tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943645.post876652465157218527..comments2009-12-31T19:22:55.555-06:00Shay Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01303640395859646326noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943645.post-50768177374357079912009-12-31T19:22:55.555-06:002009-12-31T19:22:55.555-06:00Shelby Steele continues to amaze me with his ridiculous assertions. He mentions how Oprah and others have chosen to be &quot;bargainers&quot; in order to be successful. What&#39;s interesting is that many wouldn&#39;t find the &quot;bargainer&quot; position to be necessarily a choice, as much the only way to be successful without indulging in coonery or further exemplifying the black pathology that has been marketed to so many for far too long. <br /><br />Those he mentioned such as Oprah, Bill Cosby, and Michael Jordan all exemplified positive ideals throughout the majority of their public lives. Have there been slip ups? Sure. Acts that can be deemed immoral? Most definitely. Michael Jordan&#39;s cheating and (alleged) gambling problem come to mind and Cosby&#39;s infidelity as well. But we all mess up. That&#39;s an unmistakable part of life. <br /><br />To then anchor those mistakes to a &quot;bargainer&#39;s mask&quot; as though those mistakes couldn&#39;t have been made without the mask, is foolish at best and disingenuous at worst. But then again that&#39;s nothing new for Shelby Steele, the best bargainer of them all.John S. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737561096001439354noreply@blogger.com