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"Disparistan": What If black America was a country?
Marty Escarcega expressed precisely :
> On 11/4/2017 1:09 PM, Byker wrote: >> In a recent debate with a CNN contributor, the conservative radio talk-show >> host Larry Elder declared that €śif black America were a country, it would >> be >> the 15th-wealthiest country in the world.€ť: http://bit.ly/2zxrCGP >> >> His math proved incorrect, and his invocation of €śblack America€ť was >> followed by a refutation of the concept by a fellow black conservative. >> Shortly after Elders remarks, the Republican strategist Ron Christie >> argued >> that there is no such thing as "black America" and, further, that the very >> notion of it is antithetical €śto our national motto of E Pluribus Unum.€ť >> https://www.thedailybeast.com/theres...-black-america > > It is a complete nonsense to think of "black America" as a country. Black > Americans do as well as they do precisely because of their interaction with > what is mostly white America. They work in largely white-owned businesses. > They get the spillover effects of white effort. There is simply no way to > isolate blacks' economic life from whites. > We should have picked our own cotton. |
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"Disparistan": What If black America was a country?
On 11/4/2017 2:35 PM, Casa de los peregrinos wrote:
> Marty Escarcega expressed precisely : >> On 11/4/2017 1:09 PM, Byker wrote: >>> In a recent debate with a CNN contributor, the conservative radio >>> talk-show >>> host Larry Elder declared that €śif black America were a country, it >>> would be >>> the 15th-wealthiest country in the world.€ť: http://bit.ly/2zxrCGP >>> >>> His math proved incorrect, and his invocation of €śblack America€ť was >>> followed by a refutation of the concept by a fellow black conservative. >>> Shortly after Elders remarks, the Republican strategist Ron Christie >>> argued >>> that there is no such thing as "black America" and, further, that the >>> very >>> notion of it is antithetical €śto our national motto of E Pluribus Unum.€ť >>> https://www.thedailybeast.com/theres...-black-america >> >> It is a complete nonsense to think of "black America" as a country. >> Black Americans do as well as they do precisely because of their >> interaction with what is mostly white America.Â* They work in largely >> white-owned businesses. They get the spillover effects of white >> effort.Â*Â* There is simply no way to isolate blacks' economic life from >> whites. >> > > We should have picked our own cotton. forged. |
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