tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post1572629323795115757..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: Does Obama subject African Americans to "targeted scorn"?Andrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-43152137258114458342013-05-23T06:38:06.329-04:002013-05-23T06:38:06.329-04:00TNC posted a column at the NY Times on May 5 calle...TNC posted a column at the NY Times on May 5 called Code of the Streets in which he claimed he and 3 other successful professionals, who were each late thirties, black men felt a strong childhood pull to violence when confronted by 'disrespect'. This picture is something that many racists would be happy to agree with. 'They' just are that way. I think TNC is making several other points, about how we are molded in early childhood, about what is self-protective in one circumstance becomes self-defeating in another, etc. etc. But before he wrongly accuses Pres. Obama of singling out the black community for scolding, TNC ought to look to how his own writings about he and his black friends can be generalized and used to support the worst beliefs of racists.JCRadinnoreply@blogger.com