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Posted by Flatbush41 on Fri Apr 22 16:06:08 2005, in response to A honest cultural question..., posted by brooklynQB on Thu Apr 21 17:01:22 2005. Well let me respond to your post:I have a honest cultural question: I read an article (couldn't re-find it, sorry) that says Blacks earn 1/10th of the wealth of whites. Add to that the other negivite statistics that have been done on this issue(crime rates, drug addiction, neighborhood health), I have one question to my fellow Black Americans: Why?... That's a crazy statistic if you ask me. I think Peter had it right where they probably have 1/10th of net assets. Why is there so much violence in Black areas? Same with drop-outs, drug addicts, abortions, and poverty. I mean, I feel very angry that I read articles that say Blacks (as well has hispanics, to some extent) are suffering from these problems more than whites. It all comes down to lack of motivation to finish school and being educated. Coming from a black person, I'm angry myself that they have some of these stereotypes, although the media portrays the situation as if it is a black or Hispanic epidemic, even though in terms of drug abuse, it has NO COLOR LINES! Are Black areas improving? Is racism going down? Are more minorites rising to middle-upper middle class? How many blacks are going to college? Those numbers have gone way up and yes racism has gone down although now I believe black folks are excluded from certain things in other ways, like employment. Nowadays black folks are starting to uplift themselves and it shows not all of us are thugs and shit. The productive folks far outnumbers the ignorant, period. But then abother thought...Is it really true? Do Blacks really suffer from this more than our white neighbors? Is it all one big racist stereotype? Whichever side of this issue your on, whatever you have to say, go ahead and say it. I like to keep it real so do I think blacks have a harder time living in this country, absolutely. Can we uplift ourselves out of the typical ghetto behavior and such, absolutely. Are there stereotypes, absolutely, which would be the point that all black folks have the thug image and that all we're good at is committing crimes and shit, which is total BS. Black folks shouldn't blame others, which has been too common in my view. If we help each other out instead of being so damned jealous, we will prosper and get that foolish image off of us, I will bet on that. I like this question even though I usually like to stay away from these types of topics but hey its all around so what can we do. Sure I don't agree with some of your views [and past threads you posted] but learning to agree to disagree can be productive. Some people just don't know what minorities, especially black folks, go through in life but I will say I'm very secure of myself and who I am. I know this post looks pretty negitive. But I really do have a honest question. Let's keep it civil and nice. I mean, this could really be a productive conversation. Remeber, I suffer from some of these issues too, so don't think I don't feel this... I also say this topic can be productive. Some people cannot accept the honesty of what's going on in the real world [being outside of transit issues for example] that's all. |
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