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The Truth About Philadelphia
Roland Delaney
Glenn: So, I, I'm practically
telling the truth about Philadelphia. And if you were gonna be making
a film about "The Truth About Philadelphia," what would you, what would
it be about? Roland: (excerpts) The
factories are gone, and industrial energy's this and that, and so, people
don't, they have not been trained to become small middle-sized business
people, so, therefore, they just feel they have to turn to the benefits,
with unions and others have sort of substituted as a crutch. And so, with
the crutch, they don't think beyond that crutch. So again, a lot of that
means that we have got to begin to, to present tough love. Tell it hard,
tell it straight, and let the chips fall where they may. And sometime,
when you begin to attack people, they'll begin to defend themselves, but
eventually they're beginning to accept they're part of the problem, and
allow them, if you put out a few here's what you may be able to do, select
something that they can do best to help with what they, we, what they
have. We got so much talent that just goes into the grave. And so, again,
my concern is outside, outside these churches, who have totally zombienized
our people, have done nothing to recycle these people who are in the by
and large, by and large, these are the educators and the blue collar people
who have skills and talent, they have not recycled them into the community
to do anything, and, unfortunately, except prepare them for some death.
Eh, uh, and to me, that's a tragedy. And to me, that is part of, in fact
that is worse than slavery. Because you've taken someone who has something
and then stifle it. The person who has nothing and stifle it, big deal,
they have nothing g-nothing gained, nothing lost. But a person who has
acquired life experiences and you name it, that's worth its weight in
gold. And it's, and to do nothing with this, stimulate a, a tutoring club,
or something with it, is an insult. |
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