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To: one_less who wrote (135300)	7/31/2013 11:41:49 AM
From: koan	1 Recommendation Recommended By Metacomet Respond to of 149317

Tejek is absolutely correct. To understand African American's today one has to recognize they have been beaten like dogs for 300 years. Slavery, black chain gangs, fear and segregation. Terrible stuff. This destroyed their culture and and egos and did not allow them to have the same benefits as everyone else. Like education and wealth and a life free from fear. Education gets passed on from generation to generation, but has to start somewhere. And racism still exists today and few things are more destructive to a person's healthy development than something like racism. Our society owes the African American's big time. The natives got land and help, but the African Americans got nothing.

To: one_less who wrote (135300)	7/31/2013 11:55:47 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

You may be able to produce an historical essay, which does not support the claim of understanding. Understanding comes of being personally influenced by beliefs, conditions, behavioral norms, casual interactions, folkways, routines, values, symbols, and language common to those who've developed within a culture. In other words, you must first become a member of such a culture. Sociologists call the experience, "going native." Interesting concept..........you have to be a person to understand their pain, their sorrows, their joy etc. Sorry but I don't agree with your thesis.