I had the unpleasant surprise of stumbling across a number of tweets that were quite racist on the 4th of July. One such tweet was from black comic/actor Chris Rock. The tweet said that the “slaves weren’t free but enjoy the fireworks.” A number of other blacks or uber-liberals also tweeted some pretty vulgar stuff about our flag, our country, and whites. I guess it’s time for a little lesson in history.
First of all, slavery was brought to this country by the British with the cooperation of several tribes in Africa. I know that it must come as a shock to all of you, but rival tribes would sell each other into slavery to the white men in boats. Apparently, one’s enemies in Africa become property to be sold, put into bondage, or even killed at the whims of whatever tribe conquered them. So the first step in the chain of slavery was facilitated by blacks themselves.
In America, if you read an HONEST history book (or books), you will discover that some blacks owned slaves themselves….black slaves. Our founding fathers knew that slavery was a blight on the United States, but the question became: how do you replace the economic reliance on slavery? Where do you get the labor in an agrarian society as replacements for who had been free to that point? Especially in the South with king cotton being such a labor-intensive product, how do you replace that system overnight?
Back then, those were legitimate questions. Ugly, yes, but nonetheless true. In 1861, a man named Abraham Lincoln became President of the United States and had enough reverence for God to disregard the common acceptance of slavery and decided to put an end to it. The question of slavery or no slavery was tearing the Union apart. Lincoln’s decision to end slavery would cost this nation over 600,000 dead, including Lincoln himself. Most of these dead were white! Lincoln had, however, before his death delivered an “Emancipation Proclamation” that started the process of freeing blacks.
The Ku KLUX Klan was formed out of remnants of Southern civil war survivors backed by the Democratic party. Yes, that’s right kiddies; it was the Democrats who intimidated, burned crosses, and killed blacks until Kennedy decided to get involved in civil rights. After Kennedy’s death, Lyndon Johnson picked up the Civil Rights Bll and signed it into law. Johnson, by the way, when he was Senate Majority leader during the Eisenhower Administration, had BLOCKED civil rights legislation put forth by Eisenhower.
There were white people who suffered injury and death standing alongside blacks in the South, fighting for your civil rights, Mr. Rock. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Robert Garrison and his lovely wife, Ruby, and talking to him about knowledge of something that intrigued me. He had been a Tuskeegee airmen, a Red Tail, a fighter pilot in World War II. His own country did not want him in the service of his country, but a whole bunch of very smart and determined black men not only became pilots but distinquished themselves for all of history.
I asked Dr Garrison and Ruby if they were still hurt by America’s attitude towards blacks, and honestly, they both admitted they still felt a little anger. (Who could really blame them)? I ask him what I could do, if anything, for him because of what he had done for this country. He said, “yes, there is… the next time you hear someone call a black person a ni…, please speak up and say something”. I just looked at him and said “OK.” He told me that he didn’t like black militancy because it didn’t achieve anything. I also got to listen to some pretty harrowing tales of fighter chases over the skies of Europe. I will always remember Dr. Robert and Ruby Garrison for their hospitality, their openness, and their honesty.
I have been called a “cracker,” a “honky”, and a few other multi-syllabic names by blacks in my life, but so what? If that is the extent of their vocabulary, then they can thank the Public Schools for that great education. I look at the life that you and Don Cheadle have, plus a whole bunch of other Hollywood types, and I don’t see where you have any room to complain? In fact, I know a lot of people who would gladly trade your life for theirs.
You people get paid a lot of money to make believe (act) and tell dirty jokes; so what REALLY is your complaint, Mr. Rock (or the rest of you)? This country was built by people of all colors, and all became Americans. If some of you blacks want to sit and cry about an institution (slavery) that ended about 160 years ago, then you enjoy your pity party. I know a whole lot of other people who are moving on that won’t be attending.
One more thing. Criticizing the policies and the character of the President of the United States is not racist. Being both incompetent and a liar have nothing whatsoever to do with skin color. It has to do with the makeup of the man, himself. May God bless this country and ALL her people. Next time, Mr. Rock, just enjoy the fireworks with your children and stop living in the past. Our common denominator is that our blood all flows red. Go stand at Arlington National Cemetery, and you’ll understand, maybe.
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WELL WELL:: Mr.Chris ROCK,OBAMA,HOLDER,JESSIE JACKSON,Al SHARPTON,And the rest of these damn BLACK Porch Monkeys need to GO OR BE SENT BACK TO THE JUNGLE WHERE THEY CAN FIGHT THE REST OF THE MONKEYS FOR BANNAS IF THEY FEEL IT IS SO DAMN BAD HERE. AND THERE IS NOT ONE BIT OF RACIST OR RACIAL HATE IN THIS STATEMENT JUST PURE FACT. IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT HERE GET THE HELL OUT.!!!
Unfortunately, there are a lot of dishonest brokers on ALL sides of the equation where the issue of “slavery” and race relations are concerned. On one side, you have the mind-set that “it was the white man who ‘done’ it” on one side, and on the other, those who categorically haven’t made to connection that this is still unfinished business, that MUST be faced by ALL of us. We must acknowledge, discussion, and form the correct conclusions to reach to right finish. Otherwise, we are ALL fooling ourselves. Apparently, there is something about “..One under God…”. I do hope so!
It is the responsibility of all Americans to question our Goverment !
I have faith in the people. I have faith in the fundamental Goodness in most people. Outside of those who are plain evil or bad, must of us know the difference between right and wrong.
I don’t know who MJNellett is, the author of this article. But I’ll say this, they haven’t read the right history books yet. And they are being WILLFULLY IGNORANT of many basic facts. You are NOT being objective in your writing, but subjective. While you have several things right in your article, you have just as many wrong. I suggest you read more history and then rewrite your article…..
Michael– Deo Vindicabamur
Chris Rock must have lost his mind ! Black maybe free to watch fireworks ,but they arenot really free. Chris has more rights then people in third world countrys .The problem is he don’t know what freedom is until he walked in the boots of our Military.Believe me we know the cost of freedom .Tell that to the friends left behind.
Just ONE example of where MJNellett is wrong is, WE ARE ALL SLAVES TODAY! Not just black people, but ALL people. We don’t have a single owner master but we are ALL slaves of the Federal Government. Think of the ways that the Federal Government now dictates your life to you, from the taxes you pay to what you can now eat, drink and even smoke. YOU do not own your own bodies! And you’re all owned for the ” Greater good of the people”!
MJNellett completely loses it when he claims Lincoln championed freeing the slaves. Maybe you try reading what Bill Cosby said about that remark.. Lincoln didn’t care one bit about slavery one way or the other, and the Emancipation Proclamation was nothing more than a political and economic move to help destroy the South in an illegal war. The EP never freed a slave anywhere, specifically in the North and the North never freed any slaves until after the 13th Amendment forced them to do so.
MJNellett, you are ignorant! Read some more history….
You have no business having article posted here…
Michael– Deo Vindicabamur
You are VERY WRONG. Lincoln did not believe in slavery and the Emancipation Proclamation most assuredly freed many slaves. The EP was written for the good of the slaves and for political reasons – they went hand-in-hand. YOU should do an in-depth study of slavery before you make such stupid claims on a public forum.
@daylakyel
Here we go again….. sigh…
Another –knowit-all– who thinks he has brains but has no sense…
From Lincoln’s own 1st Inaugural Address:
“I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.”
continued
“Those who nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that I had made this and many similar declarations and had never recanted them;…”
And here he is saying he believes any runaway slave SHOULD be returned to their master.
“There is much controversy about the delivering up of fugitives from service or labor. The clause I now read is as plainly written in the Constitution as any other of its provisions:
No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall in consequence of any law or regulation therein be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.”
Lincoln claims that as an elected official he swears to this:
“It is scarcely questioned that this provision was intended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what we call fugitive slaves; and the intention of the lawgiver is the law. All members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution—to this provision as much as to any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves whose cases come within the terms of this clause “shall be delivered up” their oaths are unanimous. Now, if they would make the effort in good temper, could they not with nearly equal unanimity frame and pass a law by means of which to keep good that unanimous oath?”
Here’s the biggy!
Lincoln is referencing the “Corwin Amendment”, the original 13th Amendment, if it had passed. If the SOuthern States would just sign they would be guaranteed the rights to FOREVER keep the institution of slavery! Actually it was bribe in which the Northern States promised continued and uninterrupted institutions of slavery IF the South would submit to a National tariff and tax rate of app. 97%, meaning the South would have to pay app. 97% of the Federal taxes. I wonder why the South didn’t sign on the dotted line if slavery meant so much to them. And regardless if they signed or not Lincoln goes on to say the SOuth is gonna pay those tariff and tax rates REGARDLESS!
“I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution—which amendment, however, I have not seen—has passed Congress, to the effect that the Federal Government shall never interfere with the domestic institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service. To avoid misconstruction of what I have said, I depart from my purpose not to speak of particular amendments so far as to say that, holding such a provision to now be implied constitutional law, I have no objection to its being made express and irrevocable.”
Lincoln goes on to say that the South can pay peacefully or they WILL be forced. Fort Sumter/ Fort Moultrie South Carolina was to be a Federal tariff and tax collecting station for the North, even after South Carolina seceded.
OK hotshot, how bout a few quotes from vampire Lincoln himself, sense you are so smart.
1: You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem
willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight you, then exclusively
to save the Union.
2: My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is
not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union
without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by
freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing
some and leaving others alone I would also do that.
3: “I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the
institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have
no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.”
From an election speech.”
“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.”
Lincoln in a letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862.
Lincoln NEVER campaigned on freeing the slaves. You will not see it in his campaign.
Want more?
Do know that slavery was legal under the US Constitution. It is stated so. Do you want the specific reference and cite? This means slavery cannot legally be abolished by war or ANY proclamation as that would be unconstitutional. It takes the Rile of Law with Due Process to end slavery. Accordingly Lincoln broke the US Constitution by his proclamation. Nor were any slaves freed in the North until after the ratification of the 13th Amendment you have today.
Bubba, you picked the wrong fella to cross!
Michael– Deo Vindicabamur
Derriere pit – YOU picked the wrong person to cross. Yes, I absolutely do know that slavery was legal under the Constitution. I also know that Lincoln didn’t write the Constitution, and that the EP had its question of Constitutionality. I’m very familiar with all the citations you made in your post. I am also familiar with other opinions of President Lincoln. He stated firmly on many occasions that he personally did not believe in slavery, and he never owned any slaves. His primary concern was that of holding the Union together – above anything else. I am not going to argue with a dont-know-it-all like you.
@daylakyel
Well, if you know all them things you listed, then you should know it isn’t about slavery. But of course you now CHANGE your position and mind and say Lincoln’s primary concern was saving the union! So, can’t you make up your mind? First it slavery and now it is saving the union…. Which is it? I already know it wasn’t slavery, you didn’t by your claims, and I listed Lincoln’s PUBLIC cites referencing this. What he says in private is his own business and is NOT as subject to historical critiquing. What Lincoln actually said for his official stance can only be used in reference to how well he followed such publicly spoken statements and promises/vows…etc… and I wrote my response in context citing and referencing Lincoln.
Now if you wish to pursue Lincoln’s self-righteous in saving the union, I can defeat that assertion also. One statement by Lincoln goes far against him in this assertion. Lincoln said, “In saving the union I have DESTROYED the Republic.” So what’s more important; Saving the union or saving the Republic? Can’t have both….. What good is a union without a Republic? And what good is a Republic without a union? Doesn’t matter if you have a union or not, as it’s not important. What is important is in having a Republic in order to have Rule of Law, which *supposed* to be the basis of governing everyone equally according to the written laws, presidents included, and you don’t need a union for that! What Lincoln done was he committed treason by breaking the US Constitution which in effect destroyed the Republic. And Lincoln admitted that he done this!
Don’t feel bad, as I do this by second nature. I’ve debated these points so many times I’ve lost count. Professors of history and political science fairs no better against me, and I’ve debated quiet a few of them.. Just it gets aggravating to see the same ole lame excuses time after time and no matter how times, I win the debates, all of them. Yet I still get these same responses from people such as yourself, saying the same ole memorized cliches. People just never learn….
Regardless, I’m simply here to tell ya’ll you’ve lost your country and it was because of ole Abe that you did. You’ve got a couple of months left to enjoy yourselves… maybe…. There’s no getting it back either, nor should you get it back as you people don’t deserve it in one piece. Actually you stole it…. I guess you could say, you’re getting what you pay for, or your paying for what you took…
Just giving you something to think about as you see your country self-destruct in the coming months….
Michael– Deo Vindicabamur
Hangman
Do you really mean to compare the condition of Black Americans, to third world people, living under total abject poverty, and facing a life of fear, under a tyrannical dictator? Sorry, just realised, mine is a rhetorical question.
Chris Rock is an anti white racist!
You may want to add that the very first slave owner in America was a man by the name of Johnson, a black man.
Chris Rock is being used.
Lets not go down the road where fiction becomes fact and visa versa. We’ve had enough of that under this fake administration. with that fake, con-artist “Barack Obama”.
I can’t believe you didn’t think this would come out of chris rocks mouth, I cannot believe you didn’t know this little pos, has always been a racist……………you better wake up and smell the roses, cause he’s been a horse@$$ all his adult life, I cannot imagine where the hell you have had your head, I can only guess and it’s below your waste!!
I can’t believe you didn’t think this would come out of chris rocks mouth, I cannot believe you didn’t know this little pos, has always been a racist……………you better wake up and smell the roses, cause he’s been a horse@$$ all his adult life, I cannot imagine where the hell you have had your head, I can only guess and it’s below your waste!!
I have recently been exploring my past via Ancestry.com and I found some interesting things out about my family that really reshapes the way I view Chris Rock today. What I found was that both sides of my family, Mother’s and Father’s, excepting one Seneca “princess”, initially came from England and Scotland. Every one of those immigrants, some seven (7) generations back, came to this country and continued through the generations to mine coal. Yep, up to seven generations and they were all coal miners. Try as I might, I could not find a single solitary slave owner amongst any of the family. It was my family that was doing all the dirty, back breaking work. They came to America to seek that American dream, and they found it. They worked their butts off throughout their lives to provide for themselves and their family, and to provide energy for this country to grow.
The question I am left with is: why do the likes of Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton and the rest of these Black bigots demand that I support their congregations just because I am not black. I, being one with this country – my family certainly having paid its dues, do not need people of highly questionable morals and character such as this telling me how to live my life.
I used to enjoy listening to Chris Rock , occasionally. Now with his totally senseless vitriol, I am learning to dispise Chris Rock. Where does someone like this, who so far as I know has contributed nothing of value to the country, get off criticizing people who have never caused him harm and have provided him quite a good living? I grew up essentially color blind with regard to skin color – except we all tried hard as kids to darken our skin in the summer. Believe me, since the advent of the Obama Administration and its racist policies, that attitude is becoming harder and harder to sustain.
The bottom line here: Stop blaming your feelings of inadaquacy on me and my country. I have my own problems along those lines as almost everyone in the world has. You are certainly not alone in feeling that other people don’t like you. You may be right or not, but stop blaming me for it. I am not responsible for it, and neither was my family, EVER. My family worked their butts off to help this country grow strong and provide a place for others, maybe like you, to do the same. Get to work and stop the blame game.
It should be added that it was DEMOCRATIC Governor Faubus of Georgia who brought out the National Guard to PREVENT a black girl from attending a previously all-white school. But it was REPUBLICAN President Eisenhower who brought in the Army to allow her to attend.
Well, Chris, I will admit that you and all those who wail and bemoan evils done 160 years ago – on BOTH sides of the ocean – are “Slaves” … “SLAVES TO YOUR OWN HATRED”!
BTW, did you know that those same AFRICAN BLACKS who sold their fellow blacks to the Americas had been selling blacks to Europe and the Muslim Middle East since the SEVENTH CENTURY! SO, if you think about it, the phrase “Black Muslim” is as logical as a “Jewish Nazi”.
aS A KID, BEING BROUGHT UP IN THE D.C. AREA MANY YEARS AGO, IT WAS A THRILL TO GO DOWN WITH THE FAMILY TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS AT THE WASH. MONUMENT ELIPSE…IT WAS SPECTAULAR.
tHEN THE BLACKS STARTED KNIFING THE WHITES IN THE BACK AMONG THE PRESSING AND CROWDED MASSES AS THEY MOVED IN AND OUT OF THE DISPLAY AREA.
nEXT TELEVISED 4TH, AT THE NATIONS CAPITOL, NOTICE THE CAMERA CONSPICUOUSLY AVOIDS ANY SHOTS OF THE CROWD IN A ATTENDANCE THERE, BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A WHITE FACE ANYWHERE AMONG THE SEA OF BLACKS.
Lincoln foresaw the harm that would occur if slavery was abruptly abolished but he did want to end it. His goal was to approach the situation in an intelligent, gradual, gentle way. Democrat Stephen A. Douglas ruined the chances of this when he RAMMED THRU CONGRESS the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The Kansas-Nebraska Act rejected the Missouri Compromise and made the issue of slavery a matter of popular sovereignty, declaring that territories could be admitted to the Union with or without slavery, depending on the Constitution voted for by the people at the time. Its fundamental error is that it tried to change the slavery question from a moral issue to one that could be settled by a vote or choice of the people. The Missouri Compromise excluded slavery from the Louisiana Territory north of the latitude line 36 30′ and permitted south of it. (From Christ and the Americas by Anne W. Carroll – a real history text book)