It is amazing how people today with 10 times the advantage and 2 percent of the accomplishments of the amazing Booker T. Washington can feel entitled to put him down... so sad.
Perfect! When you force people through political power to abandon their deeply held, but bigoted views, you not only make an enemy but endanger freedom for all of us. But when you show such people that their views are not viable in the world because you can build your own successful world without them, you figuratively 'force' them to abandon those views if they want to eat. The outcome for all concerned is much better and freedom is maintained which is necessary for all humans to survive and thrive. Freedom has no meaning if people aren't free to think as they wish and act on that thinking so long as that action does not force another individual. Refusing service to someone on baseless grounds is NOT force, but it is stupid.
"Washington would likely argue that focusing on victimhood does not contribute to advancement and may even hinder black development. "
This is truth. Interested in why you say "may even" instead of just "hinders"?
DEI as a concept envisions some idealized society that is exactly "diverse, equal and inclusive". Is that really
a. achievable based on the history of the human condition?
b. desirable based on the history of cultural diversity?
The most impactful part of the gay rights movement was creating thriving "gayborhoods". They ended up being very desirable places for anyone to live. The gay rights movement is off track today when it focuses on forcing people to support being gay at the federal level - e.g. the Kim Davis issue or the Masterpiece Baker issue. I don't need people to agree with me being gay. I just don't want them to impact me from a safety or economic perspective.
I don't understand why the Black community has not analyzed how Black Wall Street happened and focused on creating that as a goal for the Black community. Black culture is amazing. Why water it down by forcing a uniform distribution of all races in all of the country. Focus on creating communities that are self sustaining, thriving and have unique cultures for that community.
My position is interesting given we are celebrating MLK day. Were his "I have a dream" goals driving toward a diverse, equal and inclusive society or where they driving towards rich communities that were vibrant, self-sustaining and unique? I choose to believe the later. To achieve, maybe the answer is less federal regulation in favor of state and ideal community rights. Including the power to collect and decide on how taxes are spent.
I have a dream. That dream is a country of vibrant, self-sustaining and culturally unique communities living in harmony with each other. Not a uniformly distribute society as measured by race, sexuality and income.
This is just another example of conservatism veiled as sympathy. Kidding. Its absolutely accurate.
In my 40 years of teaching, of working with African Americans in blue cities, in socializing with them, in teaching them, I think at most 2% have felt they needed reparations, condescending sympathy, perpetual apologies, obsession with (what people think was) colonization/slavery, or wanted to hint at some form of payback/white guilt approach.
Of course they were all DEI advocates, Deans and Sociologists in academia.
I recommend Robert J. Norrell's excellent 2009 biography "Up From History: The Life of Booker T. Washington." It was reviewed in the New York Times by Shelby Steele the same year. Presumably, it was difficult even then to find NYT staff writers willing even to read, let alone review the book and thus proving Norrell's choice of title especially apt.
I really enjoyed your article. Two of my favorite passages from 'Up From Slavery' are:
"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top. Nor should we permit our grievances to overshadow our opportunities." - The Atlanta Exposition Address
"...great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I learned that assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; and that oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak." - Making Their Beds
I assume if black folk were focused on self-sufficiency and self-determination, there would be little need for government, NGOs or activists. Which is why gov, NGOs and activists would prefer most black folk see themselves as perpetual victims in need of technocratic, maternalistic controls.
It is amazing how people today with 10 times the advantage and 2 percent of the accomplishments of the amazing Booker T. Washington can feel entitled to put him down... so sad.
Perfect! When you force people through political power to abandon their deeply held, but bigoted views, you not only make an enemy but endanger freedom for all of us. But when you show such people that their views are not viable in the world because you can build your own successful world without them, you figuratively 'force' them to abandon those views if they want to eat. The outcome for all concerned is much better and freedom is maintained which is necessary for all humans to survive and thrive. Freedom has no meaning if people aren't free to think as they wish and act on that thinking so long as that action does not force another individual. Refusing service to someone on baseless grounds is NOT force, but it is stupid.
"Washington would likely argue that focusing on victimhood does not contribute to advancement and may even hinder black development. "
This is truth. Interested in why you say "may even" instead of just "hinders"?
DEI as a concept envisions some idealized society that is exactly "diverse, equal and inclusive". Is that really
a. achievable based on the history of the human condition?
b. desirable based on the history of cultural diversity?
The most impactful part of the gay rights movement was creating thriving "gayborhoods". They ended up being very desirable places for anyone to live. The gay rights movement is off track today when it focuses on forcing people to support being gay at the federal level - e.g. the Kim Davis issue or the Masterpiece Baker issue. I don't need people to agree with me being gay. I just don't want them to impact me from a safety or economic perspective.
I don't understand why the Black community has not analyzed how Black Wall Street happened and focused on creating that as a goal for the Black community. Black culture is amazing. Why water it down by forcing a uniform distribution of all races in all of the country. Focus on creating communities that are self sustaining, thriving and have unique cultures for that community.
My position is interesting given we are celebrating MLK day. Were his "I have a dream" goals driving toward a diverse, equal and inclusive society or where they driving towards rich communities that were vibrant, self-sustaining and unique? I choose to believe the later. To achieve, maybe the answer is less federal regulation in favor of state and ideal community rights. Including the power to collect and decide on how taxes are spent.
I have a dream. That dream is a country of vibrant, self-sustaining and culturally unique communities living in harmony with each other. Not a uniformly distribute society as measured by race, sexuality and income.
This is just another example of conservatism veiled as sympathy. Kidding. Its absolutely accurate.
In my 40 years of teaching, of working with African Americans in blue cities, in socializing with them, in teaching them, I think at most 2% have felt they needed reparations, condescending sympathy, perpetual apologies, obsession with (what people think was) colonization/slavery, or wanted to hint at some form of payback/white guilt approach.
Of course they were all DEI advocates, Deans and Sociologists in academia.
I recommend Robert J. Norrell's excellent 2009 biography "Up From History: The Life of Booker T. Washington." It was reviewed in the New York Times by Shelby Steele the same year. Presumably, it was difficult even then to find NYT staff writers willing even to read, let alone review the book and thus proving Norrell's choice of title especially apt.
I really enjoyed your article. Two of my favorite passages from 'Up From Slavery' are:
"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top. Nor should we permit our grievances to overshadow our opportunities." - The Atlanta Exposition Address
"...great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I learned that assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; and that oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak." - Making Their Beds
what an excellent piece, thank you!!
"I never had a chance are words that make the devil dance."
I assume if black folk were focused on self-sufficiency and self-determination, there would be little need for government, NGOs or activists. Which is why gov, NGOs and activists would prefer most black folk see themselves as perpetual victims in need of technocratic, maternalistic controls.
What would mandatory accounting do fo self sufficiency?
A 2003 article said that 5th graders could learn accounting as well as college students
https://www.newswise.com/articles/fifth-graders-learn-accounting-as-well-as-collegians
https://www.upi.com/Accounting-collegians-vs-5th-graders/82121056408042/
See:
Addictive Accounting; a smartphone app