Black Lies, White Lies: The Truth According to Tony Brown

400 Pages·1997·0.89 MB·English

by  Tony Brown

BLACK LIES,
WHITE LIES
The
Truth
According to
Tony Brown
To the two angels,
Elizabeth “Mama” Sanford
and her daughter, Mabel Holmes,
who gave me life when I was two months old
Contents
Introduction v
Chapter 1: Different Ship, Same Boat 1
Chapter 2: Entitlement Socialism: Why America Is Not
Working for U.S. 29
Chapter 3: The Failure of Black America’s Leaders 46
Chapter 4: Conspiracies and Black America 74
Chapter 5: Fear of Genocide 93
Chapter 6: Negative Images, Negative Results 121
Chapter 7: “Aids” or “Daids”? 140
Chapter 8: The Gang of Frankenstein 182
Chapter 9: Team America: The End of Racism and Sexism 205
Chapter 10: Political Dynamite 233
Chapter 11: A Plan to Make Black America Work 266
Chapter 12: If I Were President, How I Would Make America
Work for U.S. 298
Notes and Sources 339
Index 355
Acknowledgments 381
About the Author
Praise
Cover
Copyright
About the Publisher

INTRODUCTION
Before you read this book, I want to warn that you are about
to be confronted with truths that may startle and upset you.
You may not like what I have to say, but I guarantee,
whether you are Black or White, it will challenge you to re-
view your thinking on vital matters ranging from this na-
tion’s economic survival to the failures of Black and White
leadership, the origins and causes of “AIDS,” the possibility
of racial genocide, the potential disasters posed by biomed-
ical research, and the realities of racial politics in this coun-
try.
In polite circles, I have been called an “out-of-the-box
thinker.” A friend offers an earthier epithet: He calls me an
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“equal-opportunity ass kicker.” On the other hand, because
I gave up my political independence and became a registered
Republican, some choose to see me as a “Black conservative.”
In reading this book, you may form your own opinion. I
see myself as an American who cares about this country and
all of the people in it. Most of all, I care about truth. My
journalism has been a search for that truth. I detest lies of
any kind from any source, whether those lies are perpetrated
by Black elitists who censor anyone who dares to challenge
them, or by White liberals who have stifled Black economic
development for generations by leading Blacks down the
path of dependence. I have no tolerance of racists or dem-
agogues of any color.
I am a Black man whose highly critical views of the Black
establishment, the Democratic Party, and White liberals may
surprise you. I am no less critical of the White establishment,
the Republican Party, and White conservatives. Although I
am unsparing in my assessment of the Black community, I
love Black people, but I believe Blacks present a serious
obstacle to the stability of this nation because too many are
still waiting for White people to solve their problems. I be-
lieve Black people should let White people go, and solve
their own problems.
In this book, which my critics will surely view as a “fero-
cious polemic,” I will write of things that normally are not
brought up by Blacks in the presence of Whites. I will discuss
the betrayal of the Black community by its misguided, elitist
leadership. I will explain why Black Americans are the least
successful sociological group in this country. I will also
broach a normally taboo topic—the pervasive fear among
Blacks that they will become the victims of racial genocide.
I will explain why that fear is more grounded in reality than
perhaps most Blacks and Whites realize.
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The societal decline so obvious today in Black America
will afflict the entire nation tomorrow. Drugs, shattered
families, teenage pregnancies, and street gangs were Black
America’s problems yesterday. Today, White suburbanites
are afflicted with the same critical problems. The truth is
that Black and White, our fates are intertwined as Americans.
We have no choice but to put aside our differences and join
together to save this country from the sort of economic and
moral bankruptcy that has turned once-thriving urban Black
neighborhoods into cesspools of violence, drugs, and degrad-
ation.
We do not have to like each other. We do not have to live
next door to each other. But we do have to share the burden
of saving this country and transforming it into a prosperous
nation where anyone can grab the brass ring.
In this book, I will be frank about the crises that threaten
Black and White Americans and the very existence of this
great country. And I will share my realistic and workable
ideas for solving those problems, not as Blacks or Whites,
but as a team of Americans.
In these pages, I critically examine affirmative action and
I am unsparing in my assessment of Black leaders for their
policies of the past, but it is essential that this book’s central
message of self-reliance not be held hostage. I have seen
many other Black writers and independent thinkers margin-
alized for daring to tell the truth as they see it. In this book,
I will not limit myself to the issues traditionally deemed
appropriate for Black writers.
I challenge everyone who reads this book to look past
stereotypes of all kinds, and to clearly see the Black lies, the
White lies, and the truth.
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