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                African Americans look around and bear witness to things that happen in society every day.  However, because many of us only socialize within our own community, we assume that the things we see are things that only happen to African Americans.  Some of us are so convinced, that we will argue tooth and nail that a specific behavior is a "Black" thing.

                That stark, wretched ignorance is witnessed in dumb asses such as Chris Rock, who told the world that there was a difference between Black people and Niggers, ascribing all things bad to Niggers.  That same backward, self-hating thought process can be found in the words of Bill Cosby, who pointed to a portion of his own people with the verbal fingers oft employed by racists:  "You people." Supporters of his vicious attack on Blacks forgot, missed or simply glossed over the fact that he began his tirade with "You lower economic people," tacitly indicting poor Blacks for behavior that can be found in any group of people in the world, without regard to race or social standing.

                There is no evidence of qualitative measurements to determine who is a Nigger and who is a Black person, and there is no evidence that poverty designates a group of people to poor social behavior.

                A former acquaintance who no longer dates Black women recently tried to argue with me about Black women's behavior.  His contention was that they have bad attitudes and are impossible to deal with. His "evidence" was my own writing.

                My admonishment to the bitter male bitch was that he had no idea what Black women do since he no longer dates them and that he needs to re-read my work to show me evidence of my hopelessness with regard to my sisters.

                I write about the challenges some Black men face in dealing with some Black women. I write these things because I know the poor behavior is in the minority and because I want the majority of us to help identify and dampen the poor behavior, so that more of us can find each other and find happiness and hope.

                I can find no evidence of the "impossibility" he claims I write about, and I can not find any group of people on God's green earth that are without challenges.  But there is evidence of manufactured issues.

For example, a hot button for relationships is the abused and oppressed Black woman.  Many of our sisters have been abused and as a people, because Blacks have been oppressed, which includes Black women, but to hear radical Black feminists and their dupes tell the story, Black women have been widely oppressed at the hands of Black men.

                Very little evidence can be found of Black men holding Black women back.

                And no evidence can be found of the Black man’s great love for white women or the Black woman’s great love for white men.  Whatever rumors are spread are based largely on television relationships and assumptions made from whites and Blacks who are seen together in public.  For all the lies spread about Black men or Black women's love for white women or white men, I can find no evidence that those relationships fare any better.

                There is no evidence that poor social behavior is endemic to a specific group of people. However, there is real evidence for some things that folks claim never to have seen.

                Those of us who still have our eyes open acknowledge that racism still plays a huge part in American life, especially for the descendants of slaves, but there are those of us too eager to kiss the boot of the white man, who pretend that there is no racism at all.   

There are Blacks who do over-exaggerate the role of racism and there are few of the downtrodden who use racism as an "excuse." And poverty pimps from Jesse Jackson to Al Sharpton have been using racism as a boogeyman trotted out to scare open the coffers of major corporations and politicians to line their own pockets and/or further their self-aggrandizement. Yet, racism exists even if it hasn’t touched every Black person’s life.

Sadly, some of the blind-minded fools who have not seen racism make wild claims as to those have seen and felt the effects of racism.

                For example, there is scarce evidence of any Black person benefiting from Affirmative Action feeling ashamed or inadequate as a result of the assistance.  Yet, because other Negroes feel uncomfortable with their own success in white arenas, lip service is paid to the imaginary “common knowledge,” as opposed to any real survey.

                And, none of the boneheads who claim that Welfare has created a legacy of dependence can find real evidence, pointing instead to stretched inferences from loose interpretation of unfocused data. For every tale of a second generation of Welfare recipients, there are tales of Welfare children pulling themselves up out of poverty to create something better for themselves and their families.

                And, even if those fools could obliterate social programs, none of them propose anything but each person carrying his or her own weight, as though the nation is equal for all of its citizens.

                White Americans are having a difficult time finding gainful employment and being able to carry their own weight, yet, rotten-brained House Niggers chastise impoverished Blacks as though they are lazy and simply refusing to live up to the American dream.  If America can provide welfare to its corporations and to other nations, then it should damned well provide assistance for its citizens who need a helping hand to survive.

                I have scoured the nation and I have found no evidence of equality in this nation.  I have found evidence of programs to benefit whites and newly arrived immigrants.

                I was rankled by the morons who pressed for the death of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, claiming that he got what he deserved from a fair and just criminal justice system, because none of them could point to solid evidence of the man's guilt.  I have found no evidence of Justice being blind, because I know that bitch peeks at skin color and social standing from under her blindfold.

                Finally, I have grown weary and uninterested in some of the responses to my writing, because I find very little evidence these days of critical thinking or enlightened exchange. What I do find is overly emotional hysteria in response to critical thinking on hot button issues.

                It’s cool to disagree, but before you write, and especially before you speak, make certain that you have evidence of the things you claim to have seen, but especially of the things you claim not to have seen.
 

Darryl James is an award-winning author and is now a filmmaker.  His first mini-movie, “Crack,” will be released in March of this year.  James’ latest book, “Bridging The Black Gender Gap,” is the basis of his lectures and seminars. Previous installments of this column can now be viewed at www.bridgecolumn.com. James can be reached at djames@theblackgendergap.com.