in the areas of public safety, education, economic development and state of health.
The Black community has been conditioned to believe that the same forces that suppressed our freedoms will one day lead to our collective prosperity if defeated. The same methodologies that resulted in a cease and desist in unpunished attacks against us can be used to provide us with prosperity.
Our people are oriented in an expansionary “chase” mode where the fight against this ideological enemy causes blindness to the other side of the coin which is also true - despite the fact that they/we have an expanding amount of popularly ideologically favorable people in place - our future has never been more uncertain - especially among young Black males.
The Black Conservative has little traction. He is away of the core concepts of faith and morality but he knows not how to translate that into actions within the community. More so he is unable to get past the filter that his internal ideological adversary who resides within the nucleus of our race has set up to protect against those who might disrupt the order that they have created - regardless of how dysfunctional or ineffective that it might be. As long as the Black is linked into the perceived success of this ideology that is more expansive and confiscatory than it is organic and self-sufficient he will not recognize the net loss that he is actually suffering.
The challenge of the Black Conservative will be to provide a framework from which Black people can evaluate our full potential as a people and then realize how short the current popular pathway has afforded the masses. This is not a negative, critical conversation - which the filter in the nucleus will simply spin as words from the “White Conservative” sponsor that they always refer to (as they go to “Huffington Post” or “Daily KOS” to get their fill from the “White Progressive” sponsor but risk no rebuke because of the popularity of doing so).
It is clear from my observations that the Black Activists via their vocalizations set the tone for the popular priorities for the rest of the community. As empty of a march that Jena was - it was the Activists (I call them “Actor-vists” who chose an incident and marketed it into a national march.
The Black Conservative needs to go inside the community and choose a similar agenda. Where as Ida B Wells choose the lynching of Black men by White men and ran up against opposition from the White community who were more beholden to the greatness of the American system at the time than they cared about the sores that infected its underbelly - the same focus should be made on the VICTIMS within our community from the great about of violence at the hands of another Black person. The rate of “Homicide Closure Rates” and the resulting “NON-justice” are as bad as the injustice that was had in 1908 America. The same defensive attacks upon you will come from the filters who are resident in the nucleus - the Black Progressive Machine itself. They are used to setting the agenda and determining which “killings” are worthy of consideration.
I understand your focus on the deaths from abortions but you must turn it from abstract moralisims over the the negative impact that these have on the Black Community and how from a FUNCTIONAL level this is separating us from our full potential. In my view FUNCTIONALITY is superior to MORALITY.
Morality is often taken as “judgmentalism” by those who do not wish to change. Functionality is done in the context of having the person understand his true purpose in life and thus how certain actions are an abomination to the person’s order. Thus the actions that precipitated this end need to be managed by the person and the group so as not to steal away the person from his higher purpose.
In summary - the only way that at least a meaningful segment of the Black community will be made to step back and consider the question of their alignment to the straight and narrow if for a better framework for which they see the benefits of the end result and properly measure themselves against.
We are living in strange times. Some people’s level of comfort today is about to be shattered.