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| One triumphant example won't solve the chronic failure of blacks |
| 2008-11-04 |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #5 bullshit article. It's inner city culture that's the issue for the black community's general failures. Though many blacks are breaking out of that frame work and rising up the socio economic latter. Overall the victocrat mentality and lack of accountability makes urban culture bereft of most anything useful. I doubt Obama if elected will help this issue. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2008-11-04 21:33 |
| #4 Remoteman. My personal experience is local to the Lewiston Maine Somalis. They originally tried settling in urban Atlanta but the elders had them move again when they started acquiring bad city habits. They've moved to rural Maine, learned English, and gotten jobs and off public assistance. They also appear to be pacifist. It's easy to see how they were forced out of Somalia; they don't fight. They also can't drive, but THAT is another story. |
| Posted by: Minister of funny walks 2008-11-04 19:19 |
| #3 Well minister, some of those recent immigrants from Sudan certainly are leaving an impression. The article points to statistical racism, that the potential employer expects a lesser capability from the black employee than the white one. Test done using CV's with overtly black names to create differentiation from white's CV's. The test method doesn't pass the smell test to me. But the expectation has to be based on something. It is my fervent hope that the black community rejects the out-of-wedlock baby, gangsta culture that seems to pervade it so much these days. If Obama (or perhaps the hectoring Michelle) can get this community to focus on excellence then he will gain my respect and leave a very positive legacy for this country. Tall order though, and the usual government programs are not going to achieve my desired result. |
| Posted by: remoteman 2008-11-04 18:46 |
| #2 I have noticed a distinct difference between "African-Americans" and 1st generation immigrants from who are from, you know, Africa. I don't know why there is a difference, but it is there. |
| Posted by: Minister of funny walks 2008-11-04 18:21 |
| #1 It will certainly undercut that "man has been keeping a brother down" attitude that has hurt blacks for so long. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-11-04 18:13 |