Comments on: Black People and 9/11 http://theangryblackwoman.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/ Race, Politics, Gender, Sexuality, Anger Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:33:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: abw http://theangryblackwoman.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/comment-page-1/#comment-724 abw Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:30:54 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/#comment-724 I wanted to make this news update. Today on November 7, 2007,there is an article on Yahoo News entitled: " Veterans make up 1 in 4 homeless in U.S. O(h)M(y) goodness!!!!This although they are only 11 Percent of the Population.So freakin' much for supporting the troops! Considering that about half or a substantial amount of our tax dollars go to the military, this should not be. So much for patriotism! Where are the re-thuglican warhawks on this? Just......curious?!?!?!? You know we-black folk-make up a substantial part of it. I can imagine the number of other minorities-particularly Latino-is nothing to sneeze at! I wanted to make this news update.

Today on November 7, 2007,there is an article on Yahoo News entitled: ” Veterans make up 1 in 4 homeless in U.S.

O(h)M(y) goodness!!!!This although they are only 11 Percent of the Population.So freakin’ much for supporting the troops! Considering that about half or a substantial amount of our tax dollars go to the military, this should not be. So much for patriotism! Where are the re-thuglican warhawks on this? Just……curious?!?!?!? You know we-black folk-make up a substantial part of it. I can imagine the number of other minorities-particularly Latino-is nothing to sneeze at!

]]> By: abw http://theangryblackwoman.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/comment-page-1/#comment-723 abw Wed, 30 May 2007 00:21:39 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/#comment-723 Bob, people of color are sick of suffering from racism,so go to HADES.Also, there are millions of others that have economic hardships and suffer racism or some other ism on top of it, so spare the "poor me" because I am a white man act. Check the "race hustlers" like Bill O' Reilly and his ilk in your own community before trying to call black people out on theirs. Anyway, those so-called race hustlers, speak the truth unlike the David Dukes and Pat Robertson's in your neck of the woods so whatever. If you don't like what you see,hear, or read, don't look,listen or read the sites that offend you. Bob, people of color are sick of suffering from racism,so go to HADES.Also, there are millions of others that have economic hardships and suffer racism or some other ism on top of it, so spare the “poor me” because I am a white man act. Check the “race hustlers” like Bill O’ Reilly and his ilk in your own community before trying to call black people out on theirs. Anyway, those so-called race hustlers, speak the truth unlike the David Dukes and Pat Robertson’s in your neck of the woods so whatever. If you don’t like what you see,hear, or read, don’t look,listen or read the sites that offend you.

]]> By: abw http://theangryblackwoman.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/comment-page-1/#comment-720 abw Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:36:25 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/#comment-720 Guess what, Angry Black Woman, I did not care all that much-really! Oh sure, I wish that thousands of civilians did not get killed, but I did not lose much sleep. I definitely did not care about the building.I guess I feel this way because the U.S.A makes people's lives miserable everywhere else and bomb them, then get mad when somebody has the audacity to strike back. I was not in love with the fallout from the act, but respect the fact that folks were willing to die to defend their partly-just cause. Excusing-no despite- misogyny and some human rights abuses, they have legitimate gripes that the rest of the Third World can attest to. Not that they don't need to tackle these things, they most certainly do. I empathize with the sentiment of resistance, even if I don't like the actions, I guess. I do not think the stand point of the so-called brother was all that off base in segments of the black community, though not the whole community. I get the impression that 9/11 was not celebrated, but it was not earth shattering either. It did not help that the many victims- of- color,immigrant or native, which were many, did not get anywhere the media attention they deserved, which comes across to me that their lives did not amount to much-as opposed to affluent, white, stockbrokers. All though alot of the people fighting the occupation are people of color.Also,minorities are always fighting in just for noble causes and rights that are often compromised and unfulfilled in their own country.If they are not being discriminated against or shafted in the military, they always have to come home to the risk of homelessness,exist racism and other ism's,and indifferent citizens. If a magic wand existed to bring the dead back to life I would be the first to try to find it, still I am tired of the U.S. pounding on the world and expect them to take it without a whimper. Guess what, Angry Black Woman, I did not care all that much-really! Oh sure, I wish that thousands of civilians did not get killed, but I did not lose much sleep. I definitely did not care about the building.I guess I feel this way because the U.S.A makes people’s lives miserable everywhere else and bomb them, then get mad when somebody has the audacity to strike back. I was not in love with the fallout from the act, but respect the fact that folks were willing to die to defend their partly-just cause. Excusing-no despite- misogyny and some human rights abuses, they have legitimate gripes that the rest of the Third World can attest to. Not that they don’t need to tackle these things, they most certainly do. I empathize with the sentiment of resistance, even if I don’t like the actions, I guess. I do not think the stand point of the so-called brother was all that off base in segments of the black community, though not the whole community. I get the impression that 9/11 was not celebrated, but it was not earth shattering either. It did not help that the many victims- of- color,immigrant or native, which were many, did not get anywhere the media attention they deserved, which comes across to me that their lives did not amount to much-as opposed to affluent, white, stockbrokers. All though alot of the people fighting the occupation are people of color.Also,minorities are always fighting in just for noble causes and rights that are often compromised and unfulfilled in their own country.If they are not being discriminated against or shafted in the military, they always have to come home to the risk of homelessness,exist racism and other ism’s,and indifferent citizens. If a magic wand existed to bring the dead back to life I would be the first to try to find it, still I am tired of the U.S. pounding on the world and expect them to take it without a whimper.

]]> By: the angry black woman http://theangryblackwoman.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/comment-page-1/#comment-721 the angry black woman Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:40:11 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/#comment-721 First of all, Bob, you don't get to tell me to shut the fuck up on my own blog. If you don't like what I have to say and are tired of hearing such talk, then don't come here. Plain and simple. It's a free country, I have free speech, and I can spell and capitalize. Yay me! Racism is not just 'treating one race differently'. If you want to know what Racism is, you should check out our debate on Racism. But it's certainly not the simplistic definition you've given. This survey you mentioned, please provide a link. I'm sorry to hear that you are broke and working too hard. But that doesn't absolve you from racism. Hardworking people, downtrodden people, gutter-living homeless people can still be racist. Hardship does not equal virtue. Your assertion that 'if the gov't wanted to keep black people down it would provide things free to the white man' is based on nothing but ignorance. Keeping minorities down doesn't require such extremes. What is a race hustler? What benefit do I get from fueling racism? I am not the problem, sir. Ignorant, stubborn people are the problem. Judging from the screed you posted, you appear to be both. BTW - you're a total coward for not leaving a real email address. First of all, Bob, you don’t get to tell me to shut the fuck up on my own blog. If you don’t like what I have to say and are tired of hearing such talk, then don’t come here. Plain and simple. It’s a free country, I have free speech, and I can spell and capitalize. Yay me!

Racism is not just ‘treating one race differently’. If you want to know what Racism is, you should check out our debate on Racism. But it’s certainly not the simplistic definition you’ve given.

This survey you mentioned, please provide a link.

I’m sorry to hear that you are broke and working too hard. But that doesn’t absolve you from racism. Hardworking people, downtrodden people, gutter-living homeless people can still be racist. Hardship does not equal virtue.

Your assertion that ‘if the gov’t wanted to keep black people down it would provide things free to the white man’ is based on nothing but ignorance. Keeping minorities down doesn’t require such extremes.

What is a race hustler?

What benefit do I get from fueling racism?

I am not the problem, sir. Ignorant, stubborn people are the problem. Judging from the screed you posted, you appear to be both.

BTW – you’re a total coward for not leaving a real email address.

]]> By: bob johnson http://theangryblackwoman.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/comment-page-1/#comment-722 bob johnson Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:23:27 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/#comment-722 shut the heck up im sick of hereing white thia and white that you black people fuel rasicm and are just to angry to see it. Racism is treating one race dif. based on skin color well allow me to inform you that you fucking jack asses are a bunch of racist. If you want racism to stop it takes both racist and yes thank there has been a an ease to racial tensions due to a survey from Mitchell Research and Communications Inc. that the tensions have eased. GOd damnn it im fucking broke as shit work for everything i have and am still yelled at for having this evil racist agenda because im white. I just want to succed like anyone else. If the white fucking government actually kept the black man down we would provide free schools, public transportation and free food at this schools. You race hustlers just feul racism towards your own race for your oqn benefit. YOur guys are the fucken problem shut the heck up im sick of hereing white thia and white that you black people fuel rasicm and are just to angry to see it. Racism is treating one race dif. based on skin color well allow me to inform you that you fucking jack asses are a bunch of racist. If you want racism to stop it takes both racist and yes thank there has been a an ease to racial tensions due to a survey from Mitchell Research and Communications Inc. that the tensions have eased. GOd damnn it im fucking broke as shit work for everything i have and am still yelled at for having this evil racist agenda because im white. I just want to succed like anyone else. If the white fucking government actually kept the black man down we would provide free schools, public transportation and free food at this schools. You race hustlers just feul racism towards your own race for your oqn benefit. YOur guys are the fucken problem

]]> By: I am not Star Jones http://theangryblackwoman.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/comment-page-1/#comment-719 I am not Star Jones Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:22:33 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/#comment-719 thank you for this. whenever i say to white people that white america only wants solidarity when america gets bombed on one day but when it comes to sharing resources and benefits fairly after the day of terror, they go what? no we ain't changing anything. white america (collectively and individually) knows it just don't care to actionably change a damn thing. and i'm not going to change a thing either, I will keep stating how I truly feel until they have to acknowledge it or just walk away (which has happened so many times when I let white people know how I truly feel). Too bad. thank you for this.

whenever i say to white people that white america only wants solidarity when america gets bombed on one day but when it comes to sharing resources and benefits fairly after the day of terror, they go
what? no we ain’t changing anything.

white america (collectively and individually) knows it
just don’t care to actionably change a damn thing.

and i’m not going to change a thing either, I will keep stating how I truly feel until they have to acknowledge it or just walk away (which has happened so many times when I let white people know how I truly feel).

Too bad.

]]> By: sly civilian http://theangryblackwoman.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/comment-page-1/#comment-718 sly civilian Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:45:07 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/#comment-718 "Yeah, I went there. That’s how angry I am." Amen. The priviledge of a violence free existance is far from universal, and 9/11 was a rude awakening to that for many folks. But as the single largest exporter of violence in the form of arms, military funding, and direct involvement... Surprise shouldn't have been on the menu. “Yeah, I went there. That’s how angry I am.”

Amen.

The priviledge of a violence free existance is far from universal, and 9/11 was a rude awakening to that for many folks. But as the single largest exporter of violence in the form of arms, military funding, and direct involvement…

Surprise shouldn’t have been on the menu.

]]> By: belledame222 http://theangryblackwoman.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/comment-page-1/#comment-717 belledame222 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:34:29 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/#comment-717 As I'm remembering it, i think there was about a day and a half of (some) people putting aside their differences and small sort of heart-warm-ish breakthroughs; at least as i recall both anecdotes and personal experience/memory (spent the day with an older woman i met on the street, once i got back to Queens, just babbling and walking and going to a diner; never saw each other again). helping each other home across the bridge and so forth. and then, well, it played out how it did. and yeah, the gormlessness is, well, yeah. "sput sput sput he CAN'T be saying! but! who? huh? WHAT?" but yeah, i think that that was, you know, a different kind or level of terror, at least for that first day or so when no one knew what the hell was going on. maybe the weeks and months afterward were more, well, familiar feeling to some folks. i just remember getting back into Queens (i'd been at around 8th St. in Manhattan sometime between when the planes hit and the collapse, which all apparently happened while i was riding the subway downtown; -somehow- i caught a cab and i think was thelast car allowed across the bridge before everything seriously went to hell), getting out where i could, walking into a newsstand and seeing the news about now WASHINGTON as well and kind of going into this crouch, thinking, oh, fuck, this is it, this is WWIII, this is the end. but it also occurs to me: it's in my owncultural baggage or something to have a feeling of permanent unease lurking somewhere at the back of consciousness; i think i always assumed everyone felt this way, maybe? this sort of, it can all be yanked away at any time feeling. different from it ACTUALLY HAPPENING, of course, and a different level from actual fear of bullets and so forth. just...unease, yeah. we've always had that, I'd say. at least in my family. As I’m remembering it, i think there was about a day and a half of (some) people putting aside their differences and small sort of heart-warm-ish breakthroughs; at least as i recall both anecdotes and personal experience/memory (spent the day with an older woman i met on the street, once i got back to Queens, just babbling and walking and going to a diner; never saw each other again). helping each other home across the bridge and so forth.

and then, well, it played out how it did.

and yeah, the gormlessness is, well, yeah. “sput sput sput he CAN’T be saying! but! who? huh? WHAT?”

but yeah, i think that that was, you know, a different kind or level of terror, at least for that first day or so when no one knew what the hell was going on. maybe the weeks and months afterward were more, well, familiar feeling to some folks. i just remember getting back into Queens (i’d been at around 8th St. in Manhattan sometime between when the planes hit and the collapse, which all apparently happened while i was riding the subway downtown; -somehow- i caught a cab and i think was thelast car allowed across the bridge before everything seriously went to hell), getting out where i could, walking into a newsstand and seeing the news about now WASHINGTON as well and kind of going into this crouch, thinking, oh, fuck, this is it, this is WWIII, this is the end.

but it also occurs to me: it’s in my owncultural baggage or something to have a feeling of permanent unease lurking somewhere at the back of consciousness; i think i always assumed everyone felt this way, maybe? this sort of, it can all be yanked away at any time feeling.

different from it ACTUALLY HAPPENING, of course, and a different level from actual fear of bullets and so forth.

just…unease, yeah. we’ve always had that, I’d say. at least in my family.

]]> By: wintersweet http://theangryblackwoman.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/comment-page-1/#comment-716 wintersweet Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:28:32 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2006/09/11/black-people-and-911/#comment-716 9/11 did have an effect on race relations in the US: Now there's (at least) 120 anti-Muslim hate crimes a year in the US. ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/5305868.stm ) Sigh. Anyway, if 9/11 HAD had some kind of unifying black/white effect, I think Katrina would have undone it. 9/11 did have an effect on race relations in the US: Now there’s (at least) 120 anti-Muslim hate crimes a year in the US. ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/5305868.stm )

Sigh.

Anyway, if 9/11 HAD had some kind of unifying black/white effect, I think Katrina would have undone it.

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