Two Opposing Black Views of America

Lloyd Marcus, The Unhyphenated American  . . . "With only nine months of education, Clarence's grandfather never saw himself as a victim.  He never knew his father, and his mother died when he was 7.  His grandmother, who was a freed slave, took him in.  And then she died.  His uncle, a hard man with 13 kids, took him in.  And yet Clarence's grandfather never complained.

"Whenever young Clarence wanted to complain, his grandfather would say, "You have to play the hand you're dealt."  Clarence's grandfather became a great businessman, including owning his own farm.

"Justice Thomas has a bust in his office with his grandfather's favorite quote: "Old Man Can't is dead.  I helped bury him."  Justice Thomas said that is the mindset his grandfather grew up with. 

"Isn't Justice Thomas's self-reliant mindset far superior to and more empowering than bitterly viewing oneself as a victim, placing one's success or failure in the hands of someone other than himself?  Justice Thomas marveled that he grew up in a world of total illiteracy only to find himself in the Library of Congress.  Justice Thomas is expressing the greatness of America, folks.

"Why isn't Justice Thomas's grateful and hope-filled vision of America, a land ripe with opportunity, being touted by civil rights activists, inspiring black youths to make right choices to become all they can be?  Instead, leftists demand that black Americans view themselves as victims.  I choose to live in Justice Thomas's America."

Yet another view of America:

New York Times trying to rehabilitate Al Sharpton

Trust me; this guy is no Ben Carson, Clarence Thomas, Lloyd Marcus, nor Allen West. TD

. . . "Feigning balance, the article covers Sharpton's support of Tawana Brawley hoax, calling it:

... the worst thing he's done: His loud support of Tawana Brawley, an African-American teenager whose claims of abuse and rape by a gang of white men turned out to be a hoax.

"While his support for Brawley was bad – and even worse was his refusal to pay a judgment against himself for libel, absurdly claiming poverty and that he didn't even own the suits he  wore – Sharpton has actual blood on his hands for provoking two fatal race riots in New York City." . . .