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Bad news: Complainers are rewarded for complaining. Indicative of the victim culture in which we live, people have not only come to expect something for nothing, but are then rewarded for how loudly they can ventilate their sense of having been victims of fraud.

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With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'

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If art is singular expression, then by nature, the best art is controversial. But when art stirs debate for reasons besides its artistic integrity, that's when things get bent.

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There remains a degree of anti-black intellectualism in entertainment. Middle and upper-middle class blacks have often been portrayed as buffoons in popular culture; witness the characters of Carlton Banks on 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' and Braxton P. Hartnabrig on 'The Jamie Foxx Show.'

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From the moment we were first dumped in Jamestown and had our teeth checked before getting sold off and later considered three-fifths of a human being, an abundance of 'likability' hasn't been something blacks have had to stockpile. Instead, it's been a centuries-long battle for respectability.

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While most trudge through their days straight-jacketed in the social compact, living for others as much as or more than for themselves, a select few excel.

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Let's be very clear: Living 'unforgiven' is not the sole domain of blacks. It can be found in any successful person.

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I understand politicos gotta make bank. But cloistering with the Hollywood elite is not how you prove you're a man of the people.

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I'm sorry, but chick fights are sexy. If you don't think so, you're either an uptight woman or a lying man.

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Yes, it's hard to stay in shape, but it's also hard to raise kids. That doesn't mean you get to drop them off at your local fire station when they get to be a handful.

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