My biggest wish is that President Trump goes to see what Corey Brooks and so many in the Black community have devoted time and passion to accomplishing this very important mission. It’s not racist to empower human beings; it is racist to infantilize.
Yes! I wish more black Americans would stand up to some of the coddling and insulting rhetoric and programs foisted onto them. For example, the claim or idea that requiring voter ID is "racist" because blacks are less likely to have IDs is super insulting and demeaning! Yet I see nobody out protesting with their handmade signs. I could go on...
Thank you Eli for another excellent post. Cory Brooks, who I admire, is no Cory Booker who is just another unrepresentative self serving politician. I grew up in a tiny town, in a tiny house witnessing the racism, bigotry, sexism and evil all around me. As a boy I gained hope from MLK Jr. and JFK during a time when race riots were a common occurance. In spite of the corruption and evil somehow our country had managed to improve to a point where equal opportunity for minorities, gays and women exceeded my wildest expectations, Blacks and Whites marrying, gays marrying, women moving into positions of authority and then the avalanch of delusion began when Trump decided to run for President and it hasn't stopped yet. J6 was a setup, Russiagate was a hoax/treason, Covid was planned and I know this based on the secrecy surrounding everything from JFK's assassination to the redaction of every FOIA request from health agencies. I was not a Trump fan in 2016 or 2023 until they went too far making it obvious they feared Trump so much they would attempt to kill him twice and filled millions with Covid and their gene threapy. I hope he goes to Chicago and tells the citizens of that great city they, can do it without the government, because they can and nobody can stop them because they live in America.
Wish I could "re-stack" your comment. Praying we ALL come together as citizens of the USA and start working, HARD, for our own freedoms and abilities to thrive.
Unfortunately Pastor Brooks is in the extreme minority of black “leaders”. His words are verboten in that sphere of influence. Instead, the “successful” black leaders prosper eternally via the continual messages of victimhood, “systemic racism”, reparations, oppressor vs oppressed, etc…otherwise, they would be totally irrelevant and jobless.
An excellent article by the great Pastor Cory Brooks! When President Trump declared in his State of the Union he wanted to build in this country a colorblind and merit based society, I couldn’t have been prouder to be an American at that moment! That is exactly the America Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dreamed of and the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement fought for! Democrats, liberals and race hustlers can hate it all they like, but it’s a fact. Pastor Cory Brooks told no lies in this outstanding piece in the Wall Street Journal! Black Americans are good enough to make it on their own, they don’t need government handouts, reparations for slavery or DEI quotas. They just need the culture of faith, family and hard work that helped black America thrive despite second-class citizenship and enormous oppression from the state prior to the Sixties. Black children and young people need to be taught they are victors NOT victims. Trust in God not in government. Go out and work for what you want. Nobody owes you anything! Study hard in school. Stay away from gangs and drugs. Get married, wait to have children until you are ready, have a stable family, and don’t sleep around. You are an individual not a color. Never let a bully or a racist take away you’re pride in who you are! Never forget that discrimination is no match for hard work. No one can hurt you’re feelings without you’re permission. I’ll never forget when Larry Elder told a story about how in school, he and his classmates read a poem about a black man in Baltimore on a trip and being called the N word and that being the only thing he remembered from it and everyone including the teacher being angry. But when he came home his mom’s reaction was to say “Larry, what a darn shame he let something so trivial spoil his vacation.” Or when Larry was working with a lawyer in Euclid, Ohio and some racist rednecks drove by and shouted “Hey n****r you’re in Euclid, get out of town.” The white lawyer next to Larry was shocked but Larry wasn’t phased. He told the lawyer “ya I heard them, a bunch of punks. They drive by in a beat up old car while I’m a lawyer making a boatload of money, and they were cowards and they didn’t even stop. It’s not gonna ruin my day, it shouldn’t ruin yours.” That’s the type of attitude we need to instill in black children. They also need to be raised to see that this is America and here they can do and be anything they want. Again, I return to Larry Elder. In the late-1950s, he and his mother were sitting together reading a book on the Presidents from Washington to Eisenhower. When they finished she said to him “you know Larry, if you want it bad enough someday you could be in this book.”
Thanks so much for sharing Pastor Corey Brook's words of wisdom and experience. Creating a culture of dependence from the 'programs' of the '60's set the stage for today's issues that plague areas like the southside of Chicago.
My biggest wish is that President Trump goes to see what Corey Brooks and so many in the Black community have devoted time and passion to accomplishing this very important mission. It’s not racist to empower human beings; it is racist to infantilize.
Thank you Eli… just stumbled upon you today… have been a fan of Thomas Sowell for many years.
Yes! I wish more black Americans would stand up to some of the coddling and insulting rhetoric and programs foisted onto them. For example, the claim or idea that requiring voter ID is "racist" because blacks are less likely to have IDs is super insulting and demeaning! Yet I see nobody out protesting with their handmade signs. I could go on...
Thank you Eli for another excellent post. Cory Brooks, who I admire, is no Cory Booker who is just another unrepresentative self serving politician. I grew up in a tiny town, in a tiny house witnessing the racism, bigotry, sexism and evil all around me. As a boy I gained hope from MLK Jr. and JFK during a time when race riots were a common occurance. In spite of the corruption and evil somehow our country had managed to improve to a point where equal opportunity for minorities, gays and women exceeded my wildest expectations, Blacks and Whites marrying, gays marrying, women moving into positions of authority and then the avalanch of delusion began when Trump decided to run for President and it hasn't stopped yet. J6 was a setup, Russiagate was a hoax/treason, Covid was planned and I know this based on the secrecy surrounding everything from JFK's assassination to the redaction of every FOIA request from health agencies. I was not a Trump fan in 2016 or 2023 until they went too far making it obvious they feared Trump so much they would attempt to kill him twice and filled millions with Covid and their gene threapy. I hope he goes to Chicago and tells the citizens of that great city they, can do it without the government, because they can and nobody can stop them because they live in America.
Wish I could "re-stack" your comment. Praying we ALL come together as citizens of the USA and start working, HARD, for our own freedoms and abilities to thrive.
Great read ugh the WSJ thanks for bringing it to our attention. Obama obviously was no help to his home town!
Unfortunately Pastor Brooks is in the extreme minority of black “leaders”. His words are verboten in that sphere of influence. Instead, the “successful” black leaders prosper eternally via the continual messages of victimhood, “systemic racism”, reparations, oppressor vs oppressed, etc…otherwise, they would be totally irrelevant and jobless.
An excellent article by the great Pastor Cory Brooks! When President Trump declared in his State of the Union he wanted to build in this country a colorblind and merit based society, I couldn’t have been prouder to be an American at that moment! That is exactly the America Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dreamed of and the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement fought for! Democrats, liberals and race hustlers can hate it all they like, but it’s a fact. Pastor Cory Brooks told no lies in this outstanding piece in the Wall Street Journal! Black Americans are good enough to make it on their own, they don’t need government handouts, reparations for slavery or DEI quotas. They just need the culture of faith, family and hard work that helped black America thrive despite second-class citizenship and enormous oppression from the state prior to the Sixties. Black children and young people need to be taught they are victors NOT victims. Trust in God not in government. Go out and work for what you want. Nobody owes you anything! Study hard in school. Stay away from gangs and drugs. Get married, wait to have children until you are ready, have a stable family, and don’t sleep around. You are an individual not a color. Never let a bully or a racist take away you’re pride in who you are! Never forget that discrimination is no match for hard work. No one can hurt you’re feelings without you’re permission. I’ll never forget when Larry Elder told a story about how in school, he and his classmates read a poem about a black man in Baltimore on a trip and being called the N word and that being the only thing he remembered from it and everyone including the teacher being angry. But when he came home his mom’s reaction was to say “Larry, what a darn shame he let something so trivial spoil his vacation.” Or when Larry was working with a lawyer in Euclid, Ohio and some racist rednecks drove by and shouted “Hey n****r you’re in Euclid, get out of town.” The white lawyer next to Larry was shocked but Larry wasn’t phased. He told the lawyer “ya I heard them, a bunch of punks. They drive by in a beat up old car while I’m a lawyer making a boatload of money, and they were cowards and they didn’t even stop. It’s not gonna ruin my day, it shouldn’t ruin yours.” That’s the type of attitude we need to instill in black children. They also need to be raised to see that this is America and here they can do and be anything they want. Again, I return to Larry Elder. In the late-1950s, he and his mother were sitting together reading a book on the Presidents from Washington to Eisenhower. When they finished she said to him “you know Larry, if you want it bad enough someday you could be in this book.”
Again, wish I could "re-stack" this comment! Thank you!!! ♥️🇺🇸
Welcome to Detroit on the Potomac. Interesting how no one gave a damn when unfair trade policies destroyed Motown.
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Thanks so much for sharing Pastor Corey Brook's words of wisdom and experience. Creating a culture of dependence from the 'programs' of the '60's set the stage for today's issues that plague areas like the southside of Chicago.