 20 Apr 2007 @ 20:22, by Unknown
Comparing the "covert totalitarianism" of the "liberal welfare state" to that of the Soviet Union, Keyes expose the "betrayal" of "the special moral identity of black Americans" by the established civil rights groups, which demand that the Feds materially succor the community, a reflex that Keyes believes mires people, and especially the black community, in "perpetual supplication." In his prescription, empowerment comes from the self, not subsidy programs.
It's a good thing now that besides Keyes (or Bill Cosby - bless his heart) more people, like Oprah, are speaking out. Far more than just about race the book really take appart the basic nature of the modern liberal mind. It explains why liberals are so seldom engaged with reality in a useful way, but are instead focused upon posturing instead of taking responsibility for their own life.
Thus, affirmative action only attracts negative thoughts vibrations. It leaves Whites in charge and promotes racist thinking on their part ("Blacks are so dumb that we have to lower our standards to accommodate them") and leaves Blacks angry because they feel that the Black opportunist leadership has sold them out.
Against the economic determinism of the slave system, in which the worth of a man was simply what he could be sold for, the enslaved blacks asserted the idea of the intrinsic worth and personal moral autonomy, the moment of real personal emancipation came when they took responsibility for their lives and with their willingness to create their own reality by assuming moral responsibility for their own actions.
It is deeply sad to see liberal America unable even to consider the possibility that, nowadays as in these times, black men and women will choose to pursue lives of personal responsibilty in accord with the deepest principles of revealed truth, the possibility that black men and women's happiness lies in their own hands.
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