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Do blacks care about their own community?

Do blacks care for their own community?

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bucky said:
do blacks care for their own community like other groups? If you look at the americans donor class, they come from the majority of whites - money, food, blood, organs etc...

It just seems with the black community, it lacks a sense of community compared to other groups - jews, asians, christians. It seems those groups have a much more well-organized infrastructure that looks out for their own.

I am not trying to start a controversial conversation, but when you look at some the top donors of minority causes, they are coming from older white males.

The top wealthy jews in our country donate a lot of their wealth to jewish-related causes. Shouldn't the obama's for example, be donating the majority of their allocated money towards donations to black-related causes? Surprisingly, the majority of their donations are not going to black-causes. I would bet a lot of upper-class blacks are the same way.

These are some questions i ask myself and wonder why blacks in this country are not seeing as much progress as they should be making.
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wtaf....
 
Can probably blame real estate agents taking over whole towns and inflating the price of rent. Its all downhill after that.
 
Thanks for the posters that have engaged in good faith about an important subject.

I want to see the black community flourish.
 
Bucky said:
Thanks for the posters that have engaged in good faith about an important subject.

I want to see the black community flourish.
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I think the majority of blacks are flourishing under this administration as the unemployment rate for blacks is at the lowest point for like forever. Democrats don't really care about putting blacks to work, they only promise things they don't have any plan to follow thru on....its only the vote democrats are after.
 
Bucky said:
Do blacks care for their own community like other groups?
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This is such a ridiculously stupid and racist question you should slap yourself for even asking it. Of course, they do. They are people. Why wouldn't they care about where they live?

Bucky said:
If you look at the Americans donor class, they come from the majority of whites - Money, Food, Blood, Organs etc...

It just seems with the black community, it lacks a sense of community compared to other groups - Jews, Asians, Christians. It seems those groups have a much more well-organized infrastructure that looks out for their own.
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Infrastructure costs money. The African American community has been largely pushed into poverty. They have little that they can give.

Bucky said:
I am not trying to start a controversial conversation, but when you look at some the top donors of minority causes, they are coming from older white males.
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Because they have virtually all the wealth and property. You can't donate wealth you don't have.

Bucky said:
Shouldn't the Obama's for example, be donating the majority of their allocated money towards donations to black-related causes? Surprisingly, the majority of their donations are not going to black-causes. I would bet a lot of upper-class blacks are the same way.
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Citation needed. I'm not sure where you're getting this nonsense, but most good charities tend to benefit the less fortunate, and most less fortunate people tend to be minorities. How many charities realistically exist which are specifically designed only benefit African Americans? I think you'll find that the Obamas donate plenty of time and effort to the NAACP and the United Negro College Fund.

Bucky said:
These are some questions I ask myself and wonder why blacks in this country are not seeing as much progress as they should be making.
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Maybe instead of wondering whether there is something fundamentally wrong with black people you should be asking yourself if your silly perception of black people could itself be the problem. Maybe these ridiculous notions you and many others have about the nature of the blacks is what makes it so difficult for them to find decent jobs and get a good education.
 
antiquity said:
I think the majority of blacks are flourishing under this administration as the unemployment rate for blacks is at the lowest point for like forever. Democrats don't really care about putting blacks to work, they only promise things they don't have any plan to follow thru on....its only the vote democrats are after.
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I think you have to ask fundamental question. Do you believe money is best in the hands of companies/people or the government?

CLEARLY, democrats want to put money into the government. They want to create a happy mediocre life for these people and create a stable bottom. Little do they realize is that bottom has a a lot of holes which they people they attempt to help, fall into and can't get out of.
 
MrWonka said:
Citation needed. I'm not sure where you're getting this nonsense, but most good charities tend to benefit the less fortunate, and most less fortunate people tend to be minorities. How many charities realistically exist which are specifically designed only benefit African Americans? I think you'll find that the Obamas donate plenty of time and effort to the NAACP and the United Negro College Fund.
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This information is readily available. I would think Obama would donate 25% of his wealth to the Negro College Fund of NAACP. Not true at all. He prefers groups like the Red Cross and other groups that are more "white"
 
The biggest recipient was the Fisher House Foundation, which supports families of veterans and received $392,000 from the former commander in chief from 2009 to 2015. That money appears to have come from sales of Obama’s children’s book Of Thee I Sing. Just before entering the White House, Obama finished a manuscript for the book, which he published with Random House. Obama pledged to donate all of his post-tax proceeds from the book to the Fisher House Foundation to support a scholarship fund for children of wounded and fallen soldiers.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/danale...dent-heres-where-the-money-went/#21625822459e

So saint Obama donates a small amount of his net worth compared to that bad man Trump who just donated $1 million alone to Harvey relief funds last year.
 
Bucky said:
This information is readily available. I would think Obama would donate 25% of his wealth to the Negro College Fund of NAACP. Not true at all. He prefers groups like the Red Cross and other groups that are more "white"
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Would it not actually be racist if he donated money mostly to Black groups?

lol...I bet the Right would be quick to pounce on that, if he did.
 
Bucky said:
This information is readily available.
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Then cite it.

Bucky said:
I would think Obama would donate 25% of his wealth to the Negro College Fund of NAACP. Not true at all. He prefers groups like the Red Cross and other groups that are more "white"
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I'm not sure where you're getting this ridiculous idea that the Red Cross is a white organization. The Red Cross helps the less fortunate. Minorites in this country tend to be the least fortunate.

Have you guys considered the possibility that President Obama isn't as racist and tribalistic as the average white person is?

Furthermore, the NAACP likely doesn't need anywhere even close to the same funding to operate as the Red Cross does.
 
Bucky said:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danale...dent-heres-where-the-money-went/#21625822459e

So saint Obama donates a small amount of his net worth compared to that bad man Trump who just donated $1 million alone to Harvey relief funds last year.
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Ummmm...... Trump's net worth is 3.1 billion. Obama's is 12.2 Million. So Obama's 1 million dollars worth of donations amounts to almost 10% of his entire wealth. Whereas Trump's $1 million(which he claimed to donate, but we haven't even confirmed) is chicken feed.
 
Nap said:
Of course the worst areas around the country will be less developed than certain regions of poor countries but poor people live significantly better in America than the poor in the vast majority of other countries. Our poor would be considered upper middle class in most 3rd world countries.

I understand what you were doing with the quote, and is correctly applied. It doesn't make it any less humorous to see a progressive use it to those that have read the Gulag Archipelago.

Also, hello fellow mississippian.
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Your first sentence is quite true...and when it comes to the quotes, I wasn't trying to be humorous.

Concerning the Delta, there is a province north of Manila called Bulacan. Drive through there and you'll see the same kind of cornfields as in the Delta (it used to be cotton and soybeans in the Delta of my youth, but time and economics have changed things) - you'll see the solitary tree in a field marking where a shack once stood. You'll see the kids fishing in what we would call bayous.

What's more - and this is true through much of the Philippines - you'll see at least as many churches per person as in our Delta. Even many of the foods are the same - chitlins (they call it chicharon bulaklak - literally, "fried pig flowers"), boiled peanuts, frog legs, mustard greens...and RC Cola is almost as popular as Coke is there...but sadly, no Moon Pies can be found. There's even two Creole restaurants I've been to in Manila. Concerning the culture, their word "po" - the gender-neutral respective equivalent of our "sir" and "ma'am" - is used every bit as often (if not more so) as we use "sir" or "ma'am", and in precisely the same situations. Heck, they've even got Johnson grass, Mimosa trees, and - except for the beans and squash - most of the veggies we grew in our garden in Sunflower County.

That's why when I go there, it is in so many ways like going home to the Delta of my youth.
 
Fits your made up old fart white mind?
 
Blkdirt Farmer said:
Africans Have Never Built a Major Enduring City in 3,000 Years - YouTube

Here is what a black man has to say about what blacks have built.
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You obviously aren't factoring in the reality that most major U.S. cities were built largely by black slaves.

In order for black people to build a city they'd have to have land to build it on, money to fund it, and avoid having it ravaged by white people.

https://timeline.com/history-tulsa-race-massacre-a92bb2356a69
 
If you make it so people can only own 2 houses in each state then landlords couldnt zerg the house market and control everyone elses life through rent. The price for decent size houses will zoom down to 80k and America will be happy. These real estate agencies are literally squeezing the life out of america and shoving it into their own pockets. Your real estate agent DOES NOT want you having a cheap house if they make 10% commission as payment.
 
They probably care about it as much as whites do about theirs
 
Bucky said:
Do blacks care for their own community like other groups? If you look at the Americans donor class, they come from the majority of whites - Money, Food, Blood, Organs etc...

It just seems with the black community, it lacks a sense of community compared to other groups - Jews, Asians, Christians. It seems those groups have a much more well-organized infrastructure that looks out for their own.

I am not trying to start a controversial conversation, but when you look at some the top donors of minority causes, they are coming from older white males.

The top wealthy Jews in our country donate a lot of their wealth to Jewish-related causes. Shouldn't the Obama's for example, be donating the majority of their allocated money towards donations to black-related causes? Surprisingly, the majority of their donations are not going to black-causes. I would bet a lot of upper-class blacks are the same way.

These are some questions I ask myself and wonder why blacks in this country are not seeing as much progress as they should be making.
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Why, I bet you even hired a Jew lawyer once.
 
Black Dog said:
Again with more nonsense. Crime statistics do not reflect the majority in any way. You are doing the same thing Trump did. You are conflating black people and the inner city. The majority at around 52% of blacks in the nation’s top 100 metro areas live in the suburbs of those places. So if we are talking "reality" and "majority" you are absolutely wrong. This is not even taking into account those who live in upscale parts of US cities and neighborhoods or the 10% that still live in rural areas.

When you start with a flawed and obviously biased premis, you end up with a flawed and biased argument.
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It seems you are already forgetting what this whole poll was about and what kind of question was asked in the first place. I invite you to start from the beginning if you are having trouble with the question.
 
Oborosen said:
It seems you are already forgetting what this whole poll was about and what kind of question was asked in the first place. I invite you to start from the beginning if you are having trouble with the question.
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The racism of the original question is irrelevant to your biased and wrong opinion on it. You are committing not one, but two fallacies here. Biased sample followed by an appeal to spite.

So let me invite you to follow up your biased "opinion" with some cold hard facts as I did. If you are going to ignore real facts in favor of your limited world view, then we are done here.
 
Black Dog said:
The racism of the original question is irrelevant to your biased and wrong opinion on it. You are committing not one, but two fallacies here. Biased sample followed by an appeal to spite.

So let me invite you to follow up your biased "opinion" with some cold hard facts as I did. If you are going to ignore real facts in favor of your limited world view, then we are done here.
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It still seems you are having a hard time understanding what this whole thing was about.

I advise you re-read the question and go from there.
 
Oborosen said:
It still seems you are having a hard time understanding what this whole thing was about.

I advise you re-read the question and go from there.
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It's about some pigheaded notion that black people do not give back to their community. And, that is a racist notion straight off the pages of Stormfront.
 
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