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Friday, July 17, 2009

Hearing Black?

ListeningThis blog is one I recently posted on American Thinker, and I wanted to share this with you.  If you enjoy it, then you will likely enjoy my book, The BIG Black Lie.  I hope you invest in it.

A black guy in his mid-20's named Mike called into a radio show the other day, and he commented that "black people don't hear things the same way whites do."  We blacks apparently  "hear black."

So blacks don't hear the statement "Take me back to the good ol' days" the same way as whites.  Blacks are not nostalgic at all about "the good ol' days", and believe this to be "code" for taking blacks back to the bondage of slavery.

To illustrate his point, Mike said that when he was in the second-grade, he and his classmates had listened to Reagan one evening, and Reagan commented that America should go back to its "glorious past."  The next day at school all the black kids were crying, and asked their teacher, "Is Reagan was going to make black people slaves again?"  Neither Mike nor his classmates had ever experienced slavery, so he seemed to go a long way back to consider the good ol' days.  And why blame Reagan?

My upbringing was different.  I never had learned to "hear black."  So when I hear of going back to the good ol' days, I think of being a carefree kid and having the loving support of my family.  I would get out of school, take the bus home (about 15 miles), where my grandfather was usually waiting to take me and my brother fishing.  Read more here...
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8 comments:

Most Rev. Gregori said...

I suppose that different people will always "hear" just what they want to hear. But like you, the good ol' days means a time of carefree a childhood and endless summer days, also, in my case, it also takes me back to when my sons were all just happy little kids without a care in the world.

drjim said...

Kevin, I just received your book a few days ago, and I'm up to about page 50.
Pretty interesting so far, and I'm looking forward to finishing it. I even put aside Mark Levine's book to read yours!
Good job, I hope it sells well.
Jim

Readwriteblue said...

Very well said. Why is it we spend so much time focused on our differences and not on what we have in common? Our childhoods ran in parallel lines: carefree, strong families, and now another family has broken down.

The Black Sphere said...

@Rev - I agree. Bring back those days for me!

The Black Sphere said...

@DrJim - Smart man for pre-empting Levin! Just kidding! But thanks!

The Black Sphere said...

@Read - Ain't that the truth. What amazes me when people write to me is how different we are, yet how much they relate to me.

onceokie said...

Recently discovered your site. You have class and are down to earth. Yep, i miss the good ol' days on bicycles, dodge ball, and skating. Oh yea, and not worrying about my future. Obama scares the dickens out of me, i worry now. I will be glad when they reveal his secrets, and throw him out of office.

The Black Sphere said...

@onceokie - Thanks for the comment. I hope you check out my book on Amazon, as it is much the same as the blog, just with a bit more satire and humor! http://www.amazon.com/BIG-Black-Lie-Learned-Democrat/dp/061530222X