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yea, that's why i asked. but he's trying way too hard. every time i click on this forum and see some article involving blacks i see him all over it.
i hate being the internet psychologist but he seems to be trying to wash himself different for the sake of the whites on the internet. Oh noes, i'm not like them i swear, i'm some man from ghana who goes to yale and does exotic african rituals at the same time. If he wanted he could find a black forum and vent but he does so here....
Piggybacking on what you said, I see it as the "throwing your own under the bus" theory, where a person tries to criticizes his or her own to gain the approval of the dominant society, not realizing that he or she looks like the people being criticizes, and believing that such criticism will gain instant approval.
Pretty much. To us America is the easiest place to make it. It is a lot easier to make it here than in my birth country.
I'm a first generation Black American too. My family's thinking was if the system was discriminatory, then that means you have to be better than everyone else to get a fair shot.
I'm a first generation Black American too. My family's thinking was if the system was discriminatory, then that means you have to be better than everyone else to get a fair shot.
My parents said the same thing. It also helped they stayed on my behind too when I was in school. My dad also worked and went to school while raising a family
I'm a first generation Black American too. My family's thinking was if the system was discriminatory, then that means you have to be better than everyone else to get a fair shot.
I can understand that thinking. My father has told be about that. From what I could guess,some people despair at the fact that they would have to be better than everyone else to get a fair shot, and for that reason, some people give up.
Jim Crow was stopped; what, almost 50 years ago? The younger hood rats can't use "Jim Crow" as why they don't do well in life. Jim Crow was mostly a Southern thing; many Northern Blacks didn't have to deal with it.
Real sad cause 50 years ago Black people even down South fought and bled for education yet many of the younger ones in 2012 wanna put the Black man BACK in the hood cause the hood rats think education is "acting white". It's like the Klan today is Black "putting the Black man in his place." Sheesh!
Three is absolutely NO empirical evidence to back up a damn thing in your post. It's obvious your opinions of Black Americans are formed by being exposed to low income Black Americans with limited educations. That is only one part of Black America. Of course based on your rather limited experiences you refuse to believe otherwise.
If everything that you say about ALL Black Americans is true how could you explain the following?
Black college enrollment reached its highest level on record in October 2010. Akin to young Hispanics, record young black college enrollment reflects educational strides as well as population gains. In October 2010, 38% of black 18- to 24-year-olds were enrolled in college. This eclipsed the prior high of 37% recorded in October 2009.
An important factor underlying the black college enrollment increase is that more young blacks are completing high school and thus are eligible to pursue college. In October 2010, 83% of black 18- to 24-year-olds had completed high school. This represents a historical high in young black high school completion.
Here are the U.S Census Bureau stats for Money Income Distribution By Families 1980 to 2008 in (Constant Dollars)
54.9% of non-Hispanic White families had incomes of $50,000 a year or more
29.4% of Black families had incomes of $50,000 a year or more
32.9% of Hispanic families had incomes of $50,000 a year or more
In 2008
62.5% of non-Hispanic White families had incomes of $50,000 a year or more
40% of Black families had incomes of $50,000 a year or more
40.1% of Hispanic families had incomes of $50,000 a year or more
In summation the number of non-Hispanic White families with incomes of $50,000 or more increased by 13.84% between 1980 and 2008.
The number of Black families with incomes of $50,000 or more increased by 36.05%
The number of Hispanic families with incomes of $50,000 or more increased by 21.58%.
In conclusion the percentage of Black American and Hispanic families with incomes of over $50,000 a has grown significantly in the last 30 years and it's grown at a faster rate than for non-Hispanic White family's. This does not mitigate the fact that the number of poor Black American and Hispanic families is disproportional to their overall population numbers but it certainly refutes any evidence that any one can present that these two demographic groups are not making any progress.
If in fact a larger subset of Black American and Hispanic were "regressing" that would mean that the percentage of lower income Black Americans and Hispanics is INCREASING. That is not factually correct.
In 1980
41% of Black American families made less $25,000 a year
32.9% of Hispanic families made less than $25,000 a year
In 2008
31.5% of Black American families made less $25,000 a year
28.9% of Hispanic families made less than $25,000 a year
The percentage of Black American families making made less than $25,000 a year decreased by 19.7% from 1980 to 2008.
The percentage of Hispanic American families making less than $25,000 a year decreased by 12.15% from 1980 to 2008.
If there are a larger percentage of Black Americans and Hispanic families making over $50,000 from 1980 to 2008 and a lower percentage the same group of familes making less than $25,000 THAN IT'S ILLOGICAL TO SUGGEST THAT THE GROUP IS REGRESSING IN TERMS IF INCREASING ITS INCOME.
Now sit here and explain to how Black people that getting more educated and whose incomes are rising are in any way NOT PROGRESSING compare to where they were 50 years ago much less 30 years years ago?
Piggybacking on what you said, I see it as the "throwing your own under the bus" theory, where a person tries to criticizes his or her own to gain the approval of the dominant society, not realizing that he or she looks like the people being criticizes, and believing that such criticism will gain instant approval.
You don't realize how close you are to the truth:
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Usual suspects causing mayhem in broad daylight, downtown. I love the cover-up by 7-eleven and the police. They don't want to do any interviews, don't want to release any surveillance tapes. What are they hiding?
Still trying to find those high performing, non civil war, non warring, non third world cities in Africa. Where are they,and why don't they exist below the Sahara? Why is there a sky high Aids rate in Africa?
Oh,EdwardA,you do know they list Arabs as Africans too,so any stats would get mixed too.
And Edward,if Africans are so proud of their culture,why do I see many skin bleaching clinincs being advertised in Africa? Why do I see so many wig and weave wearers with perms in their hair among the Ghanians and Nigerians over here?
Still trying to find those high performing, non civil war, non warring, non third world cities in Africa. Where are they,and why don't they exist below the Sahara? Why is there a sky high Aids rate in Africa?
Oh,EdwardA,you do know they list Arabs as Africans too,so any stats would get mixed too.
And Edward,if Africans are so proud of their culture,why do I see many skin bleaching clinincs being advertised in Africa? Why do I see so many wig and weave wearers with perms in their hair among the Ghanians and Nigerians over here?
I haven't met any Africans that bleach their skin. I've met a few that have perms, but then again, so do many Black American women. I have met more Africans who wear their hair naturally.
Oh,EdwardA,you do know they list Arabs as Africans too,so any stats would get mixed too.
And Edward,if Africans are so proud of their culture,why do I see many skin bleaching clinincs being advertised in Africa? Why do I see so many wig and weave wearers with perms in their hair among the Ghanians and Nigerians over here?
no need for that, don't sink to his level. I'm happy for all african immigrants who succeed in this country and i give them nothing but my appreciation. fighting fire with fire will only tear us apart and will not benefit us at all.
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