Straight talk, from the right place

Finally some common sense for the black community ... from the black community. Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter delivered some great advice to black youths recently.

From YouTube:
"Nutter Takes to Church Podium to Lash Out at Teens" posted by NBC10Philadelphia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXwCOcBjpbg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

One of the comments after the video:
"this is the type of leader blacks need, not sharpton, not jackson, this dude. good guy up there."
Amen. Why do people even listen to arrogant, race-baiting hacks like Sharpton and Jackson?

Here's a story about his speech, from BET:
"Philadelphia Mayor Scolds Philadelphia Youth Mobs" by Danielle Wright
http://www.bet.com/news/national/2011/08/10/philadelphia-mayor-scolds-philadelphia-youth-mobs.html

Some notable quotes from Nutter:

"You have damaged your race." Wow, you can't get more direct than that.

"If you walk into somebody’s office with your hair uncombed and a pick in the back, and your shoes untied, and your pants half down, tattoos up and down your arms and on your neck, and you wonder why somebody won’t hire you? They don’t hire you 'cause you look like you’re crazy.'"

Note, in that previous paragraph nobody seems to want to quote what he said immediately prior to that. Which was:
"And if you go to look for a job, don't go blame it on the white folks or anybody else."
Funny how our politically-correct media saw fit to take that line out.

"Take those God darn hoodies down, especially in the summer. Pull your pants up and buy a belt ’cause no one wants to see your underwear or the crack of your butt. Nobody."

"The Immaculate Conception of our Lord Jesus Christ took place a long time ago, and it didn’t happen here in Philadelphia. So every one of these kids has two parents who were around and participating at the time. They need to be around now."

"If you’re [fathers] not providing the guidance,and you’re not sending any money, you’re just a sperm donor."


Note this line from the newspaper article:
"The head of Philadelphia’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, J. Whyatt Modesire, tells the Washington Times that it 'took courage' for the mayor to deliver the message and that it was one in which Black youth needed to be called out."

And there, my friends, is the real story here. Nothing Nutter said is wrong. And yet if a white person said the very same words he would be, at best, ignored. More likely excoriated for being insensitive.


Heck, Bill Cosby said similar stuff and was criticized. Here is one link I quickly found, from Rawstory.com:
"Why America's Dad, Bill Cosby, has let down the black community" by Harold M. Clemens
http://www.rawstory.com/exclusives/clemens/bill_cosby_let_down_blacks_727.htm

The tagline for the above article says, "RIGHT IDEA, WRONG APPROACH." Basically trying to sugar coat an article that tries to criticize Bill Cosby for telling the truth. Completely avoiding the real story because, gasp, white people might repeat what Cosby said. Where I come from, the truth is an absolute defense.


Final note, pointed out to me by a friend. Did you know that the recent London riots were caused by the police shooting an African-American? I had no idea that an American started the whole thing! Do they really use the term "African-American" in other countries, too? Does that make ANY sense to you?

I checked it out on Yahoo! Answers:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110807200517AAuMdBJ

Here is one article that uses this strange terminology, from The Nonprofit Quarterly:
"London Is Burning: What Happened to the U.K.'s 'Big Society'?" by Rick Cohen
http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14906:london-is-burning-what-happened-to-the-uks-qbig-societyq&catid=153:features&Itemid=336

This is what happens when you pervert the language.