Editor's note: LET received the following email from reader Ron Chism, who gave us permission to republish a recent powerful article he wrote: "I'm 74 years old. I have lived in Chicago virtually all of my life. I lived during a period of time when, even during segregation, our people, Black folks, did not play victim. We were the very opposite. I will leave you with the following Substack article that I wrote, and you can check it out, of course, if you wish. Note that there are links within the article to freebooks, videos, and documentaries that I feel quite certain would be of interest to you, and that you would enjoy reading/viewing. Last, I thank you for having the BALLS to tell the truth!!!"
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In the previous Substack article I wrote, I included a short, one-minute X(Twitter) video produced by Chad O. Jackson. At the end of Chad’s video, he says the following: "You will never be respected, as a group, if your idea of obtaining power is pretending to be a victim to get it."
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Ron Chism, son of Nathaniel Spain Chism, a life-long construction carpenter who retired with a full pension from the Chicago Carpenter's Union, and Azelma Dolores Chism, who, believe it or not, prepared me for a skill ten years before that skill, Word Processing, even existed. Because of her, I was able to market my skills successfully, until, after 55 years of employment, I successfully retired, and now sit, comfortably, on my BLACK ASS, talking shit at Substack. I am a living example of the success that pre-1960s Black parents carved out for their children by REFUSING to allow us to bitch and whine.
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Dawn
2024-08-18T18:39-0400 | Comment by: Dawn
He's so right. I don't care what someone's skin color or background is, if they perpetually play the victim, I have zero respect for them. Many people have been victims in one way or another - racism, child abuse, rape, and the list can go on and on because humans are far too willing to hurt each other. That said, most of us let go of victimhood and choose to be happy and productive and encourage others to do the same. It seems like perpetual victims not only don't want to be productive or uplift others. They just want to wallow in victimhood and make everyone around them miserable. Life's too short to put up with that nonsense.
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2024-08-18T18:39-0400 | Comment by: Dawn
He's so right. I don't care what someone's skin color or background is, if they perpetually play the victim, I have zero respect for them. Many people have been victims in one way or another - racism, child abuse, rape, and the list can go on and on because humans are far too willing to hurt each other. That said, most of us let go of victimhood and choose to be happy and productive and encourage others to do the same. It seems like perpetual victims not only don't want to be productive or uplift others. They just want to wallow in victimhood and make everyone around them miserable. Life's too short to put up with that nonsense.