[Durham INC] A perfect storm, Carl Kenney

[Joy Mickle-Walker]

Christine,

Simply put you don't know what your talking about. Sorry. And I read
the emails. And I live it and know it. I REALLY suggest you read "Race
Matters":

Race Matters, written in early 1993, West explains his philosophy and
calls on Blacks, and whites, to understand that racism and race are
woven in American history and can never be eradicated without
understanding that “race matters” in everything we consider
“American.”

For a cliff notes breakdown: http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/3079

Then come back with an educated assessment and not just you asking
your black friends what they think...


On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Christine Chamberlain
<christinebbd at yahoo.com> wrote:
> (To JoyMickleWalker and Ellen Whitaker,  There is a long string of messages
> in the archives, I think you may have missed the first part of a
> conversation with Carl regarding racism.  I recommend reading them so you
> can put these messages in the right context.)
>
> Carl said, "I've tried to share my own struggles with living in Durham.  My
> point is this folks, if a black man with all I have to bring to the table
> can't make it in Durham, what does that say about others with less education
> and experience?  Is my own struggle due to race.  More than likely it's
> deeper than that, but, nonetheless, I'm part of that community.  What can be
> said about that?  Nothing other than a educated black man with a social
> agenda can't make it in Durham."
> (emphasis is mine)
>
> You nailed it, Carl.  You have a social agenda.  It's the elephant on your
> back that takes over the room when you're applying for the job. (The
> following is said with love, like a sister hollering at her brother)  You
> choose to wear your hair in dredlocks, "daring" white folks to accept the
> way you look.  You fly in the face of logic and common sense, and then use
> the "racism" defense for why you can't get a job.  You're a mess Carl, and
> I'd like nothing better than to give you a hair cut, a swift kick in the
> butt, and say "quit whining!"  I've met too many successful black men in my
> lifetime to buy what you're sellin'.
>
> I waited a whole week before pressing you for an answer to the question I
> asked "how many white people not crossing the street will it take?"   I
> waited so I could ask 3 friends of mine, all black males (a doctor at Duke,
> an accountant and an electrical engineer) to give feedback on your emails
> over the last couple weeks.  Each one said, and I'm paraphrasing, "He's
> spinning his wheels, that's all he'd doing.  He's stuck like a broken
> record."  The doctor at Duke said it the best when he told me Condaleeza
> Rice's quote....
>
> “If you are taught bitterness and anger, then you will believe you are a
> victim." ~ Condaleeza Rice
>
> Carl, I hope you'll get all you dreamed and more, as you move to a new
> location.  I really hope you'll find the success you long for.
>
> Christine Chamberlain
>
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