[Tre]

To expound on Paul’s post, I think the main reasons many African-American men these days have such hostility toward African-American women are jealousy and misguided frustrations.

Jealousy, because as Paul mentioned, most black women, especially in the professional world, do not experience the same hardships as black men. This is not to say black women do not face their own struggles, but it is to say that in the lower levels of organizations, sex and not race is more of a barrier, and unfortunately that is a barrier that is easier to overcome for because there is less opposition there when compared to race. So, many black men become jealous of the pereived success of black women or the easier path that many of them travel early in their careers.

This jealousy leads to the second problem, which is misguided frustration. Many brothers frustrated with a system that punishes them for being black, but that at the same time allows a black women to move along seemingly unscathed, develop deep resentments. While I believe these resentments are at the system, most black men unfortunately attack black women as a means of attacking the system. This of course is ridiculous for a variety of reasons, but the most important thing brothers should realize is that sisters always encounter the wall of racism later in their careers, typically where it has a much more damaging effect on them than it has on us, since we’ve been dealing with it out of the gate.

Personally, I think your tactic of not involving yourself with black men is harmful to all of us, because, like it or not, we are all in this together.

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[Tre]

I think that prior to defining a terrorist victory, one must define what a terrorist attack is. Using a strategic point of view, any attack that does not follow conventional means can be defined as a terrorist attack. Therefore, the term already will have varied meanings based on the context it is used in. The incidents of Sept. 11, 2001, while defined as a terrorist attack here, were considered conventional warfare in the Middle East, while in the Middle East, missile attacks and smart bombs would be considered terrorist. That is because the term ‘terrorist’ implies one who strikes fear to the point of terror, which typically results in paralysis.

Given that definition, victory would be when the object of attack entered a state of paraylsis, which is exactly what the United States did.

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