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According to Tony Evans of the Urban Alternative ministry, black people should blame themselves for the current state of the black community. The Christian Post reported that, in an interview with Darrell Bock, Evans said the black community needed to get back to the biblical standard that God holds us to, and stop blaming white people.
Evans explained: The biggest problem in Black America today is the breakdown of the family. The breakdown of the family is unraveling us as a community. When 70 percent plus of your children are being born out of wedlock and the fathers are not there to tend to them, youve got chaos in the community. Thats crime, thats unemployment and most of these kids are going to be raised in poverty. And thats something we control.
The white man is not making you do that. Hes not forcing you into that position. Thats a convenient out. Evans added black families had become weaker since the United States abolished slavery.
~Snip~
Asked to further elaborate, Palin openly said: What Im talking about is realizing the pastors idea somewhat indirectly bringing back slavery, only this time making it voluntary. That way, the people would be able to have the best of both worlds. On one hand, black families would become as strong as before, and on the other, it would reduce pressure on the already tense relationship between white people and the black community, not to mention that it would put down the racial fires all across the US once and for all.
More: http://www.newslo.com/introducing-slavery-on-voluntary-basis/
WTF?!
Edit: Unbeknownst to me until just now, newslo is satire.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)brer cat
(24,562 posts)Even Palin isn't that stupid, is she?
randys1
(16,286 posts)visavi reality shows or speaking fees, then I am going to completely lose my fucking mind
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)What a walking cluster phuq.
OMFG
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SamKnause
(13,101 posts)WTF ??????????????
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)and lord knows she has said a few stupid shit. You first.
As to the pastor, it is an outlier view, but it does exist. It is a complete mis interpretation of the data. and it is 180 from absolute pan african nationalism.
jen63
(813 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)The satire is the Palin connection. The slavery thing actually happened!
http://www.christianpost.com/news/dr-tony-evans-says-black-families-were-a-lot-stronger-a-lot-more-unified-and-made-a-lot-more-progress-during-slavery-138748/
Dr. Tony Evans, the first African American to earn a doctorate in Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, chided black Americans recently for not taking responsibility for the breakdown of their families, declaring that "the white man is not making you do that." He also charged that black families were a lot stronger and made more progress during slavery....
"The biggest problem in black America today is the breakdown of the family the breakdown of the family is unraveling us as a community. When 70 percent plus of your children are being born out of wedlock and the fathers are not there to tend to them, you've got chaos in the community. That's crime, that's unemployment and most of these kids are going to be raised in poverty. And that's something we control," explained Evans.
He then made the reference to slavery to highlight the dire condition of the black family.
"The White man is not making you do that. He's not forcing you into that position. That's a convenient out. In slavery when we did not have laws on our side, the community on our side, the government on our side, the broader community on our side, our families were a lot stronger. We were a lot more unified and we made a lot more progress. We're going through regression right now and a lot of that is because of decision-making we are responsible for," said Evans.
Only one slave state, Louisiana, even allowed slave marriages. Married couples could still be bought and sold, but only as a unit. Progress!
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)for the slaves. Now they pay people minimum wage for their labor and folks have to try to provide those necessities themselves. I don't see much difference except this modern day slavery doesn't
care what color you are. Work for piss, live in poverty and don't piss off "Massa".
1939
(1,683 posts)"Freedom means you get to make the choice between working and starving."