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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is catching flak for saying during Black History Month that on matters of race, the United States is “essentially a nation of cowards” in too many ways. Holder, the first black to head the Justice Department, is absolutely right.

Based on responses to his remarks, most people assume that the “cowards” Holder refers to are white Americans. Most blacks are cheering the attorney general for his forthrightness, and many whites, especially conservatives, are angry and resentful. Still others are just plain surprised by the audacity of the observation after millions of white people voted to elect the nation’s first black president.

I do not have a problem with what Holder said. I do have a problem, however, with what is not being publicly talked about in this controversy: On matters of race, blacks are cowards, too. We may be the worst cowards of all. First, we have perfected the crude art of controlling the terms of race talk. Second, we have developed various ways of avoiding and squashing the truth about our complicity in matters of race that are self-destructive.

I cannot count the times I have participated in or attended events on race that devolved into acrimony and shouting because blacks attacked whites who said “insensitive things,” often meaning that the whites expressed their true feelings and thoughts about blacks.

Seeing themselves as victims of racism, most blacks reject raw race talk from whites. After all, whites are viewed as being the perpetrators of racism. The perpetrator, therefore, should confess, shut up and listen. Because of this dynamic, far too many whites have learned to avoid direct matters of race.

Holder recognizes this problem. During his now-infamous speech, he said: “If we’re going to ever make progress, we’re going to have to have the guts, we have to have the determination, to be honest with each other. It also means we have to be able to accept criticism where that is justified.”

Although black attacks against whites are harsh, our attacks against other blacks who tell the truth are downright vicious. I know from personal experience. You are tar-brushed with the stain of Uncle Tomism, and it sticks to you forever.

You are ostracized and given the silent treatment. Your mistake is not that you told the truth but that you told the truth in public, thereby giving the enemy valuable ammunition. (Here, think of comedian Bill Cosby, who is castigated for saying that too many low-income blacks have not held up their end of the nation’s civil rights gains.) In short, you committed the unforgivable sin of “airing dirty laundry.”

Your achievements and good deeds are never recognized. You simply do not exist, unless you put yourself in people’s faces to have your say.

On matters of race, most blacks run away from introspection, and we do not like to hear others publicly remind us of our responsibilities to ourselves. One problem we should openly talk about, but run from, is the high number of black children born out of wedlock. Depending on whose numbers we use, between 70 percent to 80 percent of black children are born to single mothers.

Some black neighborhoods do not have any two-parent families. I know dozens of black kids who do not know who their biological fathers are, and most of their friends are in the same fix. We need to remind ourselves, which we rarely do, that having a child is a choice we make.

Out-of-wedlock births may not be a problem unto themselves, but evidence shows that this factor alone can initiate a chain of self-destruction. The overwhelming majority of black children growing up without fathers are poor, and the chances of large numbers of them escaping poverty are remote. Studies show that they are less likely to perform well in school, making them a major part of the achievement gap, suspensions and expulsions — flashpoints for whites with hostility toward blacks. Graduation among these students is low, and few of them attend college, factors that eventually lead to high unemployment and underemployment.

We also run away from discussing crime, especially horrific cases of black-on-black crime that capture headlines and lead nightly news reports. We try to rationalize the high numbers of blacks in prison by blaming everyone except ourselves. Many whites, especially racists, use these phenomena to bash us. We leave ourselves open as targets for such attacks by refusing to confront crime honestly and openly.

To mention the deleterious effects of hip-hop is to be attacked. The ugly truth is that this outlaw culture, with its anti-intellectualism, antiauthoritarianism and nihilism, will do more harm than virtually anything else to a generation of blacks. Fearing attack, too many blacks remain silent on this issue, and when whites bring it up, they are shouted down as racists.

Holder should make a second speech on race, this time specifically taking blacks to task for keeping silent on the abandonment of their personal responsibilities.

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Islam kills slaughters african blacks and continues to enslave them in the most barbaric and disgusting manner imaginable…anyone care? EH NA.

Any wonder our kids can’t read, write, think, speak, etc…The school system has been degraded purposly so that these people stay ignorant of reality past, present and future…so that the idea that the white man is evil remails the only thought they’re capable of. Obviously, this brainwashing has impacted not only them but most young whites too and of cours university educated elitists (they’re always the first to be indoctrinated in something radical). Good job at erasing our history, culture, language, respect for our republic, and general civility…great job indeed.

Good Bye America…You had some really noble goals and you had a great run…but goodbye (along with the west). You wanted it you got it Toyota.

Enjoy your african style regime from here on in–I hear they’re big on democracy, peace health care, and human rights etc. I’ve moved to Canada now…so go for it: prove me wrong.

You are no moderate…just excessively weak and critically naive and selfish….that’s what your Neo marxist religion has done to you. Typically you can’t empathize with victims untill you are one….and you all pretend to be morally superior with you holier than thou BS. No you just want the problem to continue forever so punks like yourself can “feel” like saints…its really all about you shining and nothing to do with making society better or helping anyone…..None of you seem to give a crap that most of the murders are among blacks themselve….an inconvienent stat. You fickle losers love statistics except when they can be used to point us in the right direction in finding a solution…then they’re “misleading”. Right! I’m sick of you ENABLERS and Poverty Pimps. You get your meaning in life from the misery of others. Disgusting!

How dare we prefer someone without a penis and the correct amount of melanin, someone without catchy campaign slogans like “Bros before hos”. Never mind that she has over 30 years of public service and experience. And Obot, fyi, Hillary did not lose. Your Messiah stole the caucuses. That is how he “won”.

Go worship your Messiah over at Huffington Post or watch MSNBC.

Get ready, America; Restitution for Slavery is getting ready to be put on the table.

If you don’t agree, you’ll be a called a “racist” and a “coward”.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you…

Pathetic and juvenile post there, haha.

If you think Obama is intelligent it leads us to believe you may have been one of those that rode the little bus to school.

Basically Dyson just wants while males (and I guess females too?) to apologize for the sins of the past until, um, hes not sure. But hes pretty sure it needs to happen…

I like how Dyson has a ready list of victims needing apologies at the end so he doesnt sound like hes only in it for “his people”.

I am sick of it, and I am not even a white male.