August 26, 2013

"My Nephews" by Juliette Ochient ("baldilocks")
— Monty

[I asked Juliette Ochieng -- our own "baldilocks" -- to write a short essay for the HQ on the topic of race and violent crime. She very graciously agreed. (Keep the comments civil!) You can find more of her very insightful stuff at her personal site. You can also find information on her book, Tale of the Tigers, at her author's site. --Monty]

A few weekends back, I made my way from my home in South Central Los Angeles to Albuquerque--where my parents and the vast majority of my family reside--for the wedding of my oldest nephew. During the twelve-hour drive, I contemplated the personalities of my nephew, his brother, his sisters, his male and female first-, second-, and third-cousins and his male cousins by marriage. All are great young people.

Something that remains perennially in the news is the rate of unemployment for black teens, just over 40%. But here's a thing about my family: my five nephews and my six first- and second-male cousins are all employed! (My nieces are all under sixteen and my two female cousins--both lawyers, like their father--are in their thirties.) How could that be? Well here's one thing: only one of them lives in a blue state. So much for the alleged racism of Republicans. But their states of residence--New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma--aren't the only factors; the others are more personal.


  • All are high school graduates.

  • Three are attending two-year colleges, two attend a four-year university, one attends a technical college, and two are four-year university graduates.

  • All are literate, well-mannered and well-spoken They don't even speak patois to their friends.

  • None have criminal or misdemeanor records.

  • All are prompt and know how to dress for employment. None have adopted the saggy-pants style.

  • Only one has a child and he is in his mid-twenties.



So what is this about? Only four of the young men have been raised by political conservatives. Two are illegitimate. Several are children of divorce--like me. All of them, however, have been raised by actual conservatives. So it is that they would not shame their families by failing to be responsible men.

My oldest nephew--the one who just married--is probably the most taciturn of the group. But he's not so shy that he was unable to woo, win, and marry a smart, accomplished, and very beautiful young woman to be his wife. And here's something about the two, my nephew and my niece-in-law: both of their sets of parents are married to each other. And one thing about my nephew's parents--my sister and my brother-in-law: both of their parents are still married to each other. (My mom and stepdad have been married for 41 years and my brother-in-law's parents have been married for over 60 years.) And each generation consists of hard workers who have always wanted more for their children than what they had. This is what is known as a pattern.

But illegitimacy need not be a factor in producing children of poor character. Several months ago, I posited that illegitimacy by itself isn't what has caused the breakdown of the black family and the consequent breakdown of black moral character. The cause? Government subsidy of illegitimacy. When a child, especially a boy, grows up without a father, he will often run wild if there is no other male authority to which he is answerable--an uncle or grandfather, for example. But when children grow up in communities in which there are no male authority figures, when they grow up in communities in which there are few to no married couples, a people run wild.

The widespread (over 70%) illegitimacy among black Americans can be likened to the biblical fall in the Garden of Eden. Satan talked Eve into eating the fruit that God had forbidden and she talked Adam into eating it. This original sin will destroy most of humankind. The government talked black women into having babies without benefit of marriage and this phenomenon has nearly destroyed black Americans. Yet another pattern.

But just as there is redemption to be had in the heavenly realm, there is a way for black Americans to keep themselves from been destroyed here on earth.

Recently, CNN's Don Lemon--no political conservative, to be sure--was called a "turncoat mofo" for agreeing with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly that black people need to clean up their act with respect to being 'good citizens'--a phrase used because that is what I was exhorted to be when I was growing up in the much-maligned 1960s.

Mr. Lemon's seemingly simple prescription is powerful.

You want to break the cycle of poverty? Stop telling kids they're acting white because they go to school or they speak proper English. A high school dropout makes on average $19,000 a year, a high school graduate makes $28,000 a year, a college graduate makes $51,000 a year. Over the course of a career, a college grad will make nearly $1 million more than a high school graduate. That's a lot of money.

And number one, and probably the most important, just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should. Especially without planning for one or getting married first. More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers. And the studies show that lack of a male role model is an express train right to prison and the cycle continues.

And there was this on Twitter:




For his trouble, Lemon was excoriated--which included being labeled a “turncoat mofo” by MSNBC’s Goldie Taylor.




"Turncoat mofo?" No. The turncoats are those who urge black other black Americans to keep doing the same things over and over again while, each time, expecting a different result. The turncoats are those who would exhort black Americans to keep riding that express train to poverty, illiteracy, prison and ruin. Like the feral teens that are a plague on our society, pattern-recognition is foreign to those who screech ‘turncoat mofo’ to a man who imparts the tried-and-true wisdom that black Americans used to impart to their progeny.

* * *

I have been called a conspiracy theorist--not to mention the equivalent of a ‘turncoat mofo’-- a number of times. However, if most political and social conservatives can acknowledge that there are forces consisting of more than a single individual which conspire to destroy America-as-founded and the ideals on which she was founded, then it is plausible that such forces have used and are using strategies—by definition, long-term plans--to achieve their aims. It is for this reason—and for the vision of my lying eyes—that I put forth the following ‘conspiracy theory.’

For many decades, black Americans hoped and prayed to be considered equal to other Americans under the law--federal, state, and local. Well that goal has been achieved. It has been long past time for black Americans, as a whole, to do their part. What happened there? ItÂ’s this: too large a number of us have fallen prey to those who have always wanted to keep us down, keep us enslaved, and, ultimately, destroy us.

I submit that the Organized Left and the Democrat Party—now one and the same--have long been trying to rid our country of her black citizens. That goal is now almost reached. Think about it: blacks are vastly outnumbered by whites, Hispanics and others. And blacks have been purposefully splintered in this way: we have been duped into nearly destroying the one earthly and seemingly unshakable foundation we had. That foundation is known as the family.

The feral teens we see today are the fruit of the splintering; they are angry and they know not why. They never learned fatherly discipline--and the compromised education system never bothered to inculcate in them the desire to think through situations. Often the only "men" in their lives are other mindlessly angry little boys wearing the bodies of men. Multiply this by millions.

So now, they are beating and killing innocents of all races out of boredom or avarice or whatever excuse they want to give. But the real problem is mindless and pointless anger, stemming from the lack of proper parenting by both mother and father.

But here's the thing. Non-black people are already tired of their loved ones being raped, shot, beaten, etc. for merely walking around, for the crimes of others or simply for not being black.

And when some set of white or other non-black persons begin to retaliate; it will go badly for the splintered minority—both the guilty and the innocent--for numerical reasons alone. As a result, the Leftist-infiltrated government will come in and "save" however many black people are left, but goal will be reached: black people will be almost exterminated in the USA and whites and other non-blacks will be the slaves.

That's been the plan all along...to kill all of us and enslave all of you non-blacks.

I am grateful to God that the young men in my family are fine, upstanding citizens. But I tremble for my people--Americans--as I watch the fruit of the rotten and satanic tree called Leftism poison us all, one way or another.

ThatÂ’s why I pray to Lord who provided us with the Lamb who took away all of our sins. ItÂ’s our only hope, and I submit that it always has been.

Posted by: Monty at 04:13 AM | Comments (208)
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1 Fabulous essay. And the last paragraph says it all.

Posted by: RS at August 26, 2013 04:18 AM (YAGV/)

2 "But I tremble for my people--Americans--as I watch the fruit of the rotten and satanic tree called Leftism poison us all, one way or another." QFT

Posted by: cu'chelsea at August 26, 2013 04:21 AM (Vk2CC)

3 Hear, Hear.  Well done.

Posted by: trainer's looking for a Militia to join... at August 26, 2013 04:21 AM (K5X44)

4 Wow, powerful and sobering.

Meghan Cox Guford talked about meta-memes in her speech.  What the War on Poverty and cries of "Its for the poor!" by this government has done is in fact the reverse.  With our own money, this government over the decades, has bribed people into doing the habits that the money was claimed to help ameliorate.

Thank you Baldilocks.

Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 04:22 AM (SxI9Z)

5 So well written. God save us all.

Posted by: Benjamin at August 26, 2013 04:25 AM (u+9Sb)

6 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 26, 2013 04:27 AM (/PCJa)

7 Burn it down. Scatter the stones. Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 26, 2013 04:27 AM (/PCJa)

8 But if I had a dollar for every turn coat mofo who made it up and out, then cut the rope ladder behind him...

I think this statement is part of the problem for a lot of the people on the gubmint dole. They don't want to see someone elses success as a blueprint to betterment. They don't want to work to improve their own life. And they want those that have, to give up most of what they did work for so they can get down into the pit with them.

Posted by: Bruce at August 26, 2013 04:28 AM (z0JJm)

9 I had it out with someone on a different website about his white liberal place of privilege to describe away everything - his term of choice that explains it all is "socioeconomics".  He explained to me that the young men who killed the Aussie in Oklahoma might have done so due to their "socioeconomic" status, they were desperate, alone, hurt by whatever, so you (meaning me) have to aside my white privilege(?) and make an effort to understand.  This same guy was all about hanging George Zimmerman as a bully and a thug and a racist.  I asked him if George Zimmerman's "socioeconomic" status as a man trying to prevent his neighborhood from falling further down the slope into a full on crime ridden area should be considered - I was told that was a false dichotomy.  The "honest" conversation about race is very hard to have, because most people spend all day lying to themselves about so many other things.

Posted by: chelsea danger at August 26, 2013 04:31 AM (46rS/)

10 Well written. Even inspirational. Every bit as important, I think, is pointing out that having absent fathers and young (that is: not high school graduate) mothers is just as much a handicap for all ethnicities- "red and yellow, black and white." Poverty doesn't care what color you are- so why should you (that's a generic "you" not a "you-you.") think that the prescription for escaping poverty cares about it? Why is it "acting white" to try to give your kids a better life than you have? I won't say that you impress me, baldi, because that would be succumbing to the the same "soft bigotry of low expectations" that caused the not-so "Great Society" in the first place. Nevertheless, you have a family of which you are right to be proud.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 26, 2013 04:32 AM (/PCJa)

11 Thanks, baldilocks. God bless you and your nephews!

Posted by: sinalco at August 26, 2013 04:33 AM (7580N)

12 Amen. (Said with sadness.)

Posted by: Brother Chelsea at August 26, 2013 04:33 AM (m9V0o)

13 Good post. Hit the tip jar.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at August 26, 2013 04:34 AM (ek1JI)

14 I can't say that I agree with the ultimate hypothesis: "That's been the plan all along...to kill all of us and enslave all of you non-blacks."  It seems to me to be more about protecting the special privileges and immunities afforded by perpetual victimhood.  I don't even see the supposed aim necessarily resulting from the current trajectory; although I concede that it is one of many possibilities.

But otherwise, it is an excellent piece on what ails the black community, in the opinion of a white conservative who has long pondered about how the black community can work to cure its own troubles.

Posted by: flounder at August 26, 2013 04:35 AM (Kkt/i)

15 Oh, and what AllenG said. Amen

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at August 26, 2013 04:35 AM (ek1JI)

16 chelsea danger at August 26, 2013 08:31 AM (46rS/) ---------- What were the crime stats during the 1930s, a period of even more desperation for black youth than today? See, that's why I don't buy the whole poverty-as-a-reason-for-crime thing, because this country didn't turn into a lawless wasteland (well, except for the oval office) back then.

Posted by: @JohnTant at August 26, 2013 04:37 AM (hNNJ5)

17 How about an uplifting story?  Gushka pointed this to me.
http://www.dailygood.org/view.php?sid=264

Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 04:39 AM (SxI9Z)

18 Great post and much appreciated

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at August 26, 2013 04:39 AM (R8hU8)

19 I can't say that I agree with the ultimate hypothesis: "That's been the plan all along...to kill all of us and enslave all of you non-blacks." It seems to me to be more about protecting the special privileges and immunities afforded by perpetual victimhood. I don't know that it's 100% correct, but I think baldi's hypothesis is closer than yours. See, the "special privileges and immunities afforded by perpetual victimhood" only survive as long as there is someone who can provide them- that is, someone who can foot the bill. Right now, that's us. That's "the middle class." But the Feudal Left *does* want to enslave us (see also: ObamaCare, Gun Control, and a host of other initiatives by the Prog/Commies). Once that's done, we won't be able to foot the bill. The only people who can- the new Feudal Lords- *won't.* So where does that leave the blacks? Out in the cold. They'll find, once they've been used to beat us into submission and drive us back into our "proper" role of peasant or serf, that they're expendable. Suddenly all those special privileges and immunities won't exist anymore.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 26, 2013 04:40 AM (/PCJa)

20 This, right here, is why Baldilocks writes books and I don't. Well said, Baldi.

Posted by: Andy at August 26, 2013 04:41 AM (li+aS)

21 I agree with your diagnosis and your prescription. As bad as the disease is, the Doctor is far greater, and in that we have legitimate hope. Well said Baldilocks.

Posted by: JQP at August 26, 2013 04:42 AM (U4GjV)

22 50 years ago if the white majority tried to impose high rates of illegitimacy and illiteracy on the black community it would have caused riots.

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at August 26, 2013 04:42 AM (5fSr7)

23 Great ;post!  I wonder if there are statistics out there comparing the unemployment/poverty rates of black Republicans with black Democrats.

Posted by: isophorone at August 26, 2013 04:42 AM (m/Ana)

24 Terrific essay. It's truly sad, because black Americans have such a great tradition of family and community. Yet so many think that the way to maintain their power and status in this society is to hitch up their wagons to the Democrat Left power structure, but it is they who are being hitched up to the wagons of the Democrat Left.

Posted by: dissent555 at August 26, 2013 04:44 AM (yR6A1)

25 Great post. Hit Baldilocks' site. And she did point out that it has an effect on people. This could, and should be read on the 6 o'clock news by all the anchors. But it won't. Some well to do Morons could buy ad space for it, with the fine lady's permission of course. And assuming this is up on her site, and again with her permission, link it on other blogs. Thanks for putting this up Monty.

Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 26, 2013 04:45 AM (AoY8i)

26 Whether the true intent to wipe out the black community is there is almost moot.  Because those who keep pushing this in the Progressive-Socialist upper class are rich and predominantly white.  They are using tax money to bribe and buy the votes of the black community to stay in power.  Margaret Sanger talked of callously using preachers in black communities to push her Eugenics idea of wiping out blacks, of dressing up the abortion of unborn black children as health care so the women would not be burdened with failure.  Dressing up as a greater good an evil act. 

Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 04:46 AM (SxI9Z)

27 The idea that systematic extermination of a people is a goal of another set frightens me. Perhaps, I've become to used to the stated aims of fundamental muslims and the historical genocide of various groups. I cannot wrap my brain around the idea that modern "civilized" folks would want to make the Earth devoid of a certain demographic.

I find it appalling and worthy of pre-emptive action. The Left is eroding everything that is good and worthy about humanity. Perhaps this is why the fascination with zombies. Mindless  rotting uniformity, knowing nothing but hunger, and slavering to consume those few unique individuals who have held out.

Posted by: Feynmangroupie at August 26, 2013 04:46 AM (Kw0EL)

28 Bill Cosby has been labeled a 'turncoat mofo' in the past when he made similar points about how AAs could help themselves. Thank you, baldilocks, for your clear-eyed vision and honesty in addressing these issues, and even more for your courage in doing it publicly.

Posted by: Retread at August 26, 2013 04:46 AM (1gdVS)

29 I wonder if there are statistics out there comparing the unemployment/poverty rates of black Republicans with black Democrats. I think you'd be surprised at how non-probative such statistics would prove to be. What I would love to see is the breakdown of mean income per year by education (those 19,000/28,000/51,000 numbers in the post) sub-categorized by race. Because I expect that the wage disparity is actually greater at the lower levels than at the higher. That is, Blacks with no education probably make on the bottom half of that $19,000 while Whites make the $19k or more, but at the College Grad level, I imagine the disparity all but disappears.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 26, 2013 04:47 AM (/PCJa)

30 Thank you. St. Simons Island where I grew up in the 1940's & 50's & 60's was one-third black. Mostly gone now due to obscene rises in property taxes. The poorest house was "so clean you could eat off the floor." People were just raised better back then.

Posted by: backhoe at August 26, 2013 04:47 AM (ULH4o)

31

 It seems to me to be more about protecting the special privileges and immunities afforded by perpetual victimhood

 

I don't know, Flounder.  Remember...this is the Dem party....remember their history.  I have often found it suspect how fast they had their "conversion" on race.  I don't necessarily agree with the idea of a goal to eliminate blacks, but most definitely think there is a program of "new slavery" (economic slavery?).  I mean, look how monolithically blacks vote for the Dems and what do they get for it?  Has there been any improvement for them in exchange for their undying loyalty?

Posted by: FITP at August 26, 2013 04:48 AM (y+rwf)

32

Amazing.  So right.  My husbands father left when he was 13 and his mother raised him.  But her father was a NYC firefighter he saw every day and he would rather have died than disappoint him.  He was best man at our wedding.

 

The family is key, they set limits, say no, discipline, establish boundaries, set priorities, create an atmosphere where "good citizenship" and responsible behavior is the expectation.  Government is the disease, family is the cure.

 

Wonderful essay

Posted by: thunderb at August 26, 2013 04:49 AM (zOTsN)

33 @19- On the money AllenG. And in my opinion, she is right in her conclusions. Especially that it is spiritual warfare that is behind it all.

Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 26, 2013 04:49 AM (QbKVX)

34 A friend of mine's 99-yr old aunt was murdered (!) a few days ago, apparently, but the kid was caught. My lefty friend's greatest concern? That it will make the news as a black-on-white crime. I really didn't know how to respond to him.

Posted by: ABC at August 26, 2013 04:52 AM (oJQ+J)

35 Morning all. Thanks baldilocks

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 04:53 AM (9Xc5j)

36 This article hits close to home. My siblings were raised different than our cousins on both sides. It was a bit challenging as a youngster being chided by cousins for "talking like white people". (im of mex descent). Fastforward years later and all seven of us kids are highschol grads, 5 undergrads, 4 graduate degrees and all employed. Cousins? Only a couple of highschool grads, lots of teen unwed pregnancy, lots of welfare. Icite those stats not to brag or boast but to compare how my folks raised us, lots of hard work, no handouts, more hard work, and a sense of shame when you dont pull your weight. My cousins? The opposite. Im grateful for the conservative values my parents gave us all, even if it had to be done with a few asskickings.

Posted by: fastfreefall at August 26, 2013 04:54 AM (SymT1)

37

people need to understand that the things Baldilocks and Don Lemon and Cosby and the other "race traitors" and "mofos" are talking about ARE the rope ladder.  They are telling them how they did it.

 

Her point is not that her nephews are conservatives, its that they make conservative life choices.

Posted by: thunderb at August 26, 2013 04:54 AM (zOTsN)

38 Hillary Clinton said Margaret Sanger is one of her heroes. Just sayin.

Posted by: commentorior at August 26, 2013 04:54 AM (d3e1C)

39 Well done.

The Left has been fomenting a race war for a long time.

I pray and hope folks of all races understand the hideous destructive results the Left hopes to achieve, and with that understanding resists the rhetoric and actions which assists the Left's manipulations.

Posted by: Tonawanda at August 26, 2013 04:55 AM (GeFHE)

40 This was unsurprisingly excellently stated.

Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone at August 26, 2013 04:56 AM (bAPBF)

41 Morning. Reading...

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 04:56 AM (Tnlh/)

42 people need to understand that the things Baldilocks and Don Lemon and Cosby and the other "race traitors" and "mofos" are talking about ARE the rope ladder. They are telling them how they did it. Exactly, and the people "cutting the rope ladder" aren't the supposed race-traitors, they're the people who are telling others to ignore the ones who were successful. And they're doing it because they have a vested interest in Blacks continuing their "under-class" status.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 26, 2013 04:57 AM (/PCJa)

43 Well put as always. I wonder what difference at this point it makes if it's a plan or not. If anything a plan would be better since that implies thought beyond pat pat on head we know better. I haven't read it yet but Insty has a link to an article on the culture of poverty that looks interesting if only for where it's published.

Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at August 26, 2013 04:58 AM (iotB+)

44 I have always wondered why someone "owes the community" something once they escape it?  I think the example that escape is possible is payment enough.  Other than the people directly responsible for aiding someone in their endeavors, they don't owe the community anything.  It's like giving more money to your no-account brother after he stole your rent money or the bully who beat you for your lunch money everyday. 

Posted by: no good deed at August 26, 2013 04:58 AM (WmLrU)

45 Your conspiracy theory has been the stated goal of leftists for decades. International communists have always seen blacks as a wedge to be used to split the tree of liberty.
Even the Islamists who took over our Iranian embassy adopted the left's attitudes towards the black Americans they encountered. (Book by Mark Bowden which title escapes me)

Posted by: typo dynamofo at August 26, 2013 04:58 AM (URNUb)

46 Destroying the family, not just of blacks but all races, has also been a universal goal of the far left. Remove family, Church and any other authority and you can fill the vacuum completely with totalitarian government.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at August 26, 2013 05:00 AM (URNUb)

47 Baldi, this is excellent.  Every word of it.  Please share more with us.

Posted by: EC at August 26, 2013 05:02 AM (GQ8sn)

48 44- I've met people from Eddie Murphy's home town who hate his guts for not "giving back" by which they meant giving money to the neighborhood.
Rather than hold him up as one who made good they despise him.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at August 26, 2013 05:03 AM (URNUb)

49 Thank you...all of you.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 05:04 AM (Tnlh/)

50 That was good, baldilocks.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 26, 2013 05:04 AM (Iyg03)

51 Thank you...all of you. Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 09:04 AM (Tnlh/) Don't thank us. We're just Morons; soon enough this thread will degenerate into parallel discussions on boobehs and the spinelessness of the GOP. No: thank *you.*

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 26, 2013 05:06 AM (/PCJa)

52 I disagree the Left's goal is to exterminate blacks. The Left needs the black vote - they cannot win at the ballot box without it. The Left therefore has to balance its need for black votes while also limiting black political power. That is why the Left subsidizes black illegitimacy on the one hand, and pushes abortion as black birth control on the other. The former keeps blacks poor and dependent; the latter controls their numbers.

Posted by: misanthrope at August 26, 2013 05:06 AM (YNWNJ)

53 Hey baldilocks, I just got a 404 Not Found when I clicked your nic just now. Might just be my dumb phone. Will try Monty's link. Have a fine Monday folks.

Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 26, 2013 05:07 AM (d4o2E)

54 So Barry is a turncoat mofo?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 26, 2013 05:07 AM (1Jaio)

55 "people need to understand that the things Baldilocks and Don Lemon and Cosby and the other "race traitors" and "mofos" are talking about ARE the rope ladder. They are telling them how they did it."

It seems that most of the people that I know of who have been successful, especially in the face of adversity are perfectly willing to share the secret of how they succeeded. They don't clutch this knowledge against their busom, and try to hide its existence, nor its content from others who may benefit from it. They are willing to shout it from the mountaintops. But, that knowledge seems to often fall upon deaf ears. For if one were to compare that knowledge to the life choices they have made, it would force one to introspectively surmise that they themselves have contributed a significant portion of the reasons contributing to their own position in life. And that is a bitter dose of medicine to swallow. And it is more difficult to get someone to accept that truth when it seems that every liberal entity out there is busy telling people the exact opposite, that it's their unfortunate, unfair and uncontrollable lot in life that they were dealt a losing hand in the card game of life.

Linking from Insty is another powerful article that shares some of the same insight.

 http://tinyurl.com/kwfhhu5

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 26, 2013 05:07 AM (SfGRU)

56 Well written. The role of father has been denigrated by contemporary culture to the point that he is considered a non-necessity. I always told my daughter that if there was something she felt uncomfortable about doing because of peer pressure to simply decline and blame her reluctance on me and how I would react if I found out. Years later, she admitted that she followed that strategy many times. I did not care one iota what others thought of me, only how my daughter would grow up. In my opinion, loving fathers with daughters are the true 'natural conservatives'.

Posted by: Name (Chelsea) Withheld Upon Request [/i] at August 26, 2013 05:09 AM (U2UQk)

57 Awesome article, baldilocks! A few days ago, I had a heated debate with my sister, who for some reason, and I believe contrary to her experience when she lived in the states, that racism is keeping black people down. I strongly objected to that and argued that it is a dysfunctional vicious circle of a culture that is doing that and that it's up to black people to lift themselves up. Most of the Africans I know in this country are productive citizens with very well behaved male and female children, who tend to become professionals like doctors and eengineers (not putting down any other professions, by the way). Why? It's because of culture, how they were raised? With unadulterated black blood, which is often not the case with many African Americans, we manage to be near the top of our classes in college, even among White people, and live well. To be continued....

Posted by: Chelsea d'afrique, late to the meme at August 26, 2013 05:09 AM (r+7wo)

58 SHe is prescient about one thing and that is that the great squeeze is on and it will create the conditions that bring about the Marshall law and slavery. The Great Squeeze started just after the last election and amnesty is part. of it.

Posted by: commentorior at August 26, 2013 05:09 AM (O/gHF)

59 Baldilocks,
I forgot to say thank you for this post, and your sharing your families story with us.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 26, 2013 05:10 AM (SfGRU)

60 Morons are not always civil?Great piece Baldilocks!

Posted by: steevy at August 26, 2013 05:10 AM (9XBK2)

61 I disagree the Left's goal is to exterminate blacks. The Left needs the black vote - they cannot win at the ballot box without it. Certainly they need Blacks *now.* But that presupposes elections (specifically- free and fair elections). See also the "enslave y'all" part of her hypothesis. I know that some of us sound weird in continuing to refer to the Leftists as "feudal" in their outlook- but they are. They believe in class distinctions like a fish believes in water. To them, we "peasants" (that is: people who are not members of their classes- the Gentry of the Politicians and the Priesthood of the Media) are simply sustaining an incredibly long peasants' rebellion. They hope to use the Blacks (among other things) to force us back into our villages and farms and back to working for our "Right Lords." At that point, the Blacks won't matter. Indeed, they will be a liability which must be removed.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 26, 2013 05:11 AM (/PCJa)

62

When I first started on Wall Street back in the '80's, there was a real press on to hire black people to work on the municipal side. See, a lot of the cities and states we were selling services to were run by black people and we were told they were tired of seeing rich white men across the table, which is kinda understandable.

 

We weren't selling anything a black woman couldn't sell just as well and we knew it. So the call went out that if you had a degree and could present yourself and your product ably, this was a great path for you and the money was outstanding, too.

 

For whatever reason, this career path didn't appeal to the best and brightest--we never found more than a handful of candidates--and to this day I wonder why.

Posted by: spongeworthy at August 26, 2013 05:11 AM (r5w1L)

63 Great post baldilocks. And to that scrunt Goldie, um, he's trying to extend that 'ladder' you are talking about by giving good solid advise. You seem to be projectin' a bit Goldie.

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at August 26, 2013 05:12 AM (9Bdcz)

64 Outstanding. How very well written and how brave of you to live your beliefs in a world where I'm sure it doesn't earn you the positive credit your beliefs deserve. I think it is racist to shout out congratulations to your family for doing what young men are supposed to be doing. Its good that people meet their potential but it should not be special. Something you didn't touch on was how much Jesus is up in all of their lives. I would bet he has a presence.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 26, 2013 05:12 AM (XIxXP)

65 Putting the "turn coat mofo" insult aside, Goldie Taylor claims that Don Lemon was cutting the rope ladder behind him when in reality he was teaching others how to climb. Despicable.

Posted by: somebody else, not me at August 26, 2013 05:13 AM (29vnO)

66 Looks like the race-baiters are indeed getting a conversation about race, not the brow beating excoriation of everyone else they have in mind.  O'Reilly and Lemon (and others) lack of cowardice (remember Holder's comment) on the subject, but had it thrown back in their faces by Holder's political/philosophical allies.   There is hope.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 26, 2013 05:14 AM (VLifP)

67

Thanks, Juliette Ochieng, for a beautifully written ode to a hard-working American family and to sorting out the issues that lead to success and a loving family life -- not race, not "legitimacy", not poverty, but commitment, caring supervision of kids, and personal responsibility.  I have added your site to my daily wanderings.

 

One further thought.  I think we give too much attention to the malignant, blinded, untruthful ones, say those on MSNBC and other "main stream media" sites.  How many people watch?  Unfortunately I see them quoted and highlighted on multiple "conservative" (actually intelligent) sites way too much.  It gives them the kind of notoriety that they are seeking.  Yeah, they are narcissists, but I think we feed their self-aggrandizement and desire to appear "radical" or outrageous too much.  I say let's begin to ignore them and turn our attention to those who deserve it.

 

Anyway, thanks for a beautiful essay and for speaking truth both to power and to those who have adopted feral ways.  Let's continue to call criminals what they are:  criminals.  Let's protect the lives of those who value life and work so hard to make it worthwhile for their loved ones.

Posted by: pyromancer76 at August 26, 2013 05:14 AM (lkzqA)

68 "Turncoat mofo?"

You who this more appropriately describes? Blacks who make it big and then preach the thug life. Snoop, Jay Z, etc. glorify all of the wrong behavior when they themselves are likely very driven, tenacious, hardworking people to achieve their success.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 26, 2013 05:15 AM (UrtRh)

69 Thanks so much, Julie, for a very thoughtful essay and for the powerful testimony to the need for spiritual redemption. I say "Preach it, sister." How sad it is that people such as yourself and Mr. Lemon are excoriated for recommending family cohesiveness and group and personal responsibility "Turn coat mofo?!! I guess if you don't believe big brother/faux messiah isn't one to provide all good things you're a heretic. We must continue to put on the full armor of Christ and pray as we are indeed in a spiritual battle. God bless you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2013 05:15 AM (gTN+E)

70 Very nice baldi. As someone who is not as religious as you but was raised in a Presbyterian household complete with a next door neighbor who happened to be my Sunday School teacher I have always felt that the ultimate value of religion (and thus the ultimate failure of Islam) was the assistance in creating a civil society. Religion, to me anyway, was all about teaching respect, personal responsibility and contribution to something greater than me, family, striving for understanding and education, etc. These values are neither white or black or any other race or ethnic group, they are universal. Its hard to find truly evil people or people incompatible with civil society amongst real church going people, again, excepting Islam which is more of a political movement than a religion.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 26, 2013 05:15 AM (g1DWB)

71 It so true about the crime of acting or talking white. When I was teaching in a mostly black middle school, I would put big red F's on some of my star students papers so they would't be mocked, harrassed or worse.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 26, 2013 05:16 AM (XIxXP)

72 One other person the Progressive Socialists accused of being a turncoat burning the ladder behind them was Clarence Thomas.

Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 05:16 AM (SxI9Z)

73 Great essay, Baldilocks!
One thing you didn't mention was religion and the role of church in the family - did this play any part in your family's life?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 26, 2013 05:16 AM (UrtRh)

74 We all are already enslaved, some just don't see it yet, but they will.

Posted by: MarkC at August 26, 2013 05:16 AM (Kf68R)

75 So Barry is a turncoat mofo? Correct. What's he done for Kenya lately?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 26, 2013 05:16 AM (FNtJ6)

76 Thank you, Baldilocks.  I see it, too.  But I could never have written such a tremendous essay.  Thank you, especially for the very last words reminding us of our great hope.

Posted by: farmersusie at August 26, 2013 05:17 AM (ydb8s)

77 The Left could not have the power that it does without its mouthpiece: The Media. To make any positive changes MSM will have to be brought down which is easier said than done.

Posted by: Decaf at August 26, 2013 05:17 AM (rkmiy)

78 I don't know what would have happened if my brother and i hadn't had a strong, moral, loving, and responsible father to show us how to be men.

Nothing good, I imagine.

As much as I love my mother, it's my father who had the most influence in shaping who I am today.

 Fathers matter-- especially to boys. As many stupid, reckless, and irresponsible things I did as a kid, there were some lines I would not cross for fear of bringing shame upon my dad and facing his disappointment (which, as scary as his wrath could be, was far, far worse.)

Few things anger me more than seeing how the left has systematically belittled and undermined the importance of fatherhood.

Posted by: Warden at August 26, 2013 05:18 AM (bmp0d)

79

Great essay, baldilocks, and I agree that the family is the foundation of all society. It's why I think social conservatism ties well with fiscal conservatism. As we see more and more, neither socon or fiscon have much life with either the Dems or the 'Pubs.

 

Given your description of your nephews, I'm not surprised they are doing well in "red" states. Racists exist on both end of the spectrum. But in my experience, most conservatives don't give a damn about race, gender, age, etc. when it comes to hiring someone. What they (I) care about is: 1) Can this person get the job done? and 2) Is this person trustworthy?

 

If you speak proper English, have a resume that is free of misspellings or other obvious mistakes, and dress in a manner appropriate to the job you are seeking, conservatives will give you a chance. If you speak or write in text/twitter language, have a crappy resume if one at all, and look like a disinterested or troublesome individual, you'll never get a call and blame others for your failures.

 

While there are cultures and subcultures in our society, and these do influence the behavior and expectations of individuals, conservatives still try to determine the merit of the individual. Liberals deny the existence or relevance of the individual, insteading collecting and treating all members of a pre-determined group as a monolith.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon once again! at August 26, 2013 05:19 AM (+/C3g)

80 This War on Success is part and parcel of Statism.  The person can not succeed on their own.  It must be the State or the Lord of the Manor who ensures that success.  The person did not succeed on their own, did not build that business on their own, or make that money on their own hard work.

Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 05:19 AM (SxI9Z)

81 Few things anger me more than seeing how the left has systematically belittled and undermined the importance of fatherhood. Posted by: Warden at August 26, 2013 09:18 AM (bmp0d) Good fathers give young men common sense and direction. People like that are hard to lead into bullshit.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 26, 2013 05:19 AM (XIxXP)

82 ...as to the point of about illegitimacy, my black nephew was born out of wedlock, yet people are so impressed with his politeness that strangers, such as a cashier that rung me up at a local Wawa, commented in how well he behaved. But he grew up in my country where illegitimacy is still relatively rare and has a good family that tries to instill values in him. It's not racism that is damning so many black Americans to live miserable lives. After all, Africans are darker than African Americans on average. It is dysfunctional behavior and a dysfunctional culture leading to the inevitable outcomes. One more thing. After then Zimmerman verdict, a Kenyan woman at my church said she worried about her son suffering the same fate as TM by a white person. I told her that was highly unlikely, but in order not to inflame the situation in my church lobby, I don't think I added that was because she was raising her son properly. I did get her to admit that the main danger to black men was other black men, and she also expressed frustration that while the TM case was getting all this publicity, no one, including so called leaders of the community, was addressing the myriad problems in black society. Sorry for rambling.

Posted by: Chelsea d'afrique, late to the meme at August 26, 2013 05:20 AM (r+7wo)

83 I have a good friend who is black and whose parents are Bahamian and Bermudian. She was accused frequently of "speaking white" because she doesn't speak any kind of slang (though she is from California and sometimes she sounds so Cali it's hilarious). Her response was always I'm not trying to sound white I'm trying not to get beaten by my mother. For fun call her African American and then attempt to explain to her all condescending that no she's not Carib American because slavery. You think I go stompy you should see that. It's simultaneously terrifying and awesome. I do believe at one point the phrase what I'm not good enough to be just an American was uttered. Good times good times.

Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at August 26, 2013 05:21 AM (iotB+)

84 As I said to Ace Friday, this is the kind of indispensable examination that happens here that makes checking in necessary and compelling.

That was an excellent paring of insights that while disconcerting, highlight the concept of Taking a Stand obligatory at this point.

I'm not talking about Right Wing Conspiracies Against the Government, just forgetting "going along to get along" and confronting leftist sewage, agitprop and faux logic and fairness wherever it raises it's serpentine head.

I've never felt like popularity was an important goal (and in my case a convenient out) but I've long found that confronting marxist BS is easy, once you blow off their screaming and name calling because they've GOT NOTHING ELSE.

Taking Personal Responsibility goes hand in glove with Constitutional Individual Rights and Freedoms. It is that idea that has been undermined by Statist marxist progressives.

I would agree with Baldilocks that Blacks appear to have been targeted while having had the cynical, corrupting hand of Big Government extended as a counter intuitive Trojan Horse and vote acquisition device/narcotic dependency.

Great Stuff folks

Baldilocks, you should start thinking about getting a blog going.  

   

Posted by: ontherocks at August 26, 2013 05:22 AM (r6ygj)

85 Juliette Ochieng ("baldilocks") Good On. Color and "side" aside, the slavery/death plague via submission to authoritarianism is equal opportunistic. "Free poison, step right up and buy it here," from the right, left and center. /side thoughts from interviews with M.D. scientists in Tom Shadyac's, "I Am" -- compassion is a component in our human DNA, and biologically (HeartMath) our heart rules our brain.

Posted by: panzernashorn at August 26, 2013 05:22 AM (MhA4j)

86 Sorry for rambling. Posted by: Chelsea d'afrique, late to the meme at August 26, 2013 09:20 AM (r+7wo) Ramble away. I am so happy this is a smart military INTEGRATED blog so we can see things through the eyes of others.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 26, 2013 05:22 AM (XIxXP)

87 Excellent point about being raised by ACTUAL CONSERVATIVES - people who demonstrate a commitment to conservative values in everyday life - rather than political conservatives. Talk is just that until it meets real life.

Posted by: Fishie at August 26, 2013 05:22 AM (iy2lM)

88 One further thought. I think we give too much attention to the malignant, blinded, untruthful ones, say those on MSNBC and other "main stream media" sites. How many people watch? A lot. Remember that MSNBC is owned by NBC, their views are the same. Almost everyone gets NBC and probably watches something there. CNN is one of the top 2 news channels in America. CBS and ABC play their part with their Prime Time news shows and their Sunday shows. Don't get me started on the politicization of ESPN. The Media is the primary enemy. I referred to the Media as the Priesthood in an earlier comment. I think that's an important thing to consider. In Feudal Europe, the world was divided into (roughly) three classes- the Gentry (which included the Nobles, which included the Royals), the Church, and the Commons (mostly peasants and serfs). The Church and the Gentry were very closely related, and worked together to secure their own privilege and power. The Church wasn't even necessarily "evil" in this (though in some specific instances it was) but it nevertheless enabled the evil of the Gentry (and, yes, I think even having distinctions between "the Gentry" and "the Commons" is evil). I think the same is true of much of the Media. While some in the Media do, your average local journalist, or the average writer for a TV show, doesn't really have any political agenda beyond "maintain my place in the Class of the Church Media."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 26, 2013 05:23 AM (/PCJa)

89 Changed link in nick.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 05:23 AM (Tnlh/)

90 baldilocks, I have enjoyed your comments on here, and keep meaning to get back to your blog.* I'm glad you got this soapbox to draw so many good points together. * I might get to other folks' blogs - or my own site - more often if a certain blog didn't keep sucking up my precious little blogtime. (a race-y tale I told Sunday morn http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=342802#c21077311 - is self-ref a sin of pride?)

Posted by: mindful webworker, privileged to be human - sorta at August 26, 2013 05:24 AM (EYfcP)

91 Nice job, great piece- extremely well written. Forwarding this to a few thoughtful people, both Black and White. Expect to see this going viral...get ready for your 15 minutes, baldilocks.

Posted by: Buck Smiley, Rodeo Clown/Freedom Fighter at August 26, 2013 05:25 AM (mm+xE)

92 Sorry for rambling. Please. Ramble any time.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 26, 2013 05:27 AM (FNtJ6)

93 Turncoat motherfucker is such an ugly thing to call someone but it flows off their enlightened lips so easily.

Posted by: ejo at August 26, 2013 05:27 AM (GXvSO)

94 "When a child, especially a boy, grows up without a father, he will often run wild if there is no other male authority to which he is answerable--an uncle or grandfather, for example."

This is true.

However, consider the following anecdote.

When I was a small child, in the early years of grade school, my father worked to support the family, and man, did he ever work. I hardly ever saw him. Nights, weekends, he was always grinding away.

But even that wasn't enough, and my mother had to go to work as well, and started having to put in her own long late hours away from home and family. I became one of the first of the so-called "latchkey kids".

What partially filled that vacuum of parental involvement in my life was having several very strong female teachers at school. And when I say "strong", I mean absolutely dedicated no-nonsense smack-of-the-ruler disciplinarians. They expected hard work. They required timely attendance. They intended that I perform, and woe betide me if I did not do so.

But I am white, and they were white.

That model breaks when white teachers face similarly disruptive and/or unmotivated black pupils. Especially white women dealing with black males.

If I threw spitballs in the back of class, Mrs. Marshall (with eyes in the back of her head) would detect it, stand me up at my desk, verbally adumbrate my failings, tell the rest of the class not to follow my sorry example, and have me go stand silently in the corner with my face to the wall for the rest of the hour. It would never have occurred to me to challenge her authority, and I would not have had any standing had I tried to. Again, no cross-racial dynamic in play.

A black male in the same position, being similarly sharply publicly rebuked by a white for failings of comportment or classwork, can go to his parents, the parents can raise a hue and cry of "Racism!", and the teacher's career will take a torpedo below the waterline. Few teachers will run that risk any longer.

Thus, no discipline and no focus, and the worst of rowdy young male habits go uncorrected. A recipe for frightening long-term dysfunction.

Posted by: torquewrench at August 26, 2013 05:28 AM (gqT4g)

95 Having previously enjoyed the heck out of Juliette's book I knew this was gonna be a great read and I wasn't disappointed. So is this a Smart Literary Blog now?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 26, 2013 05:28 AM (OevbG)

96 A friend of mine's 99-yr old aunt was murdered (!) a few days ago, apparently, but the kid was caught. My lefty friend's greatest concern? That it will make the news as a black-on-white crime. I really didn't know how to respond to him.

Posted by: ABC at August 26, 2013 08:52 AM (oJQ+J)

 

Good Lord.  How about "What the fuck is wrong with you?" as a response?

Posted by: Insomniac at August 26, 2013 05:28 AM (DrWcr)

97 ABC - Your friend's aunt's murder is on Weasel Zippers....

Posted by: Lizzy at August 26, 2013 05:28 AM (UrtRh)

98 It just occurred to me that physical chains were given up in favor of economic chains.  People opted into a system which they thought would be short lived (just until I get on my feet) and entering that system was not only captivating in a negative way but it turned out to be generationally perpetuating, worse than physical chains.

To some extent it is economic but that doesn't explain how some manage to break the chains and others don't    In the end, taking God out of the equation also removes hope.  "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can" that little engine that could falls prey to "I know I can't" and it is not limited to only people who are born black. 

I remember being shocked when eric holder made his speech early on in the administration.  In my world things seemed fine.  That speech was like dropping a small bomb on my successful black friends.  They began wondering what was wrong with them that they weren't seeing what he was seeing and they weren't feeling what he was feeling.  One of my particularly pensive friends was concerned that "the weak" as he described them, would fall prey to assuming that holder's experience was more universal than their own individual experience and he felt this was bad for the black community.  He called it "rap music for the educated".  He felt it was like fielding a template for how you were supposed to feel if you were successful and black so that you would feel bad about your success.  I don't remember holder's speech except that I was shocked but I do remember my friends' reactions to that speech.  They began to shore one another up to validate one another's feelings to encourage one another.  They began talking to each other to make sure holder's experience wasn't the norm, it wasn't.


Posted by: caustic at August 26, 2013 05:28 AM (/b8+5)

99 That was a wonderful read baldilocks.  Outstanding.

Posted by: CDR M at August 26, 2013 05:28 AM (Mv/2X)

100 By the way, my mom got her doctorate in an Ivy League school in the early 70s and she's never told me any tales of being a victim of racisim, which I'm sure was much more prevalent then. It seems that based on her work ethic and the work she produced she garnered the respect of her professors. In fact she finished her doctorate in three years when others are spending much longer doing theirs. She did tell me that she wore African style outfits to separate herself from black Americans. That was probably because of their grievances that they were always expressing. But I have to confirm with her. Also, In the late 80s, i did almost a year of elementary school in Southern California and this black African girl was so the teachers pet. In fact, in my fourth grade class I think the only other person that didn't like me was the other black girl in class. I have found this country to be more accepting than my home country. I firmly believe America is the most open society in the world where anybody who wants to work hard has a better chance to prosper than anywhere else in the world. At least for now.

Posted by: Chelsea d'afrique, late to the meme at August 26, 2013 05:29 AM (r+7wo)

101 Baldilocks, you should start thinking about getting a blog going. Posted by: ontherocks at August 26, 2013 09:22 AM (r6ygj) Or better still...running for office. Let me know where I can donate to THAT campaign.

Posted by: JQP at August 26, 2013 05:29 AM (U4GjV)

102 I am grateful to God that the young men in my family are fine, upstanding citizens. But I tremble for my people--Americans--as I watch the fruit of the rotten and satanic tree called Leftism poison us all, one way or another.

 

ThatÂ’s why I pray to Lord who provided us with the Lamb who took away all of our sins. ItÂ’s our only hope, and I submit that it always has been.

 

"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever."

 

- Stuff  Thomas Jefferson really said.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 26, 2013 05:29 AM (zF6Iw)

103 79. Few things anger me more than seeing how the left has systematically belittled and undermined the importance of fatherhood. -- Warden -- ...and, Behind every great man is a strong woman. The entire gender identity is "lost" regardless whether male or female. When the cooperative union between the sexes and lifelong commitment to love and cherish is abandoned in pursuit of Self Interests, then there it is. "Because I Could" make everything all about me. In the end, "Deserve's got nothing to do with it."

Posted by: panzernashorn at August 26, 2013 05:29 AM (MhA4j)

104 I think the lesson to learn here is when the Government tries to help a group of people, what a total clusterf**k the best and the brightest achieved for their clients. Now the best and brightest have decided to fix the military - see Chelsea and Nidal - through the application of PC.

Posted by: The Stupid Hurts at August 26, 2013 05:29 AM (oDCMR)

105 I am grateful to God that the young men in my family are fine, upstanding citizens. But I tremble for my people--Americans--as I watch the fruit of the rotten and satanic tree called Leftism poison us all, one way or another.

 

ThatÂ’s why I pray to Lord who provided us with the Lamb who took away all of our sins. ItÂ’s our only hope, and I submit that it always has been.

 

"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever."

 

- Stuff  Thomas Jefferson really said.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 26, 2013 05:29 AM (zF6Iw)

106 just got a 404 Not Found when I clicked your nic just _____ Oh yeah. I've been meaning to mention that. You need to put http:// before your website address. If I recall correctly

Posted by: mindful webworker, privileged to be human - sorta at August 26, 2013 05:31 AM (Lo5Rt)

107 Most of the Africans I know in this country are productive citizens with very well behaved male and female children, who tend to become professionals like doctors and eengineers (not putting down any other professions, by the way). Why? It's because of culture, how they were raised? With unadulterated black blood, which is often not the case with many African Americans, we manage to be near the top of our classes in college, even among White people, and live well.

To be continued....

Posted by: Chelsea d'afrique, late to the meme at August 26, 2013 09:09 AM (r+7wo)

Agreed. And you know why? Present-day Africans, like other *voluntary* immigrants, self-selected to come to America. Such group are naturally composed of go-getters.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 05:32 AM (Tnlh/)

108 My post at 101: She did tell me that she wore African style outfits to separate distinguish herself from black Americans. --------- FIFM.

Posted by: Chelsea d'afrique, late to the meme at August 26, 2013 05:32 AM (r+7wo)

109 I don't think that the stated end result is purely true but I do think that it's been all about power...about control. Control the masses and you have an oppressed army, willing to do your bidding, giving you the power that you seek. See the 2008 election for reference. I also cringe and shake my head, every time I see the 'up and out' reference which has been around for decades. How many other people 'helped' would be enough not be called a 'mofo'? You work to try to make it, everyone claps. You make it, you now suck if you want a better living situation... I also disagree with the angle of the 'education' thing because it's not the only thing. The family teaching that discipline and work will get you to where you want to go, is. That discipline also is what ultimately shapes a community. If everyone has a standard to shoot for as well as serious boundaries as to where it will NOT go, you have a successful community. Education is a part of that. Frankly speaking what has been lost in the African American urban community is the idea that no ethnic group 'owns' success. The steps to being successful are the same no matter what your ancestry or what you look like. "Acting white' is one of the most destructive attitudes out there. A contrarian position, doomed to fail. Rejecting what has worked, not only in modern western society, but over the ages, is frankly stupid.

Posted by: tired at August 26, 2013 05:33 AM (adOUE)

110 Outstanding essay, Baldi. Although I think you're off on the end game the institutional Left/Democrats are looking for. I suspect what they're trying to do (and to a large extent, succeeding at) is to enlarge the voting bloc for the Democrats. As long as the Democrats continue to increase the number of people dependent upon government largesse, they'll continue to add to the pool of voters most likely to vote for Democrats, which is the party most likely to continue and expand government largesse.

Posted by: ericinva at August 26, 2013 05:33 AM (Z4jMw)

111 Thank you Monty and THANK YOU Baldi.  Powerful, powerful message.  I mourn what's been lost (the Black family), and I pray for a good outcome.  I don't see it though.  The feral youth are reproducing now and we have another generation of kids (both black and white) who are even more disconnected from civil society and the norms associated with it.  There is no recovery from such a situation.  I don't see a way to domesticate the millions of kids that need domesticating.  Just how I see it.

Posted by: Chelsea Monkey at August 26, 2013 05:33 AM (32Ze2)

112 Forgive my typos. It's my tablet.

Posted by: Chelsea d'afrique, late to the meme at August 26, 2013 05:33 AM (r+7wo)

113 Thanks Baldilocks, everyone has already made points I would have made and I don't want to repeat them. 

Posted by: Penfold at August 26, 2013 05:34 AM (Fbt5B)

114 Hillary Clinton said Margaret Sanger is one of her heroes. Eugenicists of a feather...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at August 26, 2013 05:34 AM (N6l/o)

115

"Turncoat mofo" -- you can take the girl out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of the girl.

Well said, Juliette.  Who knew bourgeois (sp?) values could be so transgressive?

Is your extended US family predominantly immigrant or second-generation?  Asking because my workplace and social experience with first-generation African and Carribean immigrants is that they are very driven and upright and expect the same from their children.

Posted by: furious_a at August 26, 2013 05:34 AM (8lw4l)

116 Something you didn't touch on was how much Jesus is up in all of their lives. I would bet he has a presence.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 26, 2013 09:12 AM (XIxXP)

He does; and three of the patriarchs--my step-dad, uncle and great-uncle--are pastors.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 05:34 AM (Tnlh/)

117

But if I had a dollar for every turn coat mofo who made it up and out, then cut the rope ladder behind him...

 

I believe it was Gore Vidal who said, "It is not enough that I succeed; others must fail."  I would love to ask this woman, just how had Lemon "cut the rope ladder?"  Was he given opportunities that no longer exist?  Was he deliberately going around saying, "don't hire any more blacks.  One is enough?"

 

I understand self-hatred.  I don't understand expanding  that attitude  to every successful person who doesn't toe the victimology line.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 26, 2013 05:34 AM (zF6Iw)

118

95- torquewrench,

 

Of course, though, you mentioned two aspects in your life that aren't present in the scenario you listed. 1) You had parents who worked HARD. Sure, your father "wasn't there" most of the time, but he was. His example of hard work, and your mother's, made a impression on you. 2) You didn't dare talk back or disobey your teacher because you knew that your parents would side with your teacher. If students in modern urban schools knew that a note or a phone call from the teacher would result in a whooping or other real punishment, that environment would change.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon once again! at August 26, 2013 05:36 AM (+/C3g)

119 baldilocks your family should be held up as an inspiration to all and especially blacks.  But with the media today they will be ignored because it doesn't fit their talking points of State control and socialism.


And I pray that this doesn't break down into a race war as it appears it is heading.  As you said, there will be a lot of innocents killed while the race mongers like JJ and Sharpton will most likely leave the country on the sly.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2013 05:36 AM (lZvxr)

120 Wow, man. What a vision, what a tragedy,  what a nightmare. I hope that  you are wrong, but I suspect that you are right.

Posted by: and irresolute at August 26, 2013 05:36 AM (2qM95)

121 What I don't think gets stated enough is just exactly how much many middle class white conservatives-like myself, but many others I've talked to- hate, hate hate the destruction of the black community that the left has fostered. It's just such a....waste. A tragic, hateful waste of Americans who should be living successful, happy lives, not drowning themselves in victim hood. They're Americans. Everything is theirs for the taking, right in front of them, and so many of them have been conditioned not to grab the brass ring. As I said, what a sinful waste of human potential.

Posted by: Weirddave at August 26, 2013 05:36 AM (aH+zP)

122 The Dump has dropped.

Posted by: EC at August 26, 2013 05:37 AM (GQ8sn)

123 I think that LBJ pretty much laid the truth bare for all to see.
His plan was not to exterminate the black race, but to capture its unquestioning support by offering free sh*t in place of personal responsibility.
As someone mentioned on another blog today

"Dependable, loyal voting stock"

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 26, 2013 05:38 AM (SfGRU)

124 Thank for the excellent post Baldi!

Posted by: SAT Rose at August 26, 2013 05:39 AM (LXmAx)

125 Sorry for rambling. -Chelsea d'afrique ____ that apology was sure unnecessary!

Posted by: mindful webworker, Anglo-Germanic-American, I think at August 26, 2013 05:39 AM (osdNx)

126 #63  I can tell you why.  Back in the 70's I was teaching undergrad geology labs while completing my own degree in geology.

I had two black women in one of my classes who consistently did well,  although one was outstanding.  At this time,  the mining and petroleum industries were actively recruiting minorities and women with good starting salaries.

I spoke to them about changing their majors from whatever liberal arts program (probably urban studies) that they were in.  They were very polite,  but later I was walking down the hall ant they were laughing about it.  Because geology was such a WHITE major, who needed it?

Today,  that woman could be retiring as an officer in Exxon or something,  with a boatload of bonuses and stock options in her retirement account.

I assume she got a job as a cleerk in county government or something.  Maybe she even decided on career welfare parent as her field of choice.

Because,  after all,  science is white people's stuff. Bah.

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 26, 2013 05:40 AM (GoIUi)

127 In case my point about Africans being darker wasn't clear, it was that if racism is really the reason for the state of the black community in general, then based on their darker skin color Africans and perhaps West Indians should be doing much worse than African-Americans.

Posted by: Chelsea d'afrique, late to the meme at August 26, 2013 05:40 AM (r+7wo)

128 Thanks for the essay. It's somewhat sad but a good read nonetheless.

Posted by: NRPax at August 26, 2013 05:40 AM (U+O64)

129 "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever."

- Stuff Thomas Jefferson really said.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 26, 2013 09:29 AM (zF6Iw)

I linked to the quote.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 05:43 AM (Tnlh/)

130 By the way, my mom got her doctorate in an Ivy League school in the early 70s and she's never told me any tales of being a victim of racism, which I'm sure was much more prevalent then. ** After Angela Davis beating Reagan in the CA courts AND national academia and media, discrimination was not likely overt on the basis of color so much as CLASS DISTINCTION in socio-economic origin. Elitists so love their "more deserving than you" meritocracy that undermines their token lower-class scholarship recipients' degree of acceptability to network/succeed. Elitists remind others that they're always going to be seen as poor [white] trash compared to the REAL movers/shakers running the world: never bite the hand that feeds. That carrot/whip trick is universal regardless of race, gender, creed. Pay attention to what/who one sells/sacrifices in order to get ahead in the so-called post-constitutional "sovereignty is dead except for the elitists" global corporatist era. Constitutional Renaissance v. Feudal Authoritarian Rule

Posted by: panzernashorn at August 26, 2013 05:43 AM (MhA4j)

131 Hillary Clinton said Margaret Sanger is one of her heroes. Eugenicists of a feather... Margret Sanger, Hillary, Wendy Davis. "Abortion for thee, but not for me" At what point does it become a pattern?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 26, 2013 05:43 AM (FNtJ6)

132 "Agreed. And you know why? Present-day Africans, like other *voluntary* immigrants, self-selected to come to America. Such group are naturally composed of go-getters."

The South Asians whom the Brits brought to South Africa and Uganda to build their railroads became the most prosperous non-whites in those countries.  The Chinese who were brought in (only men were allowed, no families) to build U.S. railroads were treated worse than the Irish , shoved into ghettos, and now nobody else can get into UCLA.  The native-born black family was at least as intact prior to the 60s anti-poverty programs, urban riots and ghetto culture as the white family is now.

Posted by: furious_a at August 26, 2013 05:46 AM (8lw4l)

133 117. you wrote previously of your (dad's?) conversion from Black Liberation [Marxist] Theology to Methodist Pastor while you were growing up in school.

Posted by: panzernashorn at August 26, 2013 05:49 AM (MhA4j)

134

And, besides, light-skinned blacks are smarter than dark-skinned blacks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8QEIaATPis

Posted by: furious_a at August 26, 2013 05:49 AM (8lw4l)

135

three of the patriarchs--my step-dad, uncle and great-uncle--are pastors

 

 

BINGO

 

I am Jewish but that is another key.  A spiritual life, supported and driven by both parents, but especially by the fathers, is kryptonite.  You cannot beat it.  It will arm your children for life with core values, respect for others, and respect for self

Posted by: thunderb at August 26, 2013 05:53 AM (zOTsN)

136 "The native-born black family was at least as intact prior to the 60s anti-poverty programs, urban riots and ghetto culture as the white family is now." That was my experience growing up in the 60s on the west coast in a culturally diverse area. There was roughly no difference between ethnicities on a family level during my young childhood. Marriages, mostly intact families, some sort of church going, working fathers, etc.

Posted by: tired at August 26, 2013 05:54 AM (adOUE)

137 The South Asians whom the Brits brought to South Africa and Uganda to build their railroads became the most prosperous non-whites in those countries. The Chinese who were brought in (only men were allowed, no families) to build U.S. railroads were treated worse than the Irish , shoved into ghettos, and now nobody else can get into UCLA. The native-born black family was at least as intact prior to the 60s anti-poverty programs, urban riots and ghetto culture as the white family is now. Posted by: furious_a at August 26, 2013 09:46 AM (8lw4l

Families are the secret weapon that the Left duped black Americans into giving up.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 05:54 AM (Tnlh/)

138 I find your post very hopeful.. like a rope ladder

Posted by: thunderb at August 26, 2013 05:58 AM (zOTsN)

139

Thanks baldilocks for that great essay. It's just one more reason I love this place.

 

I must pass along this   "moment" from last Friday night at my gig,   even though it happened in   the men's room: I was the only   white guy in there, and there was one  youngster inside  the next stall whose dad   (I  assume) was  standing outside   waiting for him to, um, finish.

 

Said youngster was singing musical scales and generally enjoying life  at   volume,  which just tickled   the rest of us to no end.  Everyone was   laughing and  smiling at  and   with   each other, which I'm sure led the  other patrons  to wonder why we were all exiting the bathroom chuckling.

 

 

It's just one of those things that surpasses any type of   artificial  racial   barrier and gets to the source of our humanity.  It's what life is all about.  I can't help but think that maybe even The Big Guy had a laugh   too.

 

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 26, 2013 05:58 AM (0HooB)

140 92 Nice job, great piece- extremely well written. Forwarding this to a few thoughtful people, both Black and White. Expect to see this going viral...get ready for your 15 minutes, baldilocks. Posted by: Buck Smiley, Rodeo Clown/Freedom Fighter at August 26, 2013 09:25 AM (mm+xE) Had it before. It's not all it's cracked up to be. Mostly, I'm a get-off-my-lawn sort.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 05:58 AM (Tnlh/)

141 Your friend's aunt's murder is on Weasel Zippers... Thanks. She looks just like him. Sad. Did you feel threatened by an old woman, son?

Posted by: ABC at August 26, 2013 06:00 AM (oJQ+J)

142 Proud to be a friend and a former brother-in-arms with Juliette for over 20 years.  We met while we were both in the Air Force here in Misawa Air Base, Japan, and now I'm back again.  The place hasn't changed as much as you think it might, but I'll tell ya this, fellow morons: it would be a helluva lot better if that fired-up excellent airman I was privileged to serve with all those many years ago was here, also, still making the Air Force better, just like she used to do.

Juliette, I always admired you and your professionalism when we worked together.  And I see that you're still making the world a better place.  One of these days before my Last Post, I'd love to see you again.

Posted by: Cinncy Office of the IR Fuckin' S at August 26, 2013 06:01 AM (JNtXS)

143 Aw, dammit; sock off.

Posted by: Bluesman at August 26, 2013 06:02 AM (JNtXS)

144
Families are the secret weapon that the Left duped black Americans into giving up.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 09:54 AM (Tnlh/)

It's not just blacks who have been duped.  Look at the divorce rate.  People are opting to get married at an older age, if they get married at all.  Successful women are having babies out of wedlock, by choice. 

Posted by: caustic at August 26, 2013 06:03 AM (/b8+5)

145 134 117. you wrote previously of your (dad's?) conversion from Black Liberation [Marxist] Theology to Methodist Pastor while you were growing up in school. Posted by: panzernashorn at August 26, 2013 09:49 AM (MhA4j) I think you maybe conflating my story with someone else's, though my stepdad's conversion to Christianity did happen relatively late in his life (his 40s).

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 06:04 AM (Tnlh/)

146 Baldilocks I had no idea you were in the AF.  Awesome.

Posted by: thunderb at August 26, 2013 06:05 AM (zOTsN)

147 So getting back to Juliette's excellent essay, this is worthy of comment:

"Several months ago, I posited that illegitimacy by itself isn't what has caused the breakdown of the black family and the consequent breakdown of black moral character. The cause? Government subsidy of illegitimacy."

And, doubling down on failure, the government is continuing to subsidize illegitimacy, and the poison is rapidly spreading into ethnic communities other than blacks.

White illegitimacy rates have risen steadily since LBJ's "Great Society" kicked in. Not as sharply as among blacks, but still a troubling and damaging increase. Due to the same source. Goverment subsidization of dysfunctional behavior.

But it's by far the most notable among Hispanic immigrants. Heather MacDonald's brilliant piece on "Hispanic Family Values?" over at City Journal should be required reading.

http://www.city-journal.org/html/16_4_hispanic_family_values.html

And again, the identical root cause. Government subsidies.

Near where I live in Commiefornia, one of the local cities has a centralized welfare office. One-stop shopping for the underclass to pick up their EBT, WIC, SNAP, AFDC, SSI, Section 8, Obamaphones and voter registration forms.

The sign for that welfare office reads "CENTRO DEL SERVICIOS", in that language only, which should be a big bright neon sign telling you how the welfare demographics are shaping up in Commiefornia in 2013. And your suspicions will be instantly confirmed if you look at the crosswalk outside, which is full of freshly immigrated Hispanic female teenagers pushing baby strollers.

Not only are these girls popping out kids before graduating from high school, they're not slowing down after the first one. Many of them are visibly pregnant again already. Why? Because the rest of us are being forced by government to subsidize their doing so. It's a rational "career" path for them.

This won't end well. Not for them, not for us. Not for anyone.

Posted by: torquewrench at August 26, 2013 06:05 AM (gqT4g)

148
Hmm. And I thought Monty was a person of pallor.

Great essay, Monty!

I came up with a humdinger the other day myself. If you'd like to read it it's in the comments section at:

http://tinyurl.com/leuha57

I think you'll be able to pick out my screed. Hint: it's the longest one and has to be clicked on to open fully.

I was really pleased with what I wrote. I didn't think I had it in me to be articulate and stuff.

Please take a moment to read it and tell me what you think about it.

Thank you.

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 26, 2013 06:05 AM (tOkJB)

149 By G_d, Baldilocks can write.........

Posted by: MtTB at August 26, 2013 06:06 AM (8E9QA)

150 You still here baldi? Gots a question I needs to ask.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 26, 2013 06:07 AM (da5Wo)

151 It's really remarkable that slavery couldn't destroy the black family. Of course, it destroyed many individual families, but not the institution of family. It took the family-destroying economic incentives of LBJ's Great Society to accomplish that. This was not an accident. The various schools of communist theory all agree that destroying the family is a necessary part of the revolutionary process.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 26, 2013 06:07 AM (uxi9i)

152 Liberty. Balance. Love. Idea Determines Form You want to succeed? Think and DO ceaselessly despite perpetual opposition and disheartening setbacks. It is not the destination, but the experience to value for what one learns and chooses to become. Process. You want to be a serf. Then submit your forfeiture. Divine Providence as the refiner's fire... Intelligence, Knowledge, Wisdom not the same

Posted by: panzernashorn at August 26, 2013 06:07 AM (MhA4j)

153

Thanks Juliette, have always enjoyed your writing.

No conspiracy theory to me.

There is always something going on that is not quite apparent, but no less real.

The focus on gender, sex and race in every single thing has it's germination somewhere...




Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Feminist at August 26, 2013 06:08 AM (raGXo)

154

Why would NBC news alter a tape to add to the racial component of the GZ trial, and also hire Al Sharpton?

Is there a reason ever given for any of that shit?


Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Feminist at August 26, 2013 06:09 AM (raGXo)

155 Families are the secret weapon that [authoritarians] duped [everyone except themselves, elitists] into giving up.

Posted by: panzernashorn at August 26, 2013 06:11 AM (MhA4j)

156 Having just got back in from my morning jog, I'm pulling up the rear in the comments section, but.....

Monty, that was excellent.  I mean, seriously.  You are such and excellent writer and have a real gift.  I always love reading your columns.  And this was superb.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 26, 2013 06:19 AM (XB5Ak)

157 Monty, that was excellent. I mean, seriously. You are such and excellent writer and have a real gift. I always love reading your columns. And this was superb. ------- Thanks, but this particular piece was written by the lovely and talented Juliette Ochieng (baldilocks). I posted it on her behalf. I'm sure she'll be gratified that you liked the piece.

Posted by: Monty at August 26, 2013 06:21 AM (G8OwX)

158 Wow.  Just wow.  Awesome post, Baldilocks.

We were having this same discussion here the other day.  Those of us that grew up in the 60's remember when African American communities were made up of strong families, with strong ties to God and Church.  No more.  The government and their own "leaders:" (or, as J.J. Sefton calls them, "vampires") have successfully turned many black communities into blighted lands in our big cities.  Sad.  Very sad.

Thanks again!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 26, 2013 06:26 AM (f9c2L)

159 We met while we were both in the Air Force here in Misawa Air Base, Japan, Say, did you have any earthquakes back then? That would be an interesting story that never gets old. *sticks out tongue at Bluesman*

Posted by: Weirddave at August 26, 2013 06:27 AM (aH+zP)

160 Monty, there are a few members of the AoS Yahoo Group that don't come over here. They'd like for me to bring the article to the Yahoo Group page, but I don't want to do that without Baldi's ok. Help?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 26, 2013 06:32 AM (da5Wo)

161 Thanks, Baldilocks. I've passed it along to those of my friends who will read it.

Posted by: Methos at August 26, 2013 06:32 AM (hO9ad)

162 And again, the identical root cause. Government subsidies. Really, the older I get the more I'm convinced that the only thing you need to understand to project the outcome of anything into the future is this: People respond to incentives. Figure out what any given policy incentivizes, and that will be the result of implementing it.

Posted by: Weirddave at August 26, 2013 06:35 AM (aH+zP)

163 You are brave and fabulous, Baldilocks.

Posted by: Filly at August 26, 2013 06:36 AM (gr/p1)

164 143 Proud to be a friend and a former brother-in-arms withJuliette for over 20 years. We met while we were both in the Air Force here in Misawa Air Base, Japan, and now I'm back again. The place hasn't changed as much as you think it might, but I'll tell ya this, fellow morons: it would be a helluva lot better if that fired-up excellent airman I was privileged to serve with all those many years ago was here, also, still making the Air Force better, just like she used to do.Juliette, I always admired you and your professionalism when we worked together. And I see that you're still making the world a better place. One of these days before my Last Post, I'd love to see you again. Posted by: Cinncy Office of the IR Fuckin' S at August 26, 2013 10:01 AM (JNtXS) Hey you! Love you, too.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 06:39 AM (Tnlh/)

165 BC, I'm here.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 06:40 AM (Tnlh/)

166 I am struck by the term feral in this instance, so disturbingly appropriate and sad.

Posted by: Cindy Munford at August 26, 2013 06:44 AM (6MiMG)

167 >>Monty, there are a few members of the AoS Yahoo Group that don't come over here.



OK, maybe I'm reading HS cafeteria into this when it ain't there, but if true, that's not exactly a ringing endorsement.

....the hell?

Posted by: ontherocks at August 26, 2013 06:53 AM (r6ygj)

168

"That's been the plan all along...to kill all of us and enslave all of you non-blacks."

 

I disagree with your conclusion. The plan, as I see it, is to perpetuate and exploit racial and class divisions in order to advance a (somewhat hazily defined) neo-Marxist socialist agenda. The disintegration of the black family is a byproduct of this agenda, not its central purpose. A hardcore, old-school Leftist ideologue would probably view the havoc wreaked on American Blacks as a whole as collateral damage, a necessary sacrifice for the greater good: eggs, omelets.

 

The rank-and-file true believers of the American Left are trying to find their way to Sugar Candy Mountain, where everyone is equal, abortions are free, all is sunshine and rainbows, and the pretty flowers pick themselves. They can almost see it, somewhere off on the horizon, almost within walking distance. The leadership, the ones in charge, aren't exactly the dreamer types and no doubt view their followers with a certain amount of contempt. They just want power, and they'll do anything to keep it and hold it and make it their own forever.

 

That's the way of things. That's always been the way of things.

Posted by: troyriser at August 26, 2013 06:53 AM (gNlvW)

169 Monty, there are a few members of the AoS Yahoo Group that don't come over here.
They'd like for me to bring the article to the Yahoo Group page, but I don't want to do that without Baldi's ok. Help?
Posted by: BCochran1981
............
The fuck?  Give them a link to this post.  If they wanna read it bad enuff they'll come over here.. or.. fuck 'em.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 26, 2013 06:58 AM (f9c2L)

170 Troyriser, you're wrong. The destruction of the family and it's replacement by the state was central to Marxist ideology going back to the beginning, with Engals especially. Marx dialed it way back in their public writings because he knew it would turn people off of the philosophy.

Posted by: Weirddave at August 26, 2013 07:05 AM (aH+zP)

171 Bless you, Baldi. I hope this goes viral. Doing my part to see that it does.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at August 26, 2013 07:16 AM (pLTLS)

172 I haven't even read one comment yet, so this is probably verse 200, but I want to tell you anyway: You are wonderful, Baldilocks. Wonderful. You are the sister of my heart and I barely know you at all.

Posted by: Miss Scarlett at August 26, 2013 07:17 AM (IpHyk)

173 Late to the discussion as usual. Baldilocks, Though I wouldn't put it quite the way you did, I do believe like you that we are currently seeing the endgame of Democrat/Progressive racism/elitism being played out before us. This is what "Amnesty" is all about- replacing our poor, mostly blacks, who have been destroyed through Democrat social policy, with a "better, harder working, more family cohesive" group of poor. Who will vote Democrat/Progressive, natch. I believe Obamacare is mostly about destroying the middle class, particularly the lower middle class, which takes away the easiest, most commonly achieved method of rising and staying out of poverty. Anyone who's travelled knows that middle class values aren't "white" and apply worldwide if given the chance to flourish. So where does that leave Blacks? Essentially, like Indians stuck on their Reservation. Isolated from the larger society and culture, dependent on gov't "largesse". And, of course, we all know how the Indians thrived under those circumstances. Unlike you, I'd probably place poverty-stricken, meth and oxycontin plagued, country "crackas" in the same group. Same pathologies-different music. Just part of the eggs which need to be cracked to make the beautiful, beautiful, fluffy omelet of Progressive/communist dreams come true.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 26, 2013 07:20 AM (ZR4Xh)

174 A wonderful essay, baldi! Your observations track closely with those of Clarence Thomas. I just recently finished his autobiography and was surprised at the prevalence of illegitimacy in Thomas's South Carolina community. Fathers were often absent, and in Thomas's own case, his mother was only intermittently present. Illegitimacy by itself did not destroy the black community. What kept Clarence Thomas on the straight and narrow? A godly and devout grandfather and grandmother who took him into their house and raised him. Thomas was subjected to a harsh upbringing by his grandfather--it verged on brutality at times, and I wouldn't raise my own children that way. Nevertheless, you can't argue with the finished product. Although no saint, Clarence Thomas has led an amazingly productive life. I fully agree with your "cry of the heart" at the end of the essay. The problems we now face as a society are way beyond the power of politics; we need something like the orders of nuns and priests who educated Thomas to go into the ghettos and convert people. I don't see any other way to truly reach and transform the "Rachel Jeantel" segment of the population. I share your fears about what would happen in a massive racial conflagration. When Pharaoh sent his armies after Moses, a lot innocent privates drowned at the bottom of the Red Sea. I fear that a lot of good people like your relatives will go down if some racial conflagration happens in the US. I pray that avoid such a horror.

Posted by: Meriadoc at August 26, 2013 07:26 AM (1W1S7)

175 So where does that leave Blacks? Essentially, like Indians stuck on their Reservation. Isolated from the larger society and culture, dependent on gov't "largesse". Posted by: naturalfake at August 26, 2013 11:20 AM (ZR4Xh Very interesting analogy. Thanks.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 07:28 AM (Tnlh/)

176 Excellent commentary and insight. The insidious planned pathway to eternal Social Utopia for the ruling class elite.

Posted by: Clete Orris at August 26, 2013 07:36 AM (EG3YD)

177 Juliette, Not only well written, but well timed. Just last night, I asked my husband (Intel Officer for over 40 years) to game this very situation out. He posited several theories and none of them ended well. God bless.

Posted by: AmericanGypsea at August 26, 2013 07:37 AM (PY5T+)

178 I share your fears about what would happen in a massive racial conflagration. When Pharaoh sent his armies after Moses, a lot innocent privates drowned at the bottom of the Red Sea. I fear that a lot of good people like your relatives will go down if some racial conflagration happens in the US. I pray that avoid such a horror. Posted by: Meriadoc at August 26, 2013 11:26 AM (1W1S7) Wow. Great point and that's why prayer is a daily (hourly) part of my life. One of my links is to my own blog, where I talked about that factor in Mr. Justice Thomas's life. And, yes, his autobiography is great.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 07:39 AM (Tnlh/)

179 If it's the governmental subsidizing of illegitimacy (and I don't disagree with the premise), why is it that whites haven't fallen in the same degree?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at August 26, 2013 07:45 AM (28TG+)

180 Troyriser, you're wrong. The destruction of the family and it's replacement by the state was central to Marxist ideology going back to the beginning, with Engals especially. Marx dialed it way back in their public writings because he knew it would turn people off of the philosophy.

Posted by: Weirddave at August 26, 2013 11:05 AM (aH+zP)

 

My point is that, to the leadership of the Left, the disintegration of Black families (and all families for that matter) is incidental to the primary objective, which is the acquisition of power for its own sake. Marxism (and all other totalitarian/authoritarian ideologies) are just window dressing, the means employed to capture the allegiance of the proles. Power is always (and has always been) the goal.

Posted by: troyriser at August 26, 2013 07:48 AM (gNlvW)

181 If it's the governmental subsidizing of illegitimacy (and I don't disagree with the premise), why is it that whites haven't fallen in the same degree? They weren't as vulnerable, at first. But it's happening now, believe me, it's happening.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Your Ad Here! at August 26, 2013 07:48 AM (naUcP)

182 Oh, and regarding the conspiracy theory stuff, baldilocks-- During the 1950's and 60's, American capitalism seemed to be producing a type of prosperity that did NOT include a proletariate. Prosperity was diffused and more and more people were becoming middle-class. But if you're a Marxist and true to your theory, you can't have a revolution without a proletariate. So if there's no naturally occurring proletariate in your society, you have to create one artificially. Hence the welfare state and the production of a semi-permanent underclass. It's a classic case of fitting the facts to the theory. I don't say this was the only motivation for the welfare state, but it was a powerful one among the Marxist true believers at that time. They were the ones who changed welfare from Moynihan's ideal (support for married black men) to support for unmarried black women.

Posted by: Meriadoc at August 26, 2013 07:52 AM (vN3Mm)

183

That's been the plan all along...to kill all of us and enslave all of you non-blacks.

The Progressive agenda in a nutshell.

Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at August 26, 2013 07:55 AM (jqHOY)

184 Outstanding.  I tremble for my white/latin (mixed) kids, since this is a problem, not just in the black community, but in the white and other communities.  We've all been slouching toward Gomorrah, as it is said.

Thanks, Baldi.


Posted by: hmitchell3rd at August 26, 2013 07:55 AM (3YCXd)

185 Well said, Baldilocks.

Bitter Clinger, we are a couple of generations behind. In 20 years we will have 70% born out of wedlock instead of 30%. America will then be Venezuela, with a dependent majority that just wants its check every month.

I was raised in a great town but my parents were not so good. The school, friends, church--all those things saved us and helped us to become productive citizens today. The inner city is a desert of hope. I think most of the program money goes to cronies, not programs, to intervene with these children.

Posted by: pj at August 26, 2013 07:57 AM (ZWaLo)

186 Baldi brought it.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at August 26, 2013 07:59 AM (qwK3S)

187 180 If it's the governmental subsidizing of illegitimacy (and I don't disagree with the premise), why is it that whites haven't fallen in the same degree? Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at August 26, 2013 11:45 AM (28TG+) Timing. Think about when this started: right at the point when black citizens became truly free country-wide. The 1960s. And the federal government had a history of coming to the rescue of black Americans--abolition of slavery, Brown v. Board, President Eisenhower sending the NG to guard black students, various Civil Rights Legislation since (IIRC) the 1870s, FDR. For these reasons, many black persons believe that the fed is our savior. And there's this: the widespread notion that whoever gives you something for "free" is your friend. That's an old, old fallacy. When our government began to be infiltrated by Leftists, some 100 years ago, they took this history and used it. (Remember, it's a long-term plan.). When blacks were on the verge of becoming truly free, the time was right to make sure that some of us didn't escape.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 07:59 AM (Tnlh/)

188 183 Oh, and regarding the conspiracy theory stuff, baldilocks-- During the 1950's and 60's, American capitalism seemed to be producing a type of prosperity that did NOT include a proletariate. Prosperity was diffused and more and more people were becoming middle-class. But if you're a Marxist and true to your theory, you can't have a revolution without a proletariate. So if there's no naturally occurring proletariate in your society, you have to create one artificially. Hence the welfare state and the production of a semi-permanent underclass. It's a classic case of fitting the facts to the theory. I don't say this was the only motivation for the welfare state, but it was a powerful one among the Marxist true believers at that time. They were the ones who changed welfare from Moynihan's ideal (support for married black men) to support for unmarried black women. Posted by: Meriadoc at August 26, 2013 11:52 AM (vN3Mm) I'm going to partially quote this on Twitter.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 08:05 AM (Tnlh/)

189 Baldi, don't you think the period after the Civil Rights movement is like another Reconstruction? After emancipation, the parties swept in to suppress or encourage voting blocs. After the Jim Crow era, the Dems swept in to keep blocs of black voters easily controlled. The best way to do that is to give them free stuff and demonize the other party.

And Bitter Clinger, the absence of a culture of fathers is what's missing, even among non-blacks increasingly, but that means there is no culture of order. Every day is a new, unstructured blur. Critical theory is all about the patriarchy, which stands for morality and order, which the left considers evil. The Leftists have tried to destroy order and have been quite successful.

Posted by: pj at August 26, 2013 08:06 AM (ZWaLo)

190 Posted by: pj at August 26, 2013 12:06 PM (ZWaLo) Another fascinating perspective.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 08:11 AM (Tnlh/)

191 #189-- Hey feel free, I'm honored! Prayers for you and yours, baldilocks.

Posted by: Meriadoc at August 26, 2013 08:13 AM (YF3fb)

192 Critical theory is all about the patriarchy Sorta. CT is all about attacking the broader culture to destroy it, so that it can be replaced with a neo-Marxist utopia. It does that by setting many different sub-groups against, not each other, but the traditional societal culture and mores. For women it's fighting the patriarchy, for blacks, racism, for gays homophobia, for Jews anti-Semitism, etc. (regardless of weather these things are actually present to any significant degree in the larger culture or not). WWI proved just how wrong traditional Marxism was, the proletariat was never going to join together and overthrow the bourgeois, so another method had to be found. The Frankfort School came up with CT and....here we are, miserable inside a culture that has been well and truly damaged. Fatally? I dunno. Baldilocks is right, pray hard.

Posted by: Weirddave at August 26, 2013 08:41 AM (aH+zP)

193 The black culture affected by these government policies is just the canary in the coal mine.  These policies are coming for all Americans, and the breakdown of civil society will spread throughout all classes and cultures, given enough time.

Posted by: Advo at August 26, 2013 09:02 AM (7vbG1)

194 "For many decades, black Americans hoped and prayed to be considered equal to other Americans under the law--federal, state, and local. Well that goal has been achieved."

Some, if not most, of the participants of that rally this past weekend in DC would disagree.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at August 26, 2013 09:09 AM (Cn4aq)

195 This is one of the most insightful pieces on race I've read to date. Her writing is brilliant and pithy. She gives great examples of her positions. And she will continue to be lambasted because it doesn't fit the narrative. The best statement was how blacks are becoming a smaller percentage of America. And once Obozo and the RINOs admit more Hispanics, it's more doom. Through the breakdown of the family structure, violence, incarceration, lack of male role models and of course, abortion, the black community is committing suicide. Margaret Sanger would be so happy.

Posted by: Carol at August 26, 2013 09:38 AM (zgOS/)

196 Oh, wow!

Simply awesome and so accurate.

Posted by: Kiril Kundurazieff at August 26, 2013 10:27 AM (ruR+m)

197 Yes, Weirddave, destroying the family is only a part of CT which is designed to destroy all institutions from within.

Posted by: pj at August 26, 2013 10:49 AM (ZWaLo)

198 *Morning people.* Good to see Baldi on the front page, and good conversation (thank goodness this wasn't on the Saturday ONT!). I think some people are confusing next stages for endgames. The endgame isn't shoring up voting blocs because the left won't consider itself in endgame territory until votes are either irrelevant or abolished. Just like the French Revolution, Russia, China, Cuba, North Korea, ad nauseam, the goal is absolute power, and *then* you dispose of anyone you don't need, usually in large holes in the ground. That's not the next step or the step after that, which are about *gaining power*, and of course they would never harm a voting bloc for that. It's funny that we describe leftists as staticists, because they seem so on economics (at least their propaganda). Their view of the future is far less static than ours, with their "fundamental transformations." The goal is something very alien to us. There's also the fact that the average street-level leftist voter has, if anything, a vague idea of what that future would be like, based on hopey-dreamy propaganda. But when leftist takeovers always end in the same place, it's kind of silly to keep thinking this one will be different. My only argument with Baldi's "conspiracy theory version" is that I don't think the purge would ever be so limited (not that she explicitly said it would), the situation is always more fluid than that. It will be whoever speaks up, whoever won't be hammered down, or whoever eats more than they are seen to grow.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at August 26, 2013 10:54 AM (qyfb5)

199 Wow. I know she's got her own site and all... and I'll definitely subscribe to the feed. But I don't suppose we could convince Juliette to write some more for the HQ every once in a while? That was really thought provoking stuff.

Posted by: Book at August 26, 2013 11:55 AM (qWES6)

200 Preach it, Sister.

Posted by: Retired Geezer at August 26, 2013 12:08 PM (7xShT)

201 @199. Great points. My initial point was exactly that any exterminations would not necessarily be carried out, nor supported by the left en masse, along racial lines. I see no organized or accepted general belief that blacks are only useful to the extent that they are a tool to achieve ultimate power after which they are to be disposed of. Perhaps I am naive. Perhaps I just believe that this nation would become ungovernable prior to reaching that point. I don't like to believe that I would sit idly by as millions of my countrymen are sent to the gas chambers, regardless of their skin color. I know that in any future conflgaration, my sights will not be set on that basis, but rather on the basis of stated or practiced statist intentions.

Posted by: flounder at August 26, 2013 12:21 PM (V7fUi)

202 Late to this party, but......brava!

Posted by: bigpinkfluffybunny at August 26, 2013 12:49 PM (aqORt)

203 Great article. I agree with everything but this: "That's been the plan all along...to kill all of us and enslave all of you non-blacks." No, they won't kill all blacks, or even most. The overriding reason is that they don't need to do that. Resentful blacks are reliable voters, so things will remain mostly as they are. And the race card is the supremely powerful tool they have to shame whites into giving in to the left's demands. And as we've seen, conservative blacks are "race traitors", and they are deemed fair game, subject to the repressed racism of the leftists. Then again, if radical Islam gets a real foothold here, anti-black racism (from Islam or carried over some Arab countries) could become very nasty.

Posted by: NateWhilk at August 26, 2013 02:48 PM (E13TV)

204

Great article, although I snorted beer out my nose when you referred to New Mexico as a red state.  Is there a different New Mexico you're referring to? It can't be the one whose capital is Santa Fe. That state is like a little outpost of Bolivarism/ Marin County Limo Leftism.

Posted by: Delamare at August 26, 2013 06:07 PM (kJ7gC)

205 100 Black Men Concerned Black Men 100 Black Women The Black Star Project Rev. Corey Brooks Tom Joyner Foundation Mentoring Cares (Susan Taylor) The Algebra Project Harlem Children's Zone Numerous "Black churches" Steve Harvey Foundation Blacks working to solve the problems. But how much press do they receive?

Posted by: DarkStar at August 26, 2013 06:10 PM (3wXio)

206 I'm more than just a bit late, but thank you, baldi.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at August 26, 2013 06:13 PM (JQuNB)

207 205 Great article, although I snorted beer out my nose when you referred to New Mexico as a red state. Is there a different New Mexico you're referring to?It can'tbe the one whose capital is Santa Fe.That state is like a little outpost of Bolivarism/ Marin County Limo Leftism. Posted by: Delamare at August 26, 2013 10:07 PM (kJ7gC) Heh. Well I knew that would happen at some point. As I mentioned I lived in LA so red is relative. In ABQ, I can carry my gun.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 06:28 PM (Tnlh/)

208 Still, when Obama starts the race war they will be among the 13% of the population that ceases to be.

You have to break a few eggs to make an omelet.

Posted by: KMarx at August 27, 2013 04:15 AM (vbHXu)

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