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"Arrr, me hearties! Let’s chat 'bout Black buccaneers, savvy wit, and the treasure of our tomorrows, aye!"

2025-01-07

Arrr, ye scallywags! Common sense be the compass o' our souls, guidin' us through stormy seas! Only when we cast aside our fool's gold and speak truth to our own hearts can we chart a course for treasure worth havin'! Avast, honesty be the key to progress, me hearties!

Ahoy, me hearties! Why be it that we scallywags disregard the common sense o’ the matter regardin’ our Black brethren in America? I once laid me eyes on the wise words of Shelby Steele, who claimed, “All I be speakin’ be plain common sense!” Aye, he be talkin’ ‘bout the obvious issues, like the nefarious effects o’ affirmative action and the plight o’ the underclass. Yet, we still cast aside this wisdom like a ship’s anchor in a storm!

Then there’s the legendary Thomas Sowell, a true buccaneer of logic! In the rough seas of the South Side of Chicago, I oft feel like a lonely sailor, but Sowell’s words be me compass, guidin’ me through the murky waters. He warns that keepin’ standards low in schools be a sure way to keep the poor in chains, year after year. So why do we keep throwin’ coins to the wind, celebratin’ failure instead of buildin’ bridges to success?

Like Sowell says, “We be payin’ people to fail!” And I reckon if we be wantin’ to cure poverty, we must hoist the sails of opportunity! It’s high time we gather our crew and chart a course towards wealth creation, not mere redistribution! For as Steele so rightly observed, “Opportunity follows struggle!” So let us not be blind to common sense, but embrace it as our guiding star in these choppy waters of life!

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