DarkStar Spouts Off

Things Many Public Conservatives, Including Black, Don't Want You To Know

I'm tired. So, here are some things that many public conservatives, including public Black conservatives, do not want you to know:

• Blacks don't consider Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, Sr., to be leaders:
  

  8. Which of the following speaks for you most often?

  Person	Percent (%)
  Reverend Al Sharpton,National Action Network	24
  Reverend Jesse Jackson, Rainbow PUSH Coalition	11
  Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D‐CA)	9
  Benjamin Jealous, President&CEO,NAACP	8
  AssistantDemocratic Leader, Congressman James E. Clyburn (D‐SC)	5
  MarcH. Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League	2
  Michael Steele,former Chairman ofthe Republican National Committee	2
  None of the above	40

• A quote from Tim Scott
  

  And unlike other, more prominent black Republicans — Herman Cain or Ben Carson, for example — Scott isn’t likely to accuse black voters of being enslaved to the Democratic Party.

  “That language doesn’t suit me,” Scott says. “It’s really hard to offend someone into changing their minds.”

• Black business creation 2009:
  

  African-Americans and older Americans experience greatest increases in business-creation rates from 2008 to 2009

  ...

  Entrepreneurship rates by race show that African-Americans experienced the largest increase in entrepreneurial activity between 2008 and 2009. Rising from 0.22 percent in 2008 to 0.27 percent in 2009, the rate was the highest over the 14 years of reported data but remains below other racial groups. In contrast, both Latinos and Asians experienced declines in entrepreneurial activity rates.

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  Poor Blacks get LESS of the government benefits:
  Another finding of the study is that the distribution of benefits no longer aligns with the demography of poverty. African-Americans, who make up 22 percent of the poor, receive 14 percent of government benefits, close to their 12 percent population share.
• Black college degree vs. white college degree attainment:
  
• The out of wedlock birth rate for Black women is falling:
  Among unmarried black women, the birth rate dropped 11 percent between 2007 and 2012, to 63 of every 1,000 live births.
  
  

Al Sharpton and Black On Black Violence

*Sigh*

I'm not defending Al Sharpton, but read this:

The Rev. Al Sharpton is calling for a high-profile community summit to address black-on-black violence after Harlem was rocked by a wave of shootings over Memorial Day.

"Last year alone, nearly one black child a day under the age of 17 was shot and killed in New York City. Shot mostly by other black city residents," Sharpton said.

"Shootings and violence within our community by one of our own is an outrage and an issue that we must confront as diligently and as passionately as a sensational case of police misconduct or brutality."

If I can do a simple Google search and find this in the first 5 links...

President Mandela IS South Africa

President Mandela IS South Africa.

Mandela is a creation of the system that defined South Africa. He used and supported violence as a means of changing South Africa, but it was a result OF South Africa. He supported peace and reconciliation as a means of moving South Africa forward.

South Africa created Nelson Madiba Mandela. President Mandela IS South Africa.

RIP.

Big Ole Conserva-Kook Lie Of The Day

The big conservative media lie of the day is, "The Obama justice department helped Al Sharpton protest in Sanford, Florida."

Here is an example:

A division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) was deployed to Sanford, Florida in 2012 to provide assistance for anti-George Zimmerman protests, including a rally headlined by activist Al Sharpton, according to newly released documents.

The Community Relations Service (CRS), a unit of DOJ, reported expenses related to its deployment in Sanford to help manage protests between March and April 2012.

The problem with what is being "reported" and spread around by the conserva-kooks, is this. The CRS went down there to help DEFUSE tensions, not "support" the protestors.

Here is information from the CRS web site:

The Community Relations Service is the Department's "peacemaker" for community conflicts and tensions arising from differences of race, color, and national origin. Created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, CRS is the only Federal agency dedicated to assist State and local units of government, private and public organizations, and community groups with preventing and resolving racial and ethnic tensions, incidents, and civil disorders, and in restoring racial stability and harmony.

They went down there to support the state and local government, NOT the protestors. So, WHO is being the racial arsonists?

None Of The Above

Robert Johnson, founder of BET, had Zogby International/Analytics do a telephone poll of Blacks to find out their views on some items. Of those polled, 40% said none of the people listed speak for them most often.

8. Which of the following speaks for you most often?

Person	Percent (%)
Reverend Al Sharpton,National Action Network	24
Reverend Jesse Jackson, Rainbow PUSH Coalition	11
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D‐CA)	9
Benjamin Jealous, President&CEO,NAACP	8
AssistantDemocratic Leader, Congressman James E. Clyburn (D‐SC)	5
MarcH. Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League	2
Michael Steele,former Chairman ofthe Republican National Committee	2
None of the above	40

I've known about this for about a week now, but what has been interesting, to me, is that the list of public Black conservatives that I follow, haven't said a thing about this poll. So, let's be clear about this. Of the Blacks polled, 40% said NONE OF THE ABOVE speaks for them most often.

This result from those polled does some things:

1. It breaks the media narrative of Blacks looking towards "civil rights leaders" as being "The" leader which means Blacks aren't lead by them. I know that's simple but just THINK about it.
2. It breaks the narrative of most public Black conservatives as Blacks being "lead astray" by so called Black leaders. I think this is simple but means something that I think most public Black conservatives want to face because it is hard: If they want to change minds, they have to address people on the individual level, which is something they have not done, for the most part.
3. From above, I think it should make more people wonder exactly if many of the public Black conservatives are serious about change or if they have alternative motives. See Artur Davis for details.

 

I Got Your Gift Right *HERE*, Romney!

Mitt Romney lost the election and now he's blaming the loss on "minorities" and "young folks" who were swayed by President Obama's "gifts".

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/14/reports-romney-says-obama-won-by-offering-gifts-to-minorities-and-young-voters/

"What the president, president's campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government, and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote," Romney said in the afternoon call, according to audio aired on ABC News.

...

"With regards to the young people, for instance, a forgiveness of college loan interest, was a big gift," Romney said, according to The New York Times.

"Free contraceptives were very big with young college-aged women," he continued. "And then, finally, Obamacare also made a difference for them, because as you know, anybody now 26 years of age and younger was now going to be part of their parents' plan, and that was a big gift to young people. They turned out in large numbers, a larger share in this election even than in 2008."

The president's health care reform plan, he added, also brought out support from African Americans and Hispanic voters.


Let's see. Forgiveness of college loans hasn't been done, so how is that a gift? Also, Romney said he would push for increasing Pell Grants and offering more of them.

And then there is ObamaCare, which Romney said there are aspects that he liked and wanted to keep, like, ohhhhh, increased dependent coverage age! and portability!

I wonder what his "minority outreach" person, Tara Wall, has to say about his comments.

Yo! Mitt Romney! I got your GIFTS! Right! HERE!
[ insert crotch grab here ]

HBCUs and Entrepreneurial Studies

In the Twitter-verse, many of the Black conservative/Republicans that I am following, rip Blacks, in general, for being dependent, lacking entrepreneurial spirit, etc. My question is, will Black conservatives/Republicans magnify this article or will they ignore it so they can continue their Black conservative/Republican victim strategy?

Entrepreneurial studies taking root at historically black colleges

Howard University’s School of Business has long offered courses in starting, running and managing a company. Many of its students have taken advantage of the school’s certificate program in entrepreneurship, while others have tapped the resources available through the department’s small business development center.

But in recent years, faculty and administrators realized that business students were no longer the only ones who need to know how to run a business, nor were they the only ones actively seeking that type of training.

“Our students have always been interested in entrepreneurship, but I feel like it really exploded over the last five years, and now it’s all over campus,” said Barron Harvey, dean of the School of Business at Howard, one of more than 120 historically black colleges and universities in the United States. “In particular, I think we are seeing more collaboration between different schools and departments on campus, where students in various fields of study want to learn how to be an entrepreneur. And it’s not just at Howard, I think that’s happening at schools like ours all across the country.”

The business school now partners with Howard’s schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and divinity to offer dual degree programs for students who may eventually want to launch their own enterprises. Meanwhile, at the undergraduate level, the university has introduced an entrepreneurship minor available to students of any major, and in the past few years, the nursing program and the communications department have added formal entrepreneurship programs catering to their own students.

There it is. In your face. WHAT!?!?!

Symbiotic Relationship: Al Sharpton and Fox News

Let's look at a definition of symbiotic relationship:

A symbiotic relationship is a relationship between two entities which is mutually beneficial for the participants of the relationship. Thus there is a positive-sum gain from cooperation.

That's a great definition. Here is a great example of symbiotic relationship featuring Al Sharpton and Fox News:

“Check out this,” the flamboyant civil rights leader told me during breakfast at his organization’s annual meeting this week. He flipped through the program until he found a full-page ad with the logos of Fox News, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal. “News Corporation Proudly Supports National Action Network’s 2012 Convention,” it said.

Sharpton grinned. “They bash me on Fox News,” he said. “But they sponsor my conference.”

Do I really have to say anything else about this?

Republicans: Ron Paul and Racists

How is it for all of this time that Ron Paul has been a member of congress, not one Republican has brought up the racist newsletters that appeared under Ron Paul's name:

As Ron Paul rises in the polls, he is once again fending off questions about those pesky newsletters where racist material appeared under his name. This time around, rather than expressing much in the way of regret, Paul is instead slamming the media for rehashing what he considers an old, irrelevant story.

To recap, back in the 1990s, Ron Paul produced a series of newsletters, all with his name on them, which published a ream of racist and anti-Semitic columns. Among a long list of offensive comments, one notorious column about the LA riots said that, “Order was only restored in L.A. when it came time for the blacks to pick up their welfare checks.” Another pilloried Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as “Hate Whitey Day.” Paul has always denied writing them and insists he doesn’t know who did. He has expressed regret that the comments were printed.

but now that the "isolationist" Ron Paul appears to be picking up support, the neo-conservative Republicans NOW want to play the race card on Ron Paul? These newsletters were known the last time Ron Paul ran for the Republican nomination.

MD Republicans Looking Out For Black Voters

The governor of Maryland has released his ideas for congressional redistricting and some Black politicians are not happy. Census data indicates that growth in Maryland is in Maryland D.C. suburban areas where Hispanics and Blacks are living.

The Democratic governor has devised a plan that DILUTES the voting power of Blacks. It is Republicans who are presenting a plan where another majority ethnic minority district is created. Of course, it secures currently Republican districts but not at expense of minority voters.

More as this unfolds.

The Race Card

The race card:

1. "They are doubly scared that a real Black man will run against Barack Obama" at around the 3:35 mark.
2. Asked why more African Americans haven't joined him at tea party rallies and conservative conventions like the Faith And Family Conference in DC this weekend, the millionaire ex-CEO has a different explanation. African Americans, Cain told TPM, are too poor to tea party.
3. “African-Americans have been brainwashed into not being open minded, not even considering a conservative point of view,”
4. "Since Gov. Perry has been going there for years to hunt, I think that it shows a lack of sensitivity for a long time of not taking that word off of that rock and renaming the place," he told ABC's This Week.

And the one that got Herman Cain in trouble with the people who always wail against the use of the race card? It was number 4.

1. Example one: "Again, I just wish that Cain had given Perry the benefit of the doubt. It saddens me that he didn’t."
2. Example two: RUSH: I’m gonna tell you, this is really disappointing to me. Herman Cain. I liked Herman Cain — like Herman Cain. The Washington Post has it as a Macaca story about Rick Perry. Apparently back when Rick Perry was a Democrat… There’s this woman at the Washington Post who’s written a story that, with traditional journalism, wouldn’t even pass the first review by an editor. But apparently back in the eighties when Perry was a Democrat, he and his dad would go hunting at someplace and there is a rock that had the N-word on it that somebody had painted over.

"Liked Herman Cain"? Now, to me, this is a good example of the Republican plantation. Cain can whip Black people all he wants, but the minute he dares to look at a white Republican in the eyes, he gets the cat-o-nine tails.

 

Niggerhead

I'm not a Perry fan, mainly because of his stance on giving immigrants
in state tuition and his seeming to want more relaxed immigration
standards. Having written that, I think, in this case, the
"Niggerhead" camp dust storm is a mountain out of a mole hill.

Black Gentrification

Say what?!?!?!

Black people gentrifying a neighborhood?

A group of young black professionals in Anacostia has gathered over spinach-strawberry salad and white wine, when the conversation turns, as if often does, to what they call the “G-word”: gentrification.

“I used to think it was about race — when white people moved into a black neighborhood,” said lawyer Charles Wilson, 35, who lost to Marion S. Barry Jr. in the 2008 Ward 8 D.C. Council race. “Then, I looked up the word. It’s when a middle-class person moves into a poor neighborhood. And I realized: I am a gentrifier. I couldn’t believe it. I don’t like that word. It makes so many people uncomfortable.”

“Actually, I thought it was if you see a white guy in Anacostia, listening to an iPod, jogging or walking a dog!” joked Sariane Leigh, 33, who writes a blog called Anacostia Yogi, putting her hand on her hip and waving a sweet-potato fry for emphasis.

The friends fold into laughter. They agree not to use the G-word, at least for one night.

That doesn't happen! Does it?

To The GOP Shills On Harry Reid

Harry Reid's comments were also made by Black people, as I have noted before. Reid's comments are no big deal. The BIG deal is Clinton's comment when he said to the late Sen. Kennedy, "A few years ago, Obama would be bringing us coffee."

By focusing on Reid instead of Clinton, you are missing THE BEST way to bring up the double standard argument AND the idea that there are racists in the Democratic party.

But what do I know. It's been made clear that you don't want me in "your" party any damn way.

Race And Politics

What we have here, are two good ones.

The first, I see no problem with, because some Blacks were saying the same thing.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada described in private then-Sen. Barack Obama as "light skinned" and "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one." Obama is the nation's first African-American president.

"I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words. I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African-Americans for my improper comments," Reid said in a statement released after the excerpts were first reported on the Web site of The Atlantic.

The second, well, what can I say. This can be looked at in multiple ways. I'd like to see which way sticks:

[A]s Hillary bungled Caroline, Bill’s handling of Ted was even worse. The day after Iowa, he phoned Kennedy and pressed for an endorsement, making the case for his wife. But Bill then went on, belittling Obama in a manner that deeply offended Kennedy. Recounting the conversation later to a friend, Teddy fumed that Clinton had said, A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee.

My, my, my... The "first Black president", himself...

And while I'm at it, some people are trying to compare what Reid said to what Lott said in 2002:

"I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either," Lott said at last week's party.

Let me see if I understand. Reid is saying Obama is a good candidate because of his speech and because he is light skinned. (Not really, but...) Meanwhile, Lott is saying the era of segregation was a good thing. So, what's the comparison, again?