The “Black People Have No Personal Responsibility” Band Wagon
Obama: What’s Wrong With You Black People
The Boyce Watkins Blog
Dr. Boyce Watkins
Since everyone appears to be on the “black people have no personal responsibility” band wagon, I thought I would buy a ticket. I read some of the transcript from Senator Barack Obama’s NAACP speech Monday, so I thought I would pick up the spoon and get myself a big fat dose of personal responsibility.
In fact, our fortune runs even deeper than we can imagine, since our presidential candidates have taken notes from the great Ronald Reagan and given us the privilege of looking past everyone else’s flaws. We don’t have to listen to our president lecturing white Americans on their 50% divorce and child abandonment rate: all that matters are the black men who don’t get married.
Nope: the personal responsibility speeches are all saved for us. I guess that’s the benefit of being so pathetic. It’s not like we don’t need it. I saw several black boys on TV the other day getting arrested for stealing. I hate it when all those black boys steal. I mean, 100% of the black boys I saw on TV last week were stealing, which MUST mean that 100% of all black boys steal. The white kids I saw on the news were going to college. Why don’t black men ever study like those kids? If it were not for the media, I wouldn’t have a chance to see just how pathetic we all are. It’s a national epidemic I tell you!
