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To: LindyBill who wrote (187106)	11/19/2006 5:11:30 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794032

Nobody has ever told him that entry level jobs are boring No one needs to be told that; everyone knows it. There's something else at work. I think it might be an unexplainable lack of perspective, the inability to see a better future that starts with a boring entry level job and leads to bigger and better things as one shows qualities of trust and dependability which are rewarded in the employment market. But this is "acting white," which is very uncool with young black males. And that is what the article missed, the elephant in the living room the author wouldn't touch. Whenever a group is at a perceived disadvantage, which blacks definitely were and may still be [I can't really say], any black who wants to succeed in the Big Bad Wide World Out There is going to be discriminated against by his own group for being a sellout because rebellion has always been cool by the young, no matter how expressed. This is seen in black kids who excel in academics being shunned by their peers. It is a hard thing to deal with as it implies rejection of what one is and does. It is cool to be a big time athlete or rapper, so those two lines of employment, limited as they are, are OK. But try to be a black academician, statistician, or accountant, and you'll be ostracized for acting white. Most kids, even the hardiest, are not equipped to deal with this kind of rejection. Unfortunately, it is harder to reject this defeatist attitude than to adopt it. I think this rejection of those who "act white" explains a great deal of the black male's employment difficulties. No one wants to be rejected by one's peers. There's a also a bit of arrogance exhibited by Chris in his notion that his job must be fulfilling rather than an investment in his future. When middle class values are the norm, the problem should disappear. Unfortunately, the problem is self-perpetuating.