As i scrolled through the Chicago Tribune website looking for an interesting article, i come across a headline that says, "Blacks better off during slavery?" i suddenly stopped and thought "... What?" The first sentence reads, "Rep. Trent Franks, a Republican from Arizona, told video blogger Mike Stark of StarkReports.com on Friday that blacks are “more devastated” today than when they were enslaved because of the high rate of abortion among some blacks." Now this simply could have been some random conservative radical blogging about his feelings but it wasn't... It was from a congressman in Arizona. But then i thought again, I'm just a 17 year old kid and this man is probably a highly educated man so he probably has learned through extensive years of education that abortions are the same as being enslaved and working nearly all hours of the day, being treated like dirty, being poorly fed, being whipped and beaten, and threatened and scared for your life every day. During slavery many blacks were brutally beaten and whipped and cut and burned and hung. To me slavery and abortions are nothing alike. Not even close. Not even remotely close. I think this man is so rediculously ignorant and nieve. African Americans were FORCED into slavery and made to do dirty work and were treated worse than lets say a capture skunk from under my portch and i hired someone to kill the skunk and take the family out from under my portch. Abortions are a choice made by a woman, and its a choice that can help stabalize their life if they are not able to take care of a child. A woman who gets an abortion is not whipping and beating and burning and hanging their possible child.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=459Dny0aabI&feature=player_embedded
Great find and post about a provocative article. This is the kind of thing that makes people want to read your blog. Work to develop and expand on these ideas even further. Unfortunately you did not update at all in March. Too bad. Would have liked to read more.
ReplyDelete