[The Reaper]

Okay, I am a white man with an opinion about race, so I understand that automatically makes me a racist to some.

Taylor was a thug, led a thug lifestyle, and died like a thug, likely at the hands of another thug. The real surprise here is that someone would actually say it publicly.

I seriously doubt that the killer looked like Joe Gibbs.

The elephant in the room nobody mentions is that over 50 percent of crime in the US is committed by blacks, 80 percent of crimes against blacks are committed by other blacks, and over 90 percent of all homicides against blacks are committed by other blacks.

You take a demographic with an extremely high number of kids without fathers in their lives (which pretty much equals poverty, as a single or no wage earner), put them in government housing, living in poverty, on welfare, in close contact with criminals and substance abusers; expose them to high crime rates, little or no educational involvement by the parent or guardian, denigrating academic success or achievement, low expectations, deification of sports and entertainment celebrities of dubious character, and a constant bombardment of music full of anti-establishment, racist, misogynistic, hate-speech, praising criminal activity and exhorting listeners to commit further criminal acts, and wrap that all up in a neat package, what do you expect the inevitable outcome to be? That anyone escapes to succeed in life is a miracle and a testament to man's ability ot overcome his environment.

This lifestyle is an affront to decent black Americans who are trying to make a good life for themselves and their families. This cycle will be hard to break, and impossible for anyone outside the community to influence. To hear a few voices like Bill Cosby, Alvin Toussaint, and Jason Whitlock speak out is quite refreshing, and reminds me of the courage that a small number of American patriots must have felt when they first stood up and decried the British occupation of this country, knowing that most of their fellow citizens opposed them.

When I was growing up on the farm, we had a family of black sharecroppers living in a tenant house. No indoor plumbing. Dirt poor. The couple was married and had six kids. The father and mother worked hard at other jobs before coming home to work the farm and raise their kids. They had high standards and high expectations for their kids. They asked for nothing from the government but an opportunity, and they took no charity. They saved their money and eventually bought a small house just up the road from the farm. Every child worked hard in school and at home, and they all went to college. None of them went to jail. They all found good jobs. They all got married before having kids. They all live in nice neighborhoods and raised their own kids properly. They are good people, good neighbors, and good friends. Is this a fairy tale these days?

Race baiters and extorters like Jesse and Al do little to better the lives of their flocks, and IMHO, are given far too much credibility by the MSM as spokepeople for their race, as if it were monolithic and they had been elected by huge majorities. One day, people are going to decide that they have had enough of their crap and speak out against them and their alleged representation of the black community, and turn on them. There is a growing black middle class in this country, and the race baiters and Democratic party need to wake up and realize that this is the only path with a future of freedom and choices. The gangster and thug lifestyles will continue to lead to an early grave and/or incarceration.

Just my opinion, as I see it, YMMV.

TR