Race OR Talent: America is STILL The land of Oppurtunity
Will we ever live to see the day when talent, skill, knowledge and above all else CHARACTER is what REALLY matters?
Just asking...
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CAN ACHIEVEMENT STILL COUNT IN AMERICA?
by JB Williams, ©2011
Landau Eugene Murphy is a 36-year-old father and husband who said he will use the $1,000,000 prize garnered from AGT to educate his children. Of his first-place win, he said he will continue to "walk by faith"
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(Sep. 24, 2011) — A young black man by the name of Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. was just voted the 2011 winner of NBC’s national talent competition, America’s Got Talent. Landau was from across the tracks, a car washer by trade. But he was a car washer who took pride in an honest living and had always dreamt of becoming a famous singer and now, he is one.
Landau is a great example of a good and decent young American man, husband and father who kept his family going by washing cars as he dreamt of a better future.
Landau was elected the 2011 winner of America’s Got Talent (AGT) by the American people. Not because he is black, but because he is the classic personal achievement rags to riches story that Americans deeply relate to and love, as an example of what possibilities make America the greatest nation on earth.
Without any affirmative action favors at all, Landau ascended from career car washer to millionaire singer and Las Vegas headline act, all on his own steam, driven by his own dream. That’s as American as it gets and race played no factor in it whatsoever.
Landau didn’t ask people to make him the first black male winner of America’s Got Talent. He just asked for the chance to prove to America what he was capable of, and man, was he capable.
Landau is an untrained singer who had never performed before an audience before auditioning for AGT. America immediately embraced him, not because he was black, but because he was born with golden pipes and all he needed was a chance to shine. That’s the classic American story…
Landau’s natural talent and his personal likeability factor (X Factor) were undeniable from the start. My wife and kids became Landau fans at his first audition, as did I. Like the rest of America that supported Landau all the way to victory, my family could not have cared less what color Landau was or what job he held to keep his family going while pursuing his personal version of happiness.
Landau represents all good and decent American citizens of all shapes, sizes, colors and creeds. Landau is living the American dream and he has proven that the dream is still alive and well for all Americans, no matter race.
NOW, COMPARE LANDAU TO BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA II
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