Reply #13: actually no... [View All]

Colin Powell has said he is for affirmative action and has said there is still a need for it in society(I agree with him 100%). As for Condi Rice, who I still have a lot of problems with(I admire her intelligence, loathe what she uses it for), while she was at Stanford as provost, I was there and there were a lot of affirmative action issues based on faculty hiring and tenure and she did not acquit herself well IMO. But I didn't like people accusing her of "not being black" because she didn't agree with them-that's crossing the line.

And as for them not talking about black issues unless it suits their political purposes, why limit it to them? Name any politician that doesn't only come to black people or get the spirit in a photogenic southern church when he or she needs their vote. Other that that, we are used as bogeymen by some groups to get the white suburban vote or seen as a guaranteed vote or a burden by other groups.

Maybe you should stick to just saying "Rice and Powell are working for people who don't give a damn about African American rights." That I agree with. That could start a decent conversation. Check yourself and drop the "jokes" unless you want the hook.