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Always someone who wants to play the "model minority" card when discussing African Americans.
Just stop. We've been excluded (yes, I'm Asian American) in real estate and other areas historically, but to compare our experience with that of African Americans is nonsense.
Asians are model minorities because they work hard, value education, commit far less crimes per capita, and make higher median salaries than whites?
HMMMMMMMMMMMMM. Maybe blacks should take note.
Or... could ignore it and blame some invisible racist strawman.
Take the "highest rate of single mothers" statistic in the proper context. WHY does the urban black community have a higher rate of single mothers than any other demographic? Past that, what can possibly explain the shift in the black family from a higher marriage and wedded childbirth rate than all other demographics at one point in the not so distant past, to the current polar opposite of the worst rate among all other demographics? Is the some historical inflection point that can possibly explain the WHY of this particular cultural issue?
I mean, slavery ended 156 years ago, so that legacy alone cannot explain what shifted from the very family oriented black demographic to this new single mother, absentee father, children raised on the street phenomenon. What could have possibly happened in the last oh...70 years that could give us a clue as to why the all black Harlem city schools went from 2nd best in the 5 Burroughs to among the worst as of today.
What was the pox, pray tell, that fell upon the black demographic's house, such that it actually resembles a plague virus? Hmm...what could it be...?
One word. Policy. You can look back in time at blacks and see that in many ways, they were faring way better back in the 50's and 60's. They were more educated. More families were together. Fewer gangs. It was only when all the policies designed to help them were put in place that caused all of this. Policies that do not encourage being married. Paying them more to stay apart. Three strikes, you're out putting more black men in prison. It's all policy.
Warren and Gillibrand jumped on their "white leftist female hero platform" last night and claimed the reason that the black community is poor is because of a "history" that the country has yet to make amends for.
The fact is the black community has the highest single motherhood rate, and the highest school dropout rate of all races in the United States.
Those are personal choices, not "institutionalized" racism.
Change my mind.
As a black man, what’s my interest in changing your mind? For what? What do I get out of it? We’re not looking for any reluctant allies anyway. There’s nothing in it for me to attempt to change your mind. Believe what you want.
I know that our very complex history plays a huge role in black pathologies amongst our poor. If you don’t think so, oh well. You’re not a friend or ally to the black community anyway. Shrug.
But no one is paying me money to try to convince you of anything. And until someone mails me a check or explains the benefits to me of attempting to change your mind, I’ll remain disinterested in whatever your take on the issue is.
LMAO @ “change my mind.” Please. This dude here^^!.
But WHY has it reversed? Why isn't anyone asking WHY? Government policies ENCOURAGE single parent families.
Single parents in Africa is not very common...
You think AfricanAmericans are just less Monogamous or not staying together because of a Welfare state?
And just overlook how the justice system has basically targeted young black men much harder since the 70s for non-violent drug offenses in poor urban black communities.
We're people just like anyone else. So don't think you're complimenting us. More like patting us on the head in a patronizing way.
Your pop culture remarks ignore the fact that Asian American comprise many different ethnicies, cultures and communities of varying generations. A 4th generation Japanese American is going to have a very different experience than a Laotian refugee family.
While you crow that Asians have higher median salaries than whites - remember, if this is a national sample, most of us are concentrated in states like CA, NY, HI which have high COLs - so those high salaries don't go as far.
Moreover, Asian Americans as a group also have a high poverty rate than average. Highest poverty rate of immigrants in NYC, for example.
As a black man, what’s my interest in changing your mind? For what? What do I get out of it? We’re not looking for any reluctant allies anyway. There’s nothing in it for me to attempt to change your mind. Believe what you want.
I know that our very complex history plays a huge role in black pathologies amongst our poor. If you don’t think so, oh well. You’re not a friend or ally to the black community anyway. Shrug.
But no one is paying me money to try to convince you of anything. And until someone mails me a check or explains the benefits to me of attempting to change your mind, I’ll remain disinterested in whatever your take on the issue is.
LMAO @ “change my mind.” Please. This dude here^^!.
This is hysterical coming from the same guy who I asked a simple question of, and you wouldn't answer because I didn't "ask nicely enough" or whatever. You might want to think over that whole "pot calling the kettle black" quote there, buddy.
As a black man, what’s my interest in changing your mind? For what? What do I get out of it? We’re not looking for any reluctant allies anyway.
Allies for what? Why do you need allies? I fully believe blacks can change their own situations by themselves. It starts with better personal decision making.
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