Letters to the Editor
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@shawnwm: you'll have to do better than that.
Just because black people are appointed to positions does not mean that progress for the entire race has been made. Clarence Thomas is not held up as an example of black progress because he was the first black man on the supreme court. Vernon Jordan, Clinton's enabler and golfing buddy is not an example of progress. Jocelyn Elders and Lani Guinier were black women who were THROWN TO THE WOLVES by the Clintons when they spoke honestly but became political liabilities.
"Now as for Obama, really? How did he help South Chicago, a predominantly black and very impoverished area one bit? How has Oprah, for another example, helped American blacks? For Godsakes when she had the chance to open a big expensive school to create "black female leaders" she opened it in a foreign country, while insulting American blacks , remember? Don't get me wrong; Oprah is an admirable woman in many ways. However it's an illustration of how sometimes the people who are going to fight for you the hardest just happen to lie outside your own preoccupation with race."
You are kidding right? First of all, what does Oprah have to do with anything? Yes Obama and Oprah are both black, but you are showing your own ignorance and racism if you believe that because Oprah started a school in Africa, Obama is responsible for doing nothing for blacks in Chicago.
C'mon. I'm all for intelligent political discussion, but this, or any of your other posts, just don't cut it.