Ferguson

I'm a person of mixed racial descent, I have African blood, Scottish blood, Irish blood, Puerto Rican blood, and Native American blood running through my veins. Here in America, most people may identify me as either Black or Hispanic, some have even mistaken me for Southeast Asian or some other ethnic group. I identify myself as all of the above 'races' that I have running through my veins. It was my first generation Irish Nana (grandmother) who told me to be proud of ALL of the blood running through my veins when I expressed to her my problem with so-called 'racial identity'. I am eternally indebted to her for her sublime advice.
I'm NOT a so-called 'Black conservative', in fact I have a problem with some of these guys, especially the ones who parrot the insulting phrases stating that "The Blacks are on the Democrat plantation." and other similar blanket generalizations and insults. How would people react if someone said that "The Jews are in the Democrat concentration camp." because the overwhelming majority of Jewish people vote for democrats? I think that there would be quite an uproar if some people (Jews or non Jews) stated that phrase over and over again. Yet it's just fine when they say that about "the Blacks".
Let's get to the Ferguson Missouri situation. In my opinion, officer Wilson was in the RIGHT, Michael Brown was in the WRONG and he paid the ultimate price for being in the wrong. Sometimes SOME Black people choose the wrong 'battles' to fight  and in my opinion this is one of them. Looting, rioting, and stopping traffic is NOT  a way to win the hearts and minds of some people on the 'fence', it only causes animosity and resentment. Sadly this puts a bad 'face' on my fellow Black Americans who have NOTHING to do with the above actions. I agree that we should be judged as individuals, but sadly it doesn't happen this way when people see SOME Black people all around the country acting in such a negative manor all over the news media.I'm not blaming the media for reporting a story, it is what it is.
It's sad that it seems that the only time when some Black people can get together, it's for a negative and destructive purpose instead of a positive one! It's insulting that some people think that "the Blacks" can't handle the truth and that they have to be handled with kid gloves as to when the best time of day the Grand Jury's decision should have been presented. It's also sad that some Black people PROVE them right! I wish that this time they would have proved them wrong and expressed their disappointment with the Grand Jury's decision in an intelligent and lawful manor. Don't they realize that they are just fulfilling the bigot's assertion that 'they" are just a bunch of animals who don't know how to act? Don't they realize that their actions will lead them into the true 'plantation' which is the prison industrial complex? Don't they realize that they are alienating themselves from other minorities who had businesses in that very community? Don't they realize that they are only hurting their own community? Don't they realize that they are creating their own public relations nightmare? Don't they realize that their own boys are killing each other at a MUCH higher rate than any police officer or officers are killing them? I wish that they/we could harness all of that anger they are displaying and channel it towards a POSITIVE reaction and actions. It's easy to blame "Whitey", but really we should take a look in the goddamn mirror! Whitey is not killing us at an alarming rate, we are killing each other at an alarming rate. Whitey is not mucking up our neighborhoods, we are. Whitey is not stopping us from being educated, we are. WE ARE! Get a blanking grip and look at the real truth. All of my adult life I have been fighting against the stereotypes and statistics that afflict my people, so far at 48 years of age, I have been successful. I have faced plenty of discrimination in New York, but I found ways to overcome it. My voice sounds pretty "white", so I started a business where I could obtain customers over the phone without even seeing them face to face. On the phone I live in a "White world" and being in a real estate related industry, I have had ample opportunity to hear what SOME White people think about "the Blacks" and it's not pretty. Even when I meet some White people face to face, I can sense some inhibition, but as soon as I speak, it tends to throw them off and I gain some 'acceptance'. It sort of messes up their paradigm, so even walking around I live some what of a 'White life'. My wife is White and my in-laws with the exception of one brother in law are White conservative republicans and they are not too fond of President Obama, yet they love me. We have had PLENTY of discussions regarding race and social issues and even with our differences, we love each other  and try to concentrate on where we do agree.
Upon reading the above comments, some ignorant fools who happen to be Black MAY refer to me as an 'Uncle Tom', but that wold be TOTALLY inaccurate! I am a Liberal and a 'Free Thinker', I'm not a Herman Cain, Bishop Jackson, Ben Carson, or an Alan West 'type'. In fact I have a problem with those guys, the same with Mia Love . I don't like the fact that they make blanket generalizations about "the Blacks" to satiate the venomous bigots who want them to "run for President", which is laughable in itself. I have noticed that those venomous bigots don't gravitate towards the Black conservative republicans who DON'T make those blanket generalizations. There's no talk about J.C. Watts, Michael Steele, Colin Powell, or Tim Scott being President. These aforementioned gentlemen also don't get much love from the so-called Black community as well and I think that it's pretty tragic, as they are intelligent and decent people with great minds and intentions. In my opinion we (the so-called Black community) shouldn't throw all of our eggs in one basket, I want to see positive Blacks and Latinos join the Republican and Libertarian parties as well as the Democratic party. I think that we should vote for the individuals we think that are good regardless of party affiliation. Scott Rigell is someone I support and admire, though we may have some minor disagreements. It's the same with our former Governor, I admired/admire the man and supported him and I find his current situation tragic. I supported Gary Johnson and Sarvis, I also like the fact that Rand Paul, Tim Scott, and Corey Booker have worked together across the aisle in support of certain legislation, I think that we need more of this. I would love to see Duvall Patrick run for President. Malcolm X was an advocate of non party affiliation and suggested that we vote for the INDIVIDUALS who best support our needs and desires.
One of the greatest men I have known in my life besides my Father, was my Black Grandfather, who told me: "Son, don't worry about Black power, think about Green power." . He was a Black conservative born out of poverty from South Carolina and an orphan who managed to have one son join the Navy who eventually went on to play in Duke Ellington's band and went on to be a Monsignor in the Catholic church, my Uncle looks like Mario Cuomo....go figure! He also managed to put five daughters through college, all of them have gone on to live very successful lives and produce successful offspring. That generation with the exception of myself and my little sister, tend to vote for Democrats and they are DEFINITELY not on any 'plantation' or government assistance. We have lawyers, judges, oil execs, computer execs, and entrepreneurs, they also tend to vote for Democrats because like you have stated: "The Democrats talk to "the Blacks" and the Republicans talk at or about  "the Blacks". I also find it "funny" that some Republicans are now "concerned" for the Blacks and jobs when it involves the "illegal aliens", these are the same Republican conservatives who tend to think that the Blacks don't work in the first place and are on some 'blanking' plantation as well as on government assistance. In my opinion, they are trying to utilize a "divide and conquer" tactic that I hope doesn't work.They seem to imply that "the Blacks" are only qualified for the menial jobs that some so-called illegal immigrants gravitate towards.
In closing; I think that some of my fellow Black Americans should try to prove the bigots WRONG instead of proving them RIGHT. As Americans, we have a First Amendment right to demonstrate and air our grievances; stopping traffic, burning buildings down, and messing people's days up, is NOT  a way to win the hearts and minds of people who are on the 'fence'. Behaving in an intelligent and articulate manner and expressing our grievances that way is the best course of action in my opinion.