So today someone changed their Facebook status to say Happy Black History Month and proceeded on a jag about Black folks looking for handouts. So of course your resident Nationalist had to take it on. Now, it didn't help that the person making this statement is a Black cop who grew up in the system. I quote "I don't have pics of myself as a child because we couldn't afford a camera." Really dude? And you have the gall to disparage poor people? Poor people that look like you? I've asked this question of conservative blacks repeatedly and they can quote Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X well enough about being self-reliant but they never fully address the real issue. Let me quote myself before I get started...YES THERE ARE LAZY, TRIFLING NEGROES THAT SPEND THEIR CHECKS ON BOOZE AND BS. However there are just as many if not more who are paying mortgages, going to school and supporting their [extended] families.
So tell me, officer, once you have a record because of some bullshit like this what job will you get? The brother that was recently released after serving 20 years for a crime he didn't commit-- can he get a job? Did they release him and expunge his record?
Furthermore, in this economy especially, how many of us are a paycheck or two away from homelessness? Would it be wrong to apply for unemployment? I paid into it for a number of years why shouldn't I get some of that back?
Or, if you're a single parent struggling to make ends meet but you've got a great kid whose smart and wants to go to college should that parent not look for Pell grants, etc.?
Oh but wait, I get it now officer, you were talking about welfare. You know what I have to give credit to the conservatives for creating that pink roller wearing, ebonic slinging, black welfare mama that everyone seems to think is real. We are 13% of the population people--there aren't enough of us to be the overwhelming recipients of the government's largesse. We may overindex within our 13% but we do not receive public assistance in larger numbers than other racial groups. The largest single group receiving welfare happens to be Wal-Mart employees, but that's another post for another time.
Facts regarding welfare can be found here. Hope your conservative head doesn't explode.
Oh and one more thing...the first Black president gutted welfare over ten years ago so even if you're getting benefits now you better be looking for an alternative as the limitations are so overwhelming.
Asserting people want to be on welfare is as stupid as saying people on unemployment don't look for work. I know life would be easier if there were simple answers to complex questions but that's just not the way it is. Those of us that were born in poverty and made it out, did so by God's grace. I don't care what kind of assistance one gets I don't think anyone enjoys poverty. And if you are someone who wears a uniform with protect and serve anywhere on it and you hold these views don't ask why you're disparaged, not trusted and generally reviled... the answer is no further than your Facebook status.
Peace & Blessings
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You're exactly right. It sounds like the officer is stereotyping and profiling his own people. I wonder if he is ashamed to be black or if his fellow caucasian officers have him brainwashed into believing his is on of them. As you mentioned, the most people on welfare, and it has been since its inception, is white women. Always has and always will be. Let me end by saying this: It is absolutely impossible for any minority to commit the majority of crimes in any society. It is equally impossible to any minority to be the receiving the majority of public assistance in any form.
Nice post
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