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elderly black woman caught with big-screen t.v.; lacks proper level of humility and appreciation December 19, 2007

There is a picture on nola.com today of an elderly black woman’s subsidized apartment. She has a very large television. Here is the article. Be sure to read the comments. Nothing gets white people riled up like the sight of poor black people in possession of expensive consumer goods. This kind of stuff always reminds me of a conversation I had back in the late 80s with a former employer who has since passed away.

“Lyndon Johnson ruined this country!”

“Really? How?”

“Listen. The day that a niggah on welfare could walk into the A&P and buy the same cut of beef that I buy with my hard-earned money, that’s the day this country was ruined!”

If they are poor, then dammit, they need to act like it!