Condoleeza Rice says "black Americans loved this country even when this country didn't love them"

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that the United States still has trouble dealing with race because of a national "birth defect" that denied black Americans the opportunities given to whites at the country's very founding.

"Black Americans were a founding population," she said. "Africans and Europeans came here and founded this country together — Europeans by choice and Africans in chains. That's not a very pretty reality of our founding."

As a result, Miss Rice told editors and reporters at The Washington Times, "descendants of slaves did not get much of a head start, and I think you continue to see some of the effects of that."

"That particular birth defect makes it hard for us to confront it, hard for us to talk about it, and hard for us to realize that it has continuing relevance for who we are today," she said.

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On the one hand, she said, race in the U.S. "continues to have effects" on public discussions and "the deepest thoughts that people hold." On the other, "enormous progress" has been made, which allowed her to become the nation's chief diplomat.

"America doesn't have an easy time dealing with race," Miss Rice said, adding that members of her family have "endured terrible humiliations."

"What I would like understood as a black American is that black Americans loved and had faith in this country even when this country didn't love and have faith in them — and that's our legacy," she said.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.d.../746301768/1001

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Oh noes!

Condi is a racist too!!! What's the world coming to?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Great Friday guys!

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Well, uh....okay? So what brought on this conversation?

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Click around and ye shall see.

Or to put it shortly, just a confirmation of history that is more than obvious.

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Or to put it shortly, just a confirmation of history that is more than obvious.

It is more than obvious but so many don't get it!

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Or to put it shortly, just a confirmation of history that is more than obvious.

It is more than obvious but so many don't get it!

Well you know what they say about brick walls...

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Or to put it shortly, just a confirmation of history that is more than obvious.

It is more than obvious but so many don't get it!

Well you know what they say about brick walls...

LOL

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Or to put it shortly, just a confirmation of history that is more than obvious.

It is more than obvious but so many don't get it!

Well you know what they say about brick walls...

LOL

"EXACTLY!"

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Or to put it shortly, just a confirmation of history that is more than obvious.

It is more than obvious but so many don't get it!

Well you know what they say about brick walls...

LOL

"EXACTLY!"

If Glenn Beck didn't report it then Wild Tangent aka the Human Brick, probably won't respond to it.

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We HAVE to work on an ACME Venn Diagram for the wall, ya know.

That might get the bricks on the wall to finally convince themselves of their density.

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Yes very good article. We can state the obvious and talk about the past until the cows come home. It seems to happen in every single race related discussion.

Now what?? Where does the country go from here?? What is required to overcome this obstacle??

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Yes very good article. We can state the obvious and talk about the past until the cows come home. It seems to happen in every single race related discussion.

Now what?? Where does the country go from here?? What is required to overcome this obstacle??

How do you think Condi would answer that?

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Reparations! Err, also discussed for countless pages:

Common sense, investing in the communities via the creation of (a learning curve) self-sustaining, well-educated, well-funded, incentive-driven programs that drive power into poverty-ridden places.

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How do you think Condi would answer that?

I don't know. I am guessing she probably wouldn't sit here and start calling me a racist for asking those questions.

Yes I am an engineer; as many of you have pointed out over and over again. We solve problems. That is what we do. I am still waiting for someone, or some leader, to come out and suggest what needs to happen and actually implement it.

It seems people are fixated with talking about the past than working together towards the future. It's like enough already. Everyone in this country knows about slavery and the conditions endured by black Americans. What next..

Edited March 28, 2008 by Boo-Yah!

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Reparations! Err, also discussed for countless pages:

Common sense, investing in the communities via the creation of (a learning curve) self-sustaining, well-educated, well-funded, incentive-driven programs that drive power into poverty-ridden places.

So why has this not been done? What is the delay? What is the road block/ "brick wall"? What would you call "incentive-driven programs"? Any ideas on how me create a learning-environment..

Edited March 28, 2008 by Boo-Yah!