HitsRus;1222748 wrote:Did someone proclaim the end of racism? If someone did, I didn't see it.
If you view the linked video, West's point is that the biggest bigots are the ones in sheep's clothing.
This is all nonsense. I'm tired of hearing conservatives say that liberals want blacks dependent on the government. Real liberals like Hubert Humphrey wanted no transfer payment welfare state to exist...a government that provides full employment because a pure capitalistic system does not. If you had a real full employment program there would be no need for these hodge podge of welfare programs that have been compromised through out the years.
It is the Business Community who is happy to put up with these welfare programs we have because businesses and shareholders and board members and managers do not want a full employment economy because it puts upward pressure on wages and eliminates the surplus army of potential employees from which they now can freely chose from at their hearts content. It is conservatives afraid of "big government" who won't support a full employment program that makes everyone have to earn a living.
I listened to Triv today say "Republicans want you to go get a job" and yet our economy doesn't provide a job for everyone willing and able to work and Republicans don't support a program that would!
And additionally, it's a total cop out for conservatives...who fought tooth and nail against civil rights to just say, after centuries of oppression..."Oh yeah, it's cool dawg you're right...colorless society sounds good now that we can't use your color to oppress you."
This whole notion that Liberals are secretly just working to hold down minorities is a crock of shit!