Hmmm.. a contraversial title, to be sure. I've not seen the interview you mention, but a different picture is gleaned from the reviews @: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/158642033X
-j- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jon Gabriel > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:42 PM > To: Brin-L > Subject: Re: New Game: "Life as a Black Man" > > > >From: "Gary Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 17:55:24 -0400 > > > > > >Sometimes I just have to shake my head and ask myself, "what > the hell > >are these people thinking?" > > > >Maybe some day, people like the inventor of this game, will > instead put > >their creative energy into ideas and programs that will not make > >minority children grow up with the perpetual "victim" > mindset. As long > >as Affirmative Action, Slave Reparations and similar ideals exist, > >there will be no true equality or freedom. > > You could argue a convincing case that victims of the > Holocaust (Jewish or > otherwise) still have a mindset founded in persecution and > victimhood. > Black people in this country weren't "Negroes" and worse more than a > generation ago in most areas. Yes, a game like this > perpetuates stereotypes > and the culture of the victim, but we may not be that far > away from those > bad old days as you might think. It may raise awareness towards the > possible existence of a current societal problem > > Speaking of the bad old days: listen to the current and past > speeches of > Louis Farrakhan, Khalil Mohammed and Al Sharpton. Listen to > speeches given > by Jesse Jackson 10-15 years ago. They aren't preaching > love, peace and the > American dream. They's preaching anti-white hate and hatred > and disrespect > of any and all "White" (or, to be more accurate, "non-Black") > authority. By > deferring responsibility for their followers they also > contribute to the > culture of victimhood. > > Kishore Mahbubani, a Singaporean who is/was a fellow at > Harvard's Center for > International Affairs and is currently a Singapore diplomat > and ambassador > to the UN, just published a book entitled: "Can Asians > Think?" According to > an interview I read with him recently, he believes that they > can't, based on > some disastrous political-socio-economic choices made by > various Asian > nations over the last thousand years. Unreal. Can you > imagine the uproar > in this country if someone wrote a book entitled, "Can > Catholics Think?" or > "Blacks", or "Jews" or "Muslims?" We'd lynch them. > > The book may be quite interesting, but I'm not exactly going > to buy and read > it on the train between Queens and Manhattan... I'd be killed. > > Jon > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com >
