tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post8473835098296910339..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Racism and ClassismNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-72680209408967205822015-08-15T15:16:46.336-05:002015-08-15T15:16:46.336-05:00And, if this is all about money, I will return to ...And, if this is all about money, I will return to Mr. Bougie himself, Lawrence Otis Graham. <br /><br />Graham did a segment on Nightline about how he and his wife handle their children in trying to keep them from being profiled.<br /><br />Between him and his wife, they have FOUR HARVARD DEGREES. <br /><br /><br />https://youtu.be/EfeS-GYnuj0<br /><br />He ends his piece with, <b> " I just want to keep them ALIVE'</b><br /><br />Show me a White couple with Four Harvard Degrees that has EVER, expressed such a sentiment. rikyrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982657053583534299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-31390222512235728612015-08-15T15:08:17.031-05:002015-08-15T15:08:17.031-05:00Ben Carson disgusts me to no end. He disgusts me b...Ben Carson disgusts me to no end. He disgusts me because when he was coming up all those 'War On Poverty' Programs were the reason he was able to get what he has. Carson grew up on welfare. He went to school FREE. And, I mean through Medical School FREE. A promising poor Black kid TODAY, who is as smart as Carson, will incur upwards of 200k in student loans in order to become a doctor. Carson had 'trouble' when he was a teenager. But, people saw his ' promise', and gave him, chance after chance to prove himself and to show the potential that they saw in him. A kid today, with Carson's 'troubles', in today's 'zero tolerance' atmosphere, would be firmly ensconced in the SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE. The Ben Carson of 2015 would not be on his way to college, let alone medical school. He'd be on his way TO JAIL. <br /><br />Carson is a Clarence Thomas type. All the benefits from the work of others, and then chooses to pull up the ladder behind them, instead of lending a hand. <br /><br />That kind of Black person disgusts me to no end. rikyrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982657053583534299noreply@blogger.com