Black Rednecks and White Liberals

Here's my issue. "Sowell believes that despite their best intentions, white liberals have shackled the black man to a plantation mentality." Damn. Why are WHITE LIBERALS the problem? Why aren't these so-called black rednecks the problem? I feel that Sowell, despite HIS best intentions, is being terribly hypocritical: Here he is blaming white people (surprise surprise) though this time it's the Liberals he's attacking instead of the Conservatives -- the ones who usually get the brunt of the blame for society's inherent racism. Does he think he's being clever? He's only repeating things that Conservatives or others who have opposed things like Affirmative Action have been saying all along! Yet because he is black this is supposed to be... ground-breaking? Give me a break. If Sowell were any different than the finger-pointers out there, he would stop looking to blame ANYONE but those who are "shackled" into poverty. "White liberals in many roles -- as intellectuals, politicians, celebrities, judges, teachers -- have aided and abetted the perpetuation of a counterproductive and self-destructive lifestyle among black rednecks." Maybe so. But so have BLACK liberals. Why are white people always somehow to blame? My opponent concluded his argument by stating that he strongly opposes the extreme pandering and mollycoddling of Black America in hopes that it will allow them to overcome racism. I agree. However I took on this debate because I disagree with Sowell/Pro that white liberals are in turn responsible for current injustice -- the last time I checked, black Americans were capable of reading and writing; I'm sure they have figured out by now that we are all EQUAL human beings (afterall they've been chanting it for decades) with EQUAL opportunity - in terms of race - of overcoming hardship. Poverty is not a white circumstance or a black circumstance. "The irony is that what these white liberals are doing IS racism, and I for one, along with Sowell, am deeply offended by it." I'm deeply offended by it too. My opponent and I agree here. But let's put the blame where the blame is due: if Sowell was capable of figuring this all out, then OTHER black individuals are capable of figuring this out. So instead of looking for hand-outs (not that all black people do - just the ones we're discussing), maybe they should try focusing on hard work and education to learn how to overcome the present injustice, instead of continuing to blame white people for their circumstance. No one is holding a gun to their head and forcing them to go on welfare or accept 'our' hand-outs. It is the "black rednecks" themselves giving white people so much power. Consider my opponent's argument regarding "unfair" testing. Who is doing the whining about the test's "white" structure? White liberals and black rednecks? Well then it's simple - you have the black community step up and say, "No, black people didn't do poorly because the test was biased towards black people." This is the alternative to calling Al Shaprton for rambling on their behalf and working the white people up in a frenzy to come to their defense. The fact of the matter is that some black individuals LIKE playing the race card, because it puts the blame on others instead of themselves and can apparently serve as an excuse in just about every situation. Don't blame the PC white folk who are brainwashed/threatened to consider their perspective. Blame the people who perpetuate "white liberalism" entirely - the "black rednecks" themselves.