Manifesto of Ascendancy for the Modern Nigger

Do not be offended by the N word, I lifted the title straight of off the Esquire magazine. I read this this article in the hard copy of Esquire magazine, I had to look for the online version, now that I found it I just have to share.

For eleven days in 2001, two blacks ran our country. It's their example and their achievement—and not the culture of failure fomented by the leftovers of the Movement—that must set a new agenda for black Americans.

I thought this bit of statistics was sort of interesting too:

Let me tell you something about niggers, the oppressed minority within our minority. Always down. Always out. Always complaining that they can't catch a break. Notoriously poor about doing for themselves. Constantly in need of a leader but unable to follow in any direction that's navigated by hard work, self-reliance. And though they spliff and drink and procreate their way onto welfare doles and WIC lines, niggers will tell you their state of being is no fault of their own. They are not responsible for their nearly 5 percent incarceration rate and their 9.2 percent unemployment rate. Not responsible for the 11.8 percent rate at which they drop out of high school. For the 69.3 percent of births they create out of wedlock.

All of this sort of coincided with the whole Jay Z on the cover of GQ magazine thingie, talking about, "from the streets to the boardroom".

My two cents is this, while ball playing, rapping, black men should be given some credit for doing something with their lives, the focus should not be shifted from the hardworking successful brother.