Bill O'Reilly's Statement on Race

Bill O'Reilly has created a stir with his response to the calls for "discussion on race". I have just watched this clip and decided to post it. It is worthy of consideration. (Hat tip Gretawire)

http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/video/bill-oreillys-talking-points-memo-on-race-what-do-you-think/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnewsinsider%2Fgretawire+(Gretawire)


I concur with O'Reilly. I believe that most black conservatives also agree. I wish only that Bill had made some sort of reference to them in his Talking Points Memo. It is Larry Elder himself who always says that the biggest problem in black America and the root cause of all the crime and dysfunction is the lack of a stable two-parent household. Even in the worst days of Jim Crow, black illegitimacy was about 25%. How is it now over 70%? That cannot be blamed on racism. If anything, it can be blamed on the Great Society welfare programs that have provided a disincentive for married couples and an incentive for single women to have children out of wedlock. (White illegitimacy has also risen in the last decades, but nowhere near this level.)

Elder also says that among the problems facing black America, white racism is far, far down the list. I agree.

Yet here we have this national obsession with a man named George Zimmerman. Children are being told that boogeymen like Zimmerman are coming to the black community to kill black children. Never mind what is happening in Chicago. Never mind Los Angeles, where black and Latino gangs are gunning for each other and continuing the wars inside the prisons. Never mind that nine out of ten black murder victims are killed by other blacks.

The problem with this call for a conversation on race is that while it sounds good on the surface, it is merely designed to continue the talking points we have been listening to and acknowledging for 40 years and call for more programs, more money, and yes, reparations for the suffering of past generations of people who are now dead (with all due respect to the older generation of blacks who experienced Jim Crow and actual discrimination and second-class citizenship in decades past, which should certainly be recognized).

Yet, whites dare not say the things O'Reilly said lest they be branded racists. What kind of conversation is that?

Here is another reaction to Obama's speech by black conservative Shelby Steele.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/23/shelby-steele-on-obamas-view-of-race-relations-my-god-whats-he-complaining-about-audio/

I commend O'Reilly for having the courage to speak out. People like President Obama and his corrupt attorney general, Eric Holder, have not lead on this issue in any constructive manner. While Obama could play a constructive role, who wants to listen to what Holder has to say other than his followers and friends? He has an obvious agenda, which is borderline racist in itself.

The sad fact is that Obama and the country missed a golden chance to advance the cause of reconciliation dramatically. Instead, the President put people like Holder in office. Today, almost 5 years after Obama was elected, race relations are sinking to the lowest point in decades.