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Who do you blame for the problems of African Americans?? [W:98]

Who is MOST to blame for the problems of African Americans?

  • GOP

    Votes: 5 5.1%
  • Black Leadership

    Votes: 22 22.4%
  • Democrats

    Votes: 15 15.3%
  • Other

    Votes: 56 57.1%

  • Total voters
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Correct answer is not on the list. Crack.

Prior to the introduction of crack, blacks were on track to equal whites in pay, housing, education and a whole host of other issues. Crack basically stopped that and they lost ground.

The rise of single motherhood as the default African American family model undoubtedly played a large role in this as well.
 
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MO, seeking a simple answer to a complex question is the most foolish of choices

So I went with "Other"




Pointing fingers isn't the solution.

Every American needs to do whatever they can to help solve this problem.

If everyone does a little, no one has to do a lot.
 
Any negative-thinking person who refuses to help any Black American with any problem isn't part of the solution, they're part of the problem.
 
This.

The correct answer is "all of the above." You can point to individual things each of these groups have done wrong, but at the end of the day, the break-down of communication within culture is what is stalemating black equality.
Explain something the GOP has done which causes problems for blacks. Be specific please.
 
I would agree with that but it wasn't a choice. I think that they've been misled by both black leadership and the Democrats who have a vested interest in keeping them poor as a voting block. Black leadership has really pushed the failed black culture and continues to do so. People like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have done more to harm blacks in America than any other source.

I didn't want to pass the buck. Just because they talk the loudest and stand on the tallest boxes, doesn't make them "leaders". They're snake oil salesmen. They can talk, but blacks don't have to listen, nor do they have to lend credence to those words.
 
Explain something the GOP has done which causes problems for blacks. Be specific please.

Their stereotyping of the black poor as being dangerous, entitled animals isn't terribly helpful. The draconian drug law changes of a couple decades ago, which seemed to apply almost exclusively to those mostly used by minorities (and some texts from the time make it clear that they were perfectly aware of this, and it was part of their concern) also does not go unnoticed. Just to name a couple that come off the top of my head.
 
Their stereotyping of the black poor as being dangerous, entitled animals isn't terribly helpful. The draconian drug law changes of a couple decades ago, which seemed to apply almost exclusively to those mostly used by minorities (and some texts from the time make it clear that they were perfectly aware of this, and it was part of their concern) also does not go unnoticed. Just to name a couple that come off the top of my head.

Yeah, and traffic laws are biased against licensed drivers.

I swear...
 
People that look at a 'white' American and see an American BUT who look at an 'African' American and see an 'African' American.

Americans think about 'race' far, FAR too much.
 
People that look at a 'white' American and see an American BUT who look at an 'African' American and see an 'African' American.

Americans think about 'race' far, FAR too much.

That goes both ways, unfortunately. There are plenty of African Americans out there who look at Caucasians as being "white" first and fellow citizens second.
 
Correct answer is not on the list. Crack.

Prior to the introduction of crack, blacks were on track to equal whites in pay, housing, education and a whole host of other issues. Crack basically stopped that and they lost ground.
Absolute myth.

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Project America: Education: Degree Attainment: High School
 
This is the kind of thing that I am talking about in my post at #31 on this thread:




If everyone in the USA would do what the lady in this YouTube video did, this problem wouldn't exist.
 
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Yeah, and traffic laws are biased against licensed drivers.

I swear...

What...?

Are you just going to be mad every time people imply that someone other than the victim has some of the blame?
 
I blame those who, (Like the person who started this thread.), have lots of time to waste talking about a problem.

But no time to spend solving that problem.

Solving this problem will require a lot of people to get off of their backsides and actually do something.

I don't expect to see that happen anytime soon.
Who would you like to see do something, and what would they do?
 
The American black cultural situation is too far in extremis to talk about mere "Problems" in black society.

The more precise descriptor would refer to the "Failure" of the black culture in an America where there previously was opportunity for everyone, including blacks.

At this point, while black rage continues to receive most of the media attention and blacks remain a solid staple of Democrat victimhood and dependency, Mexicans have replaced blacks as the primary focus of vote solicitation for Democrats.

This Democrat shift in focus to Mexicans does not bode well for any hope of a black cultural improvement in the future. Neither does it bode well for the eventual future of the Mexicans as they will have to be forever maintained in victim and dependency status in order to keep them as solid Democrat voters.
 
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I blame Gipper.
 
The title is evident. Who is the MOST to blame for the problems of African Americans today??

Most blame? That's a hard one. All elements in the poll bear a portion of the blame for this unfortunate situation. However, as far as the largest portion, I think its most likely a result of internalized racism. In other words, the culture has yet to recover from decades of "you aren't good enough" and those attitudes need to be overcome. In today's world, I wouldn't give anyone that blame for causing it, as those people are pretty much dead, but the culture has yet to recover.

Almost all the successful black folks I know and I become more than an acquaintance with have at one time told me that they participate in community outreach with the basic goal of telling young folks that they matter and have something to contribute to the world. If whole generations are being raised with the view that they don't, then that generation isn't going to try, but rather desire to check out. The fundamental issue is self esteem and confidence passed down generationally.
 
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What...?

Are you just going to be mad every time people imply that someone other than the victim has some of the blame?

When it comes to something like that, you're damn right. Blaming a system to defend drug users is morally indefensible.
 
Being serious, cultures that our ancestors worked very, very hard to exterminate aren't doing so hot as a whole right now.
 
Their stereotyping of the black poor as being dangerous, entitled animals isn't terribly helpful.
That has never been a part of the GOP platform.

The draconian drug law changes of a couple decades ago, which seemed to apply almost exclusively to those mostly used by minorities (and some texts from the time make it clear that they were perfectly aware of this, and it was part of their concern) also does not go unnoticed.
:roll: Guess again.

The drug war is primarily being waged by inner city Democrat administrations. Anyone who denies that is in denial of reality.
 
That has never been a part of the GOP platform.

:roll: Guess again.

The drug war is primarily being waged by inner city Democrat administrations. Anyone who denies that is in denial of reality.
and therefore the drug war can't be a big part of the problems of African Americans? Are inner city Democrats benign necessarily?
 
Being serious, cultures that our ancestors worked very, very hard to exterminate aren't doing so hot as a whole right now.

Not true. Sixty years ago, the Japanese were the most hated race in America and we did our best to exterminate them. Now they're the wealthiest race in America.
 
Blacks themselves. They encourage scapegoatism and "blaming whitey". If you're a success doing something besides ballin, slingin, or rappin, you're a sellout. If you speak coherently, you're "talking white". If you're black and support responsibility amongst your own, you're an Uncle Tom.

Black culture does great at keeping their own people down and explaining who is to blame for it.

How many black people do you actually know Gip? I mean actually know
 
People that look at a 'white' American and see an American BUT who look at an 'African' American and see an 'African' American.

Americans think about 'race' far, FAR too much
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I do believe that you are right.

If everyone would treat every human being in the USA with the same respect that they would like to receive this would be a wonderful world.




"Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself." ~ Robert Green Ingersoll
 
I do believe that you are right.

If everyone would treat every human being in the USA with the same respect that they would like to receive this would be a wonderful world.




"Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself." ~ Robert Green Ingersoll



Would you want that to include Conservative, straight white males?
 
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