Boo Radley
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Yet you are doing exactly the same thing; taking the word of the POTUS, that has encountered literally millions of people in the course of his life, yet "vividly recalls" 3 or 4 of them that reacted to his presence in a negative way that he considered to be racially discriminatory.
The 1960's are about three generations ago now, which is hardly "yesterday", and we seem to see many (if not most) US immigrants choose to loose their hyphenated status after that period of time - when was the last time that you heard about the plight of the "boat people"? Many of those of Japanese decent were herded into isolation camps in the 1940's yet mananged to overcome, not dwelling on it and teaching their offspring to beware of those "round eyed" folks.
Just how long should the racial "pity party" last before you think it is time to say buck up, get an education, obey the laws and get a job? The black out of wedlock childbirth rate is now at 73% (and rising), 1 in 3 of all black males can be expected to do some prison time (1 in 2 if a HS drop out and under age 30) and General Welfare is now largley replacing the black male as "daddy"/provider.
I take that word because it matches both experience and studies. And the people whining the most are those the most priviledged, white males. And that is really kind of embarrassing.
And three generations is not long. That's the point I tried to make. It takes more then 3 to 5 times that. As I noted, they gained freedom with no family history of freedom, nor education, nor of work leading to success. Today you can still find families where they don't read. Think about that. If your parents didn't read, and your grand parents didn't read, and your great grand parents didn't read, what is the likelihood you would read? Apply that to other good habit.
In my day, they sad walk a mile in someone else's shoes before you criticize. I still think that's a good idea.