Limbaugh: Because of Great Society, War on Poverty programs, black fathers "found it necessary not to stay home"
November 24, 2009 4:12 pm ET
From the November 24 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
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Limbaugh mentions one, but there are more factors, such as jobs leaving black communities, and a culture of hopelessness that promotes self destructive behaviors (some of the elements of hip-hop culture, for instance).
Also, I don't hear many country or rock songs that encourage criminal acts in the way that rap music does. I'm a fan of rap music, but I'm not going to pretend that it is not overly violent.
And your implication, by the way, is that you, being white, recognize that crime isn't okay when you listen to rap, but black people somehow don't understand it, and that's why their communities are going to seed.
And lastly, this is probably the most violent song ever written, and it's by a white guy. Next.
And I'm black. I'm saying that I'm sick of young black kids hearing such crap, and since many have no fathers in the home, they hear such things and think that that is a representation of authentic blackness. I've seen it too many times.
Sighing and shaking my head.
Why would you continue to embarrass yourself with nearly every post you make? Have you no shame? Or common sense?
You are.
I tend to lean conservative, so to some, anything I say HAS to be wrong.
Sure, some of the social programs help (a bit) but often such programs cause people to become dependent on the government.
Of course you're right in your refutation of Limbaugh's utterly racist and ignorant statement, but bringing up the tangible progressive legislative victories under Johnson hurts my soul.
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Any "progressive" suggestions on alleviating this social ill?
I'm sure conservatives would be up in arms if the president were to promote policies that took the right of American companies to export jobs overseas away from private companies.
Lower socioeconomic class for any skin color often predisposes one to crime, gangs, higher dropout rate, violence, prison, unstable marriages, broken homes, premature death, poorer healthcare, etc. Thus, it is a sequence of events and we are slowly breaking from the cycle but if one is disadvantaged based on skin color in the 60s or 70s from college admissions they obviously don't go to college and get a lower paying job. If one is disadvantaged based on skin color for job applications, they obviously get a lower paying job. And thus, are placed in a lower socioeconomic class, live in poorer neighborhoods and are predisposed to one or many of what i mentioned above many of which also lowers the chance of finding a decent job. And this is not centuries ago. Again, we are talking about people who are in their 40s and 50s who were likely at a significant disadvantage and such racism is still somewhat prevelant in some communities to this day. I Hope that helps explain it. I did the best I could in this forum.