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Reparations on EURweb

This article appeared on the eurweb site today. In the midst of their in depth coverage of Li'l Kim and Supahead, they manage to sneak in some relevant social commentary. Here's my take...

While I was a student at FAMU, Dick Gregory came to speak at one of our convocations. He was talking about civil rights and mentioned MLK's "I Have A Dream" speech. In particular, he referred to the passage where King longed for a day when men would be judged not by the color of their skin, but the content of their character. Our problem, as he pointed out, is that too many of us would fail the character question regardless of race.

The same is true for reparations. How many folks would do exactly as Chappelle suggested in his sketch? Unlike the author, I find Chappelle to be a particularly articulate voice on the topic of race in our country and know that we are not prepared to take advantage of opportunities that do occasionally come our way. Far worse than Chappelle are the idiots in Oakland and San Bernardino who insist that "Black" colloquial speech should be recognized as a distinct language that should be used by teachers in school. Talk about setting your children up for failure.

Life isn't fair. Get over it. Work with your kids and instill some real family values: hard work, education, ambition, love, respect for mind and body and we will do more for our "race" than any lotto check or NBA contract. WE'LL NEVER GET REPARATIONS, PEOPLE. NO MULES, NO ACRES AND NO CASH VALUE PLUS INTEREST. Give it up...

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