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To: goldworldnet who wrote (99178)	3/21/2005 10:45:21 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

It may be true that some black families have been handing down a toxic culture for generations but we shouldn't overlook that a majority of black people in the US fall somewhere in the broad middle class. For that matter, I can think of some examples of white families I know of which have produced mostly drunks, dopers, and small time criminals for generations. Where does that come from? I think a lot of the toxic inner city culture most associated in the public mind with blacks today is a relatively new thing and is spreading to hispanics and whites - promoted by today's popular culture.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (99178)	3/22/2005 9:18:25 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

I don't think it's negative that black people hold on to their identity as blacks. American blacks are admired and emulated throughout the world. There is a unique bond there too. I remember being in a restaurant once with a friend who is black. While we were sitting there the waiter showed a customer to his table, the customer was a black guy. As they walked past us my friend and the new customer nodded a greeting to each other. As far as I could tell they were the only two black people in the room. Now if that had been a room full of black people and I was the only white guy and a white customer walked by my table, I don't believe I would have nodded a greeting simply because he was white. That guy wound up joining us and we had a very pleasant two hour lunch. :)

To: goldworldnet who wrote (99178)	3/22/2005 9:26:08 AM
From: redfish	Respond to of 108807

I think it goes beyond the effects of slavery. If you look at immigrant groups who migrated here over the past couple of centuries, they came for societies that were not too different from out own in terms of property ownership, saving and investing and economic concepts in general. Europeans and Asians come here with the knowledge necessary to compete in a capitalist society. These are concepts that have never really existed in a lot of sub-saharan Africa. So the Africans who migrated here involuntarily had to deal not only with being slaves, but with a culture that was totally alien to them. That disadvantage persists to this day, imo.