Black Community on Townhall
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Crystal WrightHow ironic. Our first black President, Barack Obama, gets over 90% of the black vote in both elections but seems to run from black issues like he’s running from the plague. When was the last time he gave a policy speech on the breakdown of the black family? ... more
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BET Founder Slams Black Unemployment Rate Sun Mar 31Leah Barkoukis
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John HawkinsHollywood, the mainstream media and the public school system are all almost entirely controlled by people and groups friendly to the Democrat Party. Yet and still, even with that almost overwhelming advantage, Democrats can't do any better than a rough parity with the Republicans. ... more
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Donald LambroBarack Obama's failed job policies are facing bitter criticism from African-American leaders who say black unemployment has grown worse under his presidency. ... more
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Preserve Gun Rights, Save Black Lives Mon Feb 25Star Parker<p>This past Friday my organization, CURE, sponsored a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, to bring attention to the importance of rigorously defending the right of all Americans, guaranteed under the 2nd Amendment of our Constitution, to own a gun.<p/> ... more
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Alicia Powe
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Liberalism Versus Blacks Tue Jan 15Thomas SowellThere is no question that liberals do an impressive job of expressing concern for blacks. But do the intentions expressed in their words match the actual consequences of their deeds? ... more
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Crystal WrightYoung Black men are killing each other every day and the problem is particularly acute in urban cities like Chicago from which President Barack Obama hails. Yet, I haven’t seen Obama or the mainstream media shed a tear over the fact more than 50% of America’s murder victims are black and nearly all (85%) of those blacks killed are young men. ... more
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Rachel AlexanderIt is puzzling that so many minorities voted for Barack Obama over Mitt Romney considering how disproportionately they have suffered economically during Obama's presidency. ... more
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What Went Wrong Last Tuesday Mon Nov 12Star ParkerDisbelief is the word that defines the Republican state of mind in the wake of the 2012 re-election of President Barack Obama. ... more
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Black and White Standards Wed Oct 31Walter E. WilliamsThe Washington Post (10/25/2012), in giving President Barack Obama an endorsement for another four years, wrote, "Much of the 2012 presidential campaign has dwelt on the past, but the key questions are who could better lead the country during the next four years -- and, most urgently, who is likelier to put the government on a more sound financial footing." The suggestion appears to be that a president is not to be held accountable to his promises and past record and that his past record is no indication of his future behavior. ... more
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Racial Preferences for the Privileged Fri Oct 12Linda ChavezThe Supreme Court this week took up a case that just might put an end to race-based college admissions. The justices heard arguments Wednesday involving an affirmative action program, at the University of Texas, whose whole purpose seems to be to give special preference to black and Hispanic applicants who come from middle-income and affluent homes. ... more
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Race Cards Wed Oct 10Thomas SowellIf you are sick and tired of seeing politicians and others playing the race card, or if you are just disgusted with the grossly dishonest way racial issues in general are portrayed, then you should get a copy of Ann Coulter's new book, "Mugged." Its subtitle is: "Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama." ... more
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Crystal WrightThe Congressional Black Caucus was formed in 1971 to advocate on behalf of black Americans and hold lawmakers and the President of the United States accountable for policies adversely impacting blacks. ... more
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John HawkinsHow is it that the party of Lincoln, a party that led the way in opposing slavery, Jim Crow laws, lynching, the KKK, poll taxes, led the way on integration and voting rights for black Americans, and top percentage wise, voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act in greater numbers than Democrats is now only getting about 10% of the black vote? ... more
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Star ParkerWinston Churchill captured what this presidential election is about when he observed “the inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” ... more
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When 'Minority' is a Trick of Definition Mon May 28Jeff JacobyWhen the Census Bureau this month issued a press release headlined "Most Children Younger Than Age 1 are Minorities," the media snapped to attention. ... more
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Should Black People Tolerate This? Wed May 23Walter E. WilliamsEach year, roughly 7,000 blacks are murdered. Ninety-four percent of the time, the murderer is another black person. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, between 1976 and 2011, there were 279,384 black murder victims. Using the 94 percent figure means that 262,621 were murdered by other blacks. ... more
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Demetrius MinorOn Saturday, May 19, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) officially came out and declared their support for same-sex marriage. According to USA TODAY, the organization saw the issue has comparable to civil rights. ... more
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Blacks and Same Sex Marriage Mon May 21Star ParkerPerhaps history will show that the first black president’s biggest contribution to black America was forcing this community to come to terms with its own identity and priorities. ... more
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Has the Bell Begun to Toll for the GOP? Fri May 18Pat BuchananAmong the more controversial chapters in "Suicide of a Superpower," my book published last fall, was the one titled, "The End of White America." ... more
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Larry ElderPresident Obama's affirmation of gay marriage threatens to undermine the near-monolithic black support Obama enjoyed in 2008. Several members of the black clergy now say they intend to sit out the presidential election. One poll from last November found black opposition to gay marriage at 58 percent, higher than the rest of the country, which is about evenly split. ... more
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Who Is 'Racist'?: Part II Mon Apr 30Thomas SowellAround this time of year, I sometimes hear from parents who have been appalled to learn that the child they sent away to college to become educated has instead been indoctrinated with the creed of the left. They often ask if I can suggest something to have their offspring read over the summer, in order to counteract this indoctrination. ... more
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Where Did Black Parents Go Right? Sat Apr 21Harry R. Jackson, Jr.I remember sitting at the dinner table with my parents at 8 years old. During that season, the “no elbows on the table” rule was in full force. In addition, my mother constantly chided me for using slang as opposed to proper English. Those 3-4 years seemed like hell on earth, Nonetheless, years later, I could trace my success in school to my family dinner table and a few great teachers. ... more
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Larry ElderCalling America's criminal justice system "racist" is not confined to "civil rights leaders" like the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Then-Sen. Barack Obama, during the 2008 presidential campaign, said it, too. Blacks and whites, said Obama, "are arrested at very different rates, are convicted at very different rates (and) receive very different sentences ... for the same crime." ... more
