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You guys simply fail to grasp why there is a problem in some areas of the black community. Paradoxically you stumbled on the solution (see bold above). This is all about MEMES and FOO. And sadly many blacks in the USA have the worst MEMES and FOO. And that cannot be easily changed!
I have no idea what you are saying. Could you please explain this to me.
You as a black person are being oppressed by memes. I have no idea what FOO is.
I come from a line of people who just did what they could to make ends meet. Not many went to college. They were farmers or working class people who lived through the Depression and fought in wars, and did whatever they could to support their families. All the black people I know (granted, I've never lived in a poor black neighborhood so the ones I know also didn't live in a poor black neighborhood), seem to have the same type of people in their backgrounds. Working class people who didn't necessarily all go to college, but did what they could to make ends meet.
Black folks that are not descendant of slaves generally do well. Black kids that become lawyers and doctors usually have a great family unit.
You simply regurgitate dogma that means nothing to dirt poor descendants of slaves that have nothing positive to look at. All those ethnic groups had a culture that goes back for hundreds of years and they were not cut off from the mother land. They were able to keep their own positive MEMEs and FOO. They remained German or Italian.
OTOH, blacks were kidnapped as children (or very young) put in a boat and spend generations as slaves with no connection to any cultural value from the homeland. The only culture they knew was slavery. Then they were set free and not allowed to truly participate in society. To compare that to the plight of European migration is a travesty.
You said: Well blacks were not offered those jobs.
Are you serious? Slaves were generally sold here and there with no regards to family unit. There was no such thing as a mom and a dad and a white picket fence.
Slavery ended over 100 years ago.
And yes, I can compare it to Irish migration - very similar to start, yet very different now.
I have no idea what you are saying. Could you please explain this to me.
You as a black person are being oppressed by memes. I have no idea what FOO is.
Black folks that are not descendant of slaves generally do well. Black kids that become lawyers and doctors usually have a great family unit.
The thing is: Slavery destroyed the family unit.
Maybe 150-200 years ago. Black families were generally strong until the 1960's and later when the Govt made it profitable to make babies and not be married.
Maybe 150-200 years ago. Black families were generally strong until the 1960's and later when the Govt made it profitable to make babies and not be married.
Another nice regurgitation of recycled right wing phrases. Nice job!
Blacks have little power and remain victims of their history in the US.
What can be done?
Electing black leaders does not do the job. What are the alternatives. More of the same?
I honestly believe that the blacks have to want it enough to work for it. I don't know what else can be done. We already have affirmative action, free education K - 12, welfare, food stamps, and many other funding programs. However, we cannot do their work for them.
There are no slaves in America today. Their struggle is not "genetic" to be passed down.
Interestingly enough, that may not be true.
There is recent research with mice that fear of certain situations, PTSD reactions to trauma experienced by parents can actually alter DNA and be passed down genetically to children and grandchildren.
To date the experiments focused on smell and hearing......i.e. training mice to fear things associated with certain smells/sounds and then they discovered the offspring born later have the same fear/PTSD reactions.
There are lots of things we don't know about the human brain yet.
For my money, the biggest legacy of slavery and the social handout policies that followed is "learned helplessness" and dependence.
So, perhaps one day we will see a pill that can wipe out whatever family of origin disadvantage someone starts out with. Until then the solution is pretty much the same for all of us.
They WERE oppressed, now they oppress themselves. Take responsibility- that is the first step. Quit digging the hole deeper- put down the shovel.
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