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Just because slavery ended a long time ago does not mean it has not left its mark even to this day. For people who talk about the black urban poor you need to remember two words "white flight" and how that tells you just about all you need to know. I mean, Harlem used to be one hoppin' place. However, as more colored folk moved in the white people started getting the hell out of Dodge and they took their money with them.
I do not think racism is really holding the black community down anymore, but rather it is the generational poverty brought on by centuries of abuse. Breaking out of poverty is very difficult for any individual and this is even more the case when someone lives in an impoverished area. The linkage between the situation in the black community to slavery is basic history.
I do not think racism is really holding the black community down anymore, but rather it is the generational poverty brought on by centuries of abuse. Breaking out of poverty is very difficult for any individual and this is even more the case when someone lives in an impoverished area. The linkage between the situation in the black community to slavery is basic history.