Comments on: Enough Is Enough Is Enough http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:49:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Press http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-93610 John Press Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:45:00 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough/#comment-93610 We are amongst the least racist countries ever. We had hundreds of thousands die to stop slavery. Islam had slavery for longer than us. In the history of the world, only Britain and the U.S. had huge efforts to stop slavery. Celebrate the West. If we denigrate the West - the only culture to stand up against slavery - and it falls, slavery could well come back. Instead of humiliating our country, we should celebrate being the least racist and most anti-slavery culture ever. We should celebrate Western Abolition month! www.culturism.us We are amongst the least racist countries ever. We had hundreds of thousands die to stop slavery. Islam had slavery for longer than us. In the history of the world, only Britain and the U.S. had huge efforts to stop slavery. Celebrate the West. If we denigrate the West – the only culture to stand up against slavery – and it falls, slavery could well come back. Instead of humiliating our country, we should celebrate being the least racist and most anti-slavery culture ever. We should celebrate Western Abolition month!

http://www.culturism.us

]]> By: Ron http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-93579 Ron Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:03:06 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough/#comment-93579 Don’t worry, nobody is sorry for JACK! They aren’t sorry for the apartheid system they affectionately call Jim Crow, either. They aren’t sorry for using and abusing black labor to amass the wealth that they are still living on today. They aren’t sorry for cheating sharecroppers, they aren’t sorry for disenfranchising American citizens and subverting the Constitution; they aren’t sorry for the Peon labor system; they aren’t sorry for the Black Codes; they aren’t sorry for insuring the lives of slaves (as long as the money went to the white slaveholder), while saying free black men and women were uninsurable; they aren’t sorry for red lining your property and not giving black veterans of WWII the same federal housing loans that they gave their white counterparts; they aren’t sorry for anything. It’s an empty apology. Don’t worry, nobody is sorry for JACK! They aren’t sorry for the apartheid system they affectionately call Jim Crow, either. They aren’t sorry for using and abusing black labor to amass the wealth that they are still living on today. They aren’t sorry for cheating sharecroppers, they aren’t sorry for disenfranchising American citizens and subverting the Constitution; they aren’t sorry for the Peon labor system; they aren’t sorry for the Black Codes; they aren’t sorry for insuring the lives of slaves (as long as the money went to the white slaveholder), while saying free black men and women were uninsurable; they aren’t sorry for red lining your property and not giving black veterans of WWII the same federal housing loans that they gave their white counterparts; they aren’t sorry for anything. It’s an empty apology.

]]> By: Daniel http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-93540 Daniel Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:19:55 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough/#comment-93540 This sort of reminds me of the Kids in the Hall bit where Bruce is forced to apologize for cancer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3oDtgBzMJE This sort of reminds me of the Kids in the Hall bit where Bruce is forced to apologize for cancer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3oDtgBzMJE

]]> By: Dooz http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-93504 Dooz Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:13:45 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough/#comment-93504 La Shawn, in light of #14, I have to chime in on the apology/reparations issue. If this is going to happen, I also want to see my Dutch ancestors compensated by my English ancestors. My Dutch ancestors came to the New World, built a successful colony, and then one day found themselves British subjects, ridiculed by the beneficiaries of all their hard work (called "John Cheese" for their blond hair and appetite for cheese--in Dutch that's something like Jan Kaese [yon kay suh], which likely is the source of Yankee). We Dutch want nothing less than the return of New York City! Okay, if that rant doesn't show the silliness of apology, I don't know what does. BTW, Katrina, that's a Dutch name; are you Dutch? La Shawn, in light of #14, I have to chime in on the apology/reparations issue. If this is going to happen, I also want to see my Dutch ancestors compensated by my English ancestors. My Dutch ancestors came to the New World, built a successful colony, and then one day found themselves British subjects, ridiculed by the beneficiaries of all their hard work (called “John Cheese” for their blond hair and appetite for cheese–in Dutch that’s something like Jan Kaese [yon kay suh], which likely is the source of Yankee).

We Dutch want nothing less than the return of New York City!

Okay, if that rant doesn’t show the silliness of apology, I don’t know what does.

BTW, Katrina, that’s a Dutch name; are you Dutch?

]]> By: Dooz http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-93503 Dooz Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:06:40 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough/#comment-93503 #7: Andy, you're just saying that because of your name-bias! :) Seriously, though Amos 'n' Andy were egregious stereotypes (actually, Kingfish and Andy were; Amos was quite mainstream), my point, which you evidently got was that the newer shows are even worse stereotypes and foul as well. Your point is well taken (and deserves repeating) that at least Amos 'n' Andy were clean and funny. #7: Andy, you’re just saying that because of your name-bias! :)

Seriously, though Amos ‘n’ Andy were egregious stereotypes (actually, Kingfish and Andy were; Amos was quite mainstream), my point, which you evidently got was that the newer shows are even worse stereotypes and foul as well.

Your point is well taken (and deserves repeating) that at least Amos ‘n’ Andy were clean and funny.

]]> By: katrina http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-93497 katrina Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:40:54 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough/#comment-93497 i love you lashawn but if i hear you complain about this subject again i may barf. i'm not asking for an apology but i sure as heck ain't gonna complain when it's given. a christian sister in atl i love you lashawn but if i hear you complain about this subject again i may barf. i’m not asking for an apology but i sure as heck ain’t gonna complain when it’s given.

a christian sister in atl

]]> By: The Lunch Counter http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-93495 The Lunch Counter Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:29:45 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough/#comment-93495 If you’ve ever thought enough is enough about something, don’t worry, you’re in great company. This weekend is Enough is Enough weekend, brainchild of Rev. Delman Coates... If you’ve ever thought enough is enough about something, don’t worry, you’re in great company. This weekend is Enough is Enough weekend, brainchild of Rev. Delman Coates…

]]> By: gecko57 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-93472 gecko57 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:17:47 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough/#comment-93472 We all know that unless it impacts the bottomline ($) nothing will move any business to change. We all know that unless it impacts the bottomline ($) nothing will move any business to change.

]]> By: John http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-93461 John Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:01:45 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough/#comment-93461 As a white dude, I never got the stereotype mentality until I read the website http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/menu.htm It's generally written in a Black supremacist manner, but the perspective was priceless in educating me as to about what so many were up in arms. It also depressed the heck out of me that this stuff actually was disseminated. Obviously both races have to dance together to solidify this crap, but dear God, what were they thinking? Couldn't they see the endgame? As a white dude, I never got the stereotype mentality until I read the website http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/menu.htm

It’s generally written in a Black supremacist manner, but the perspective was priceless in educating me as to about what so many were up in arms. It also depressed the heck out of me that this stuff actually was disseminated. Obviously both races have to dance together to solidify this crap, but dear God, what were they thinking? Couldn’t they see the endgame?

]]> By: thomas http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-93455 thomas Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:44:26 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough/#comment-93455 i'd like to know what the good revs. sharpton and jackson have to say about this. i’d like to know what the good revs. sharpton and jackson have to say about this.

]]> By: fred jackson http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-93452 fred jackson Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:25:53 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough/#comment-93452 it is enough.. but not with losers like jesse jackson jr. who thinks that politicans don't do enough and don't cry enough for blacks when it comes things like katrina.. oof... i can't stand obama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNrlSn7ndAA&feature=user it is enough.. but not with losers like jesse jackson jr. who thinks that politicans don’t do enough and don’t cry enough for blacks when it comes things like katrina..

oof… i can’t stand obama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNrlSn7ndAA&feature=user

]]> By: Mark La Roi http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-93451 Mark La Roi Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:46:26 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough/#comment-93451 They make a strong point about the support of artists/music/images that denigrate blacks over other groups. Heck, anybody who buys certain Hip Hop music is doing exactly that no matter the color of the buyers skin. They make a strong point about the support of artists/music/images that denigrate blacks over other groups. Heck, anybody who buys certain Hip Hop music is doing exactly that no matter the color of the buyers skin.

]]> By: Andy http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-93449 Andy Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:42:37 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough/#comment-93449 That "Enough is Enough" theme was taken up by Black Enterprise for the Nov 07, Dec 07 & Jan 08 issues, spearheaded by powerful editorials by publisher Earl Graves. Definitely a must read for the interested. My only comment to BE is what took you so long? The handwriting was on the wall ever since the ascendecy of gangsta culture programming on BET some 10 - 15 years ago. Dooz, with regards to Amos n Andy; at least they were really funny compared to today's trash-coms. That “Enough is Enough” theme was taken up by Black Enterprise for the Nov 07, Dec 07 & Jan 08 issues, spearheaded by powerful editorials by publisher Earl Graves. Definitely a must read for the interested.

My only comment to BE is what took you so long? The handwriting was on the wall ever since the ascendecy of gangsta culture programming on BET some 10 – 15 years ago.

Dooz, with regards to Amos n Andy; at least they were really funny compared to today’s trash-coms.

]]> By: Tyrone http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-93448 Tyrone Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:33:23 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough/#comment-93448 I never was a slave. I'm not currently a slave. I don't plan on being a slave. Just thought I throw that in. Liberalism truly is a mental disorder. ENOUGH IS TRULY ENOUGH!!!! I never was a slave.
I’m not currently a slave.
I don’t plan on being a slave.

Just thought I throw that in. Liberalism truly is a mental disorder. ENOUGH IS TRULY ENOUGH!!!!

]]> By: jb http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-93444 jb Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:20:17 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/01/09/enough-is-enough/#comment-93444 As I was laid low with cedar fever this week, I watched the tube. I had never even heard of "I Love New York-[Tiffany]" and was stunned. At first, I was fascinated in a bizarre kind of a way [in light of what this says about our culture]that these were real people but as the episode went on, I was repelled by the filth and had to turn it off. On another note...While I support the goals of Enough is Enough, I do not support invading people's neighborhoods. To me, this is the kind of bullying that is so endemic on the left and it punishes the innocent. As I was laid low with cedar fever this week, I watched the tube. I had never even heard of “I Love New York-[Tiffany]” and was stunned. At first, I was fascinated in a bizarre kind of a way [in light of what this says about our culture]that these were real people but as the episode went on, I was repelled by the filth and had to turn it off.

On another note…While I support the goals of Enough is Enough, I do not support invading people’s neighborhoods. To me, this is the kind of bullying that is so endemic on the left and it punishes the innocent.

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