I don' think I could have said it any better than in this article. I cannot agree more with Mr. Cline's comments. There is a hypocracy on the part of those on the left that it makes me want to shout from every rooftop - when is this going to stop? There are two conclusions that I have come up with to explain this outlandish behavior and the first is thhis, the left loves to shy away from comments by the likes of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Spike Lee, Cynthia McKinney (more about her next) Maxine Waters, et al., because they are afraid that if they continue race baiting their their jobs are secure and if they don't then Afican Americans will have to do what other Americans do everyday - go about their daily lives and continue to contribute as do evey other American. And by the way, I hate the made up name African-American they same way I hate every other hypenated name. But more on that in another article.

The second and more overarching reason is this - white guilt. I posit that white guilt became evident shortly after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., when whites, along with blacks, felt that blacks couldn't do if for themselves anymore so they needed assistance in getting a leg up from gulity whites. Guilty whites saw their role as avenging the wrongs of not only white slave traders; continually leaving out the very important point that if it wern't for blacks helping to sell the slaves the slave trade may not have happened. Because of this "white guilt" they think they should dig their heels in and give into, or worse, stay silent when hateful, whiny, reparations begging comments are made by people who feel that something is owed to them. Nothing is owed to the black community other than respect. Nothing is owed to the black community for the ills of slavery other than to never let it happen again. The old canard that America owes blacks because they were brought here in chains is a bunch of crock.

What is owed to the blcak community is this - a demand that you fulfill the American dream of pulling themselves up by their bootstraps and make something of themselves. And no it doesn't mean being the next Michael Jordan. It means gaining a good education, without affirmative action, getting a good paying job and making a simple life your self. I don't see what else American can do.