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I am Gen X, I grew up in an era where Michael Jordan was the greatest athlete, Eddie Murphy was the biggest star and Michael Jackson was hailed as the King of Pop. Jessie Jackson made a legitmate run for the presidency.

The civil rights act was 2 years before I was born. Every black American I grew up with had the same opportunities as me, and in many cases, moreso - my white ass didn't have a shot to get into an Ivy League school under the premise of diversity. I was going to be looked over for a cushy government job and there were no scholarships for just being born a poor white male

I'm now in my 50's. I say to any black American 60 or younger - you grew up in an era where you could voluntarily join the military and be treated as an equal (the marines hate everyone equally), could have your post military education or vocational paid for, could have attended any college in America you were academically qualified for (and some you weren't because of the color of your skin), and given preferential treatment for state and federal jobs.

It doesn't matter that your parent(s) were poor, it doesn't matter that your grandparents suffered under Jim Crow laws, or that a white cop pulled you over for a busted taillight last week - the America you grew up in offered you the same opportunity for success as it did any other American. Equal Opportunity does not mean Equal Outcome. If you worked hard, developed your talent and conformed to the norms of society, you got ahead - the same rules apply across the spectrum

So I whole heartedly say take that reparations mentality and shove it up your ass. Look around your community, look at your elected officials who represent you - what have they done to prepare their consituents for progress in this century? What have you done to break the cycle of race victmization. If not, then look around outside your community, there is no shortage of white people who have wasted that same opportunity.

Here's the real truth, if you are one of those people that squandered your opportunities in life, handing you a check for $50K won't make a damn bit of difference in your life. A wealthy white guy will have that $50K in his bank account within 2 years and you'll still be looking out your window at some [bleep] neighborhood talking about how something that happened 20 years before you were born is the reason you don't have a future.

Life is hard, its gets a lot harder if all you do is sit around waiting for someone to give you something you think you are owed instead of living a life being dedicated to responsibility.

If that attitude makes me a racist, then so be it, I welcome the label. There has to be a expiration limit on blacks using a tired excuse of racism as to why they won't integrate into society. I don't know when it ended, but I know it didn't go a day past Obama elected president.

Wait a minute....I've heard Africa was the cradle of civilization. That means they had a head start, no? They were slave owners before Columbus found a new world, right? Who's on first?

This chitt is really confusing, but I agree with KWFA even if he is a youngster. Well mostly anyway. Mike Jordon was good, Eddie Murphy was funny, those other two were azzholes.

Very good post.

Wow.............I guess the truth hurts you, doesn't it? The billions and billions spent were supposed to help the Negro, and make it easier for him to "compete" with Whites. When it was obvious that it wasn't working, and never would, such things as Affirmative Action and quotas became the name of the game, not to mention colleges lowering the admission standard for the Negro.

None of that has worked........and it's not because it wasn't enough, it's because the Black race either has no desire to become the equal of the White race, or because they simply do not have the ability to do so. I believe it is a little of the first, and a lot of the latter.......and that's not racist, that's just being a realist. They have been given every opportunity available, and then some. People like you want to always bring up the past, and tell us how the poor ole Negro was treated.....and no one denies that was once the case, but it's not been for a very long time, and the biggest percentage of Blacks alive today have been treated like royalty, not like a slave. The prisons are not full of young Black men because they want to be there. It's not young White kids killing each other in the inner cities, it's young Black kids. Just look at the crime statistics and see what race of people commits the most violent crimes. It's not because the White man forces them to do so.....it's because it's just what they do. The old NBN saying is 100% spot on.

The “negro” isn’t treated bad “today”, it’s just “NBN”, right?? You’re too phuqqin stupid to realize what you’re even saying....

I'm curious, what was he too stupid to realize that he was saying?

They even had a car manufactured dedicated to their special needs!- - - - -Pontiac!

Poor
Old
N igga
Thinks
It's
A
Cadillac

They quit making that one awhile back!
Jerry

You’re obviously of the same intelligence.

The racist and degrading attitudes towards black people on this forum is shameful.

You know we have members here that are black, right?

OK. Maybe you could tell me and I could mend my ways.

Sure there were some good intentions behind the "War on Poverty", but as with most government programs, it did more harm than good. In retaliative terms the American Black Family was doing pretty well before Screwed things up in his efforts to buy their votes for the next 100 years.

Perhaps the most damaging effect welfare was the destruction of the Black nuclear family. For many of the early poverty programs, there was no way to collect the benefits if a husband and wife remained married. Social Workers would come around, and if there was evidence of a man living in the house, the benefits were yanked. So our government effectively paid black to break up their families.

After destroying the family, the bureaucrats also destroyed the incentive to work had and improve their position in life. If they made too much money, they lost all their benefits. The bureaucrats taught blacks how to make their living by living off the government. Now it's common for children to follow in the footsteps of their parents, especially as it related to trade, and these parents taught there kids the only way they know how to make a living....off the government....

That's Racist.!!!

+1. I was born in 85 though.....

Part of the high school vocational courses I taught for 30+ years was how to write a resume', fill out a job application, and participate in a mock job interview. Some of my students showed no interest at all- - - - -"Ain't nobody in my family gots no job- - - - -we gets a check!" Some of them couldn't name anyone younger than "Gramma" of "Auntie" who had ever had a job!
Jerry

Government investing in the community isn’t going to help anyone. The problem is that to many Blacks take the easy route. They choose not to earn an eduction because it’s hard work. They choose to live off welfare because it’s easier. They choose choose to break the law because it’s easier.