Breitbart -- In a portion of an interview conducted with Seth Davis of Campus Insiders, former NBA great Charles Barkley discussed his remarks on Ferguson, MO and the hazards of the destructive behavior regarding the Ferguson grand jury aftermath had on the African-American community.
Barkley reiterated his point that nothing positive comes from looting and rioting black businesses. However, he said of his critics that attacked him for being outspoken on this possibly have unrealized hidden agendas.
“Listen, nothing positive can come when you’re looting and rioting your own businesses,” Barkley said. “That’s not positive. It’s not constructive. It’s self-defeating. I can sympathize. I understand we had some tragedy in our community. But burning down our own buildings, looting our own businesses – that doesn’t help anybody. And that just makes the noise worse. You know, instead of getting to the problem and the issue, I think one of the reasons people come to me is they know I’m not afraid of any subject and that comes with a price at times. But I never have a hidden agenda. I’m going to honest and fair.”
“You know, most of the people on television and radio have a hidden agenda,” he continued. “But I think the general public is too stupid to understand that. Everyone says Charles is going to be brutally honest and straightforward – until they say I disagree with their side of the equation. You can’t have your cake and eat it, too.”
Blog author's comments - It's good to hear Charles Barkley speak the truth about many of the 'African-Americans'. And because he is a black man he is not supposed to say what he does concerning the blacks' crime of looting and violent protests. I have no doubt that Barkley is talking about the liberal media when he says “You know, most of the people on television and radio have a hidden agenda";-- I am sure he has made some enemies with the liberal media and in the black communities with what he says during this interview. The majority of blacks who are just getting by financially or are on the government dole listen to Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and many in the Democratic Party because what they say give the blacks an excuse for their problems and actions.
The blacks have voted for the Democrats for decades and what good has it done them? What has the first black president Obama done for them? I say absolutely nothing. If anything, many of the blacks since Obama has been president are in worse shape now than ever. Obama has also created more racists of both the black and white citizens of America. The government is not going to make the blacks successful, only they can do it for themselves. It would also help if they listened to and thought about what Barkley is saying that may help some of them.
