(04-22-2021 12:48 AM)ODUsmitty Wrote: I'd like to be able to single out key members of the Black Community for failing to set and demand expectations for school performance, lack of consistent paternal influence, teenage pregnancy rate, and incarceration rate of their males. All of these are fertile ground, but when Cardi B is allowed to perform sex acts at the Grammys, to the applause of all those folks that say Blacks are marginalized and not given a fair shake in the modern world, yet encouraging them to act like animals in public, you can understand my frustration. If you are told you are a victim all of your life, you will likely ultimately believe that premise, even if given the same or better opportunities to rise above it. If you are told (and held accountable) that you are responsible for your actions, and the responsibilities you create, you likely will choose a different and better path. Black liberation, particularly economic liberation, comes from within, and the first step is to refuse to participate in Plantation economics of Democrat handouts and perpetual victimization, and decide and act that you can succeed in this country that offers more opportunity for all races than any other. Until we see progress in this area, I literally don't give a damn that some stupid and misled Black kid committing a crime and not complying with police finds himself on the wrong end of a gunshot. Play your stupid games and win your stupid prizes.
I basically agree with you but what we are seeing is not real America. Its the lowest common denominator and also the loudest. But overall it doesnt make up the biggest part of Black America.
I read a article, months ago, posted it on here (not going to take the time to find it) and Black America is out growing White America when it comes to "middle class". It gave a time range (I dont believe it was over 20 years but dont remember exactly) that Black America will pass up White America in the middle class. Not total numbers but each year after.
So a lot of Black America is not buying into victimhood or blaming others. Nope they set their sight on the American dream and going out and getting it. They are teaching their children whats possible if they work for it and set their goals.
That has not reached the intercity ghettos of the largest cities. That is what we are feed night after night and its that way to divide all of us. But you can tell by the number of black votes President Trump got....
more and more black people are seeing this for what it is. Just think about those numbers if the media had not pounded Trump for 4 years. The media is going to influence those black families in 2021 but less and less each year.
At some point when the number of blacks are high enough in the middle class. You will see the black voting block disappear that democrats depend on. At some point when your income is high enough...
you think about these government handouts and now you are paying for it.
You are never going to get rid of those looking for something for free and I'm not just pointing the finger at black people. But that's what this post is about so I want to stay on topic.
The world and this country is changing and some of us might not like it. Another 10 to 20 years you will see another shift where this country is rebuilt and branded by those black and white and brown....
middle class and that is when some of those values also start to shift for what I think will be the better. Making it through the next 10+ years will be the hard problem