Mes Deux Cents: Link-O-Rama: Cool White Chick Heads NAACP and The Black KKK

Monday, December 10, 2007

Link-O-Rama: Cool White Chick Heads NAACP and The Black KKK

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Georgetown's White NAACP President

Jason Whitlock on the Black KKK

The Blog Crush Dilemma

Looking For Black Fashion Models This December? Fagitaboutit!

4 comments:

Ehav Ever said...: This comment on the Black KKK article I think speaks the loudest to me.

No disrespect to Taylor, but he controlled the way he would be remembered by the way he lived. His immature, undisciplined behavior with his employer, his run-ins with law enforcement, which included allegedly threatening a man with a loaded gun, and the fact a vehicle he owned was once sprayed with bullets are all pertinent details when you've been murdered.; December 10, 2007 at 6:42 PM
Mes Deux Cents said...: Ehav,

But what did his previous problems have to do with him being killed? One of the guys who has been arrested did some yard work for him and another had been to his house for a birthday party. So it had nothing to do with him. He was just home at the wrong time.

Also Greg left another comment for you on the Hill and Barack don't have a chance post.; December 10, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Ehav Ever said...: Hey MDC,

You have to go to the part of the article right before the quote. It deals with complaints made by the "black" press about Taylor's past being brought up. Jason Whitlock's point is that Taylor's life is what caused the media to bring up his past now that he is dead.

I.e. if a person wants to be remembered for the good they did, then there are certain actions that they need to not involve themselves in.

I think the other point is that when a person lives a certain lifestyle it brings something along with it. As an example, my rabbi in New York once said that Am Yisrael (The people of Israel) have no luck so to speak. What we have is this. When a Jew lives by the commandments of God whether things are good or bad, there is a order to have to deal with those realities. Whether good or bad times come we can deal with them based on the foundation that has been passed down to us knowing that in the end God wins, and when He wins we win. That is how our people have been able to survive centuries of persecutions, and even when things were there darkest many Jews still clung to faith.

Yet, when a Jew doesn't live by the Torah ANYTHING can happen. Essentially that Jew lives by chance, where the directives that normally can be brought before God and dealt with in the realm of faith no longer apply. It is like saying your best friend out of no where becoming your worst enemy. Your spouse leaving you for no reason. Your car gets totaled, etc. all in the same day. Without a moral compass these things can completely devastate a person.

It also works the reverse. When good things happen we can handle these things with the proper stride and humility needed. Take Torah out of the picture and wealth can either be handled properly or improperly without any real guidance in what is spiritually empowering.

So back to Taylor. When he began to live his life in the way that he did, it is like he was waving a flag for trouble to come his way. Almost like picking up hitch hikers who look like Michael Myers, Jason, and Freddie Kruger.

So what I am saying is that I don't believe in non-connected events. I believe that his life opened up the possibility for such things to happen. His life also opened the flood gates after his death, for his troubled past to be made a media spectacle.

For a good example of what I mean compare the True E Hollywood story of Emmanuel Lewis to the other child stars. The Emmanuel Lewis one was one of the most positive and uplifting ones I have ever seen. Yet, that is because he lives his life in a certain way.

Yes, I saw Greg's response. I have a response I am preparing. Thanks.; December 11, 2007 at 9:45 AM
Mes Deux Cents said...: Ehav,

That's an interesting way to look at it. Sort of like he created bad karma.

Those child stars have so many problems, but as you say Emmanuel seems to be doing well. From what I've seen he has a good head on his shoulders.; December 11, 2007 at 10:11 PM