tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19127699.post8517167055784880798..comments2009-02-14T13:46:44.312-08:00Akindele F. Akinyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615301401612913192noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19127699.post-80893821200316618052009-02-14T13:46:00.000-08:002009-02-14T13:46:00.000-08:00Hi Scott. If you can leave me an e-mail address I can shoot you over the answers to your questions. You will LOVE it.Akindele F. Akinyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615301401612913192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19127699.post-63184568921686404152009-02-11T06:57:00.000-08:002009-02-11T06:57:00.000-08:00I read your essay with great interest, as I work (in a staff position) in one of those educational institutions you are speaking of. (I call it an indoctrination camp, having observed it from the inside for nearly 20 years). You are spot-on in your description of the modern public university. I have often said that the leftward slide of this nation is the natural consequence of a century of compulsory public education.<BR/><BR/>This comment you made got my attention the most, however: "The same way the GOP has ignored minorities for years now we have ignored the realm of academia. Now it is coming back to haunt us with the advent of the first Black President. A warning to my colleagues in the GOP. If we do not reach out to the youth, Blacks, poor people, Hispanics and other minorities this party will be OVER."<BR/><BR/>How would you define "reach out"? It's fine to criticize, but how would you, as a black man, advise white conservatives to approach these youth who have a steady dose of the Jeremiah Wrights and Jesse Jacksons and Al Sharptons of this world (not to mention the public education system which they are forced to attend) telling them that you can't trust white folks, that conservatives want to kill you, and if you (as a minority) go along with conservatives you are an Uncle Tom? All a white person can do is say "that isn't true", but those words are not believed because you know you can't trust the white man.<BR/><BR/>Please understand, this is an honest question - I would love to see the barriers brought down! I would love to have conservatives and conservative principles viewed as viable alternatives to the moral and cultural rot of the left. But it's kind of hard with the hand holding the olive branch gets bitten!Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675170508193377512noreply@blogger.com