Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Personal Attack Date:   9/18/2016 4:27:43 PM

But, he's not racist.  Not at all. The man has done more to intensify racial tensions in this country than anyone since MLK.  And at least MLK has his people's best interests at heart and an actionable platform.

I had this discussion with a black friend of mine.  What have Democrats since Johnson done for black people that they should be blindly loyal to the Democratic party?  They say they want education and jobs, not welfare, yet Democrats continually propose "programs" that will not really lead to anything but more dependence on the government.  I happen to feel strongly about racial balance.  Throughout my work career, whenever I was hiring someone, given two EQUALLY qualified candidates I always hired the minority.  My next to last job, I was the Office Director for 38 white, male, 1 female and 1 black engineeers.  The person at the helm before I took over was a black man.  Oh, he put some black Secretaries into upward mobility jobs (who then thought the gravy train should continue to roll, and they demanded I created higher graded jobs for them, when they were badly qualified for the ones they had),but had done nothing to relieve the overwhelmingly white male majority.  As I had vacancies over my time there, I hiresd about 10 people, 4 woman with advanced degrees (1 Japanese), and 6 black fully qualified males.  The discussion that I referenced was with a Black Navy Petty Officer, who told me at 30 he had achieved all his goals. I told him he set the bar too low and got him to go across the street to the college and enroll and take classes.  Previously, in another job, I nagged my young black male assistant (he was a contractor) until he got a job with a bigger company with more opportuniities.  Last time I spoke with him, he had risen to the level of Driector, International Licensing with one good defense companies. 

To me, that is how you help people with education and opportunity, not by creating a programs.