The Proper Criticism of Some Decent People: A Candid, Unblinking, Unapologetic, Uncompromising Look at the Leadership Crisis in Black America and Its Impact on All of America

Dr. Theophilus Green

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The Proper Criticism of Some Decent People

A Candid, Unblinking, Unapologetic, Uncompromising Look at the Leadership Crisis in Black America and the Impact on the Leadership of America

Dr. Theophilus Green

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“None of us are born with prejudice. It is not a human response or reaction that comes naturally. Yet, it is a practice that has persisted for nearly five hundred years in what is now the United States of America.” With those words, Chicago psychologist Dr. Theophilus Green begins an unflinching analysis of virtually every major luminary to influence American civil rights in the last fifty years. With uncommon results:

On O.J. Simpson: L.A. police on the scene may have been confused about the identity of the murderer because blood is red and O.J. is black. But not the psychologists. The reason? They each asked themselves the same question. Who would know Nicole had breast implants, and who would take time to destroy them,—but the guy who paid for them?

On Black women: The fully Americanized black woman is a willful, dominating, colorful, controlling, unique mixture of female. You should read that as a compliment, not an editorial. You should also consider it fair warning.

On Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun:

Ultimately, finally and unfortunately, Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun was always alone. Top the heap, queen of the roost, best seat in the best game in town. She was also the poster woman for every black woman in America. No man, no strong family, no strong support group, surrounded by manipulators, schemers and cons. It’s a wonder she survived it at all.

On Rev. Jesse Jackson: It is embarrassing to later discover that Rev. Jackson’s real motive for going to Washington to counsel the President may have been the opportunity to go skipping down the hotel halls to play with his own girlfriend, who was unlike Lewinsky, pregnant.

On Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley: Say what you want about the Mayor of Chicago, his abuse of privilege, the under the table contracts, the investigations that never seem to result in indictments. He can’t pronounce the language and only plays fair for a fare. But you have to give the man his due. He takes second to no one in raising a man. Stand up and give the family just applause. His son Patrick Daley is a man for all the right reasons. (“Well done, young man, well done.”) Well done, indeed.

“Thank you for the monograph. Interesting and Provocative”

Colin Powell

U.S. Secretary of State

“The most important book for every black child in the 21^st century.”

Elmira Mayes, Founder, Director, Loop Lab School

“I never thought I would ever read a book that would admit that the Catholic church celibacy hypocrisy breeds pedophiles.”

Robert Knight, Chairman,

Committee to Seek Redress Justice for Children of Catholic Clergy Sexual Abuse

Dr. Theophilus Green is a clinical and forensic psychologist who now works with many victims and advocacy groups of those affected by Catholic clergy child sexual abuse. He is a former Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune and Ebony and Jet magazine editor.

Chapter II: Jesse Jackson and the Misspent Seed of Greatness

The unavoidable reality is that Jesse Jackson has the Seeds of Greatness. He has spoken to more people, traveled to greater distances, raised more issues, clarified more concerns, outlined more solutions, suggested more answers and impacted more living, breathing human beings to inspire, stimulate and question the way they live their lives and treat others, than anyone in the history of the world. In the bargain, he has probably experienced more losses than we will ever know.

When Jackson was forced into embarrassing public admissions by the tabloid press, the comments from supporters and detractors alike varied. They ranged from a rush to forgiveness to snide and unforgiving comments about his arrogance and lack of character. But common among comments from both groups was the surprise and astonishment that it happened at all. Jackson after all, was both witness and participant to the firestorm associated with the revelations that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had extramarital affairs recorded on tape by late FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. He saw first hand how it affected Mrs. King and had to know how much it embarrassed her children. Jackson must have given some forethought, and considerable afterthought, about the possible consequences.

The real question is not so much why Jackson had a "love child." That part was obvious. The woman was young and hot, Jackson’s room was the only one with cold water and there were no prophylactics available when he slipped into something comfortable. Happens all the time in the ghetto. Apparently, in the Clinton White House as well. Life is never predictable. Accidents happen all the time. The real question should be why neither Jackson, nor others close to him acted to protect him from the circumstances that might permit those kind of accidents to happen. If you know your wife is going to be a weight around your neck when you visit the most powerful man on the earth and you know you’ll be asked to compare power fingers, you’d think someone in this day and age would have invented a wedding ring that fit.

Early in his career, Rev. Billy Graham gave thought as to how his legacy would be viewed. He did not want his accomplishments to be trivialized ala the fictional Elmer Gantry. He knew that he had to protect himself from unfounded rumors that could affect his ministry. He made several rules to protect himself. He would never enter a hotel room unless it had been searched and certified empty. There would always be someone to verify that there were no expectant lovers waiting to surprise him or cameras that might bring other embarrassments. He also reportedly made several other rules, the most important being that he would not be alone with a woman in a room. For the most part, he conducted meetings with his wife by his side. Those rules, whether true or not, certainly worked to protect both his career and his loved ones. Respect for his mission would have been more if he had spoken out as loud for civil rights he did for his spiritual beliefs.

Even Dr. King had his rules, albeit for white leaders. Dr. King would never meet with an important white politician alone. He could not trust that after they left the room, there would not be a disagreement committing the "Great Emancipator of the Civil Rights Era" to something he had not agreed. He thus assured himself he could not be manipulated by the press or those who had greater access to it than he. The idea that he could have closed door meeting with a President, agree on one agenda, then have the President open the door and announce a different plan to the world, made him cautious of the white press. There was little black press of consequence. Dr. King learned the hard way to be wary of the white press, to measure his goals not only in terms of actual achievement, but how they would be reported as well. His caution kept him disciplined. His wariness made him careful. Dr. King’s respect of the press, led to a corresponding respect for him, before and after death.

Jesse Jackson, New York, Chicago Tribune, Michael Jackson, Martin Luther King, Oprah Winfrey, Presidente Fox, United States, Carol Moseley-Braun, Los Angeles, Jimmy Carter, Supreme Court, White House, Cochran Defense, Michael Jordan, Ronald Reagan, Johnnie Cochran, Louis Farrakhan, Jeff Fort, King Center, Wall Street, Congressman Gutierrez, Kobe Bryant, Central America, Congressman Luis Gutierrez