Why do black folks think they've got it bad?????

Blacks do face more discrimination than other groups, but a lot of it they do to themselves.

For example, when I lived in South Carolina, I had a friend who was an educated black woman. Very educated, very smart. She was very lonely because the white people would not approach her at social gatherings - she had to take all the initiative, etc., and that gets old after a while. But the black people also were harsh with her - they thought she was "uppity" or something for being a smart, educated, professional black woman.

Now, granted this was a small town and this was 20 years ago... but I have known black friends who have gotten flak from other blacks for "acting white".

The reality is that aside from a few genes out of 3.1 billion, all races are the same. The problems black people experience are partially due to problems with black culture, but have no genetic basis. For example, the reason there are so many black boys who turn to crime - they grow up in fatherless households.

Black men who grow up with their father in the house are just as unlikely to be criminals as white men who grow up with dad at home. Black children who are challenged to achieve will do just as well on tests as white children. My parents are from Asia - the reason we outperform white kids in school - our parents pushed us harder, so we worked harder. If black parents pushed their kids as hard, the kids would overachieve, too.

I think 90% of the difference between the way different races fare in terms of academic achievement, etc., is cultural differences. The remaining 10% might be due to things like discrimination, environment, etc. But I think what really hurts black people is cultural factors that they impose on themselves, things like telling a high achieving black kid he is "acting white" or not coming down harder on fathers to marry the mothers of their children.

I don't know, call me naive, I just don't see any reason people should treat different races differently. We should be a color blind society and just treat people based on their actions.

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you said it sista!!

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hahahaha....
Good one.

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Oh, I thought this was a joke.
Your highly misinformed.

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Well put it this way...as a white woman, if saw a group of any ethnics who looked remotely "sterotypical", I would cross the road.

I guarantee that this seemingly innocent example is a telling example of how truly, fundamentaly racist we all are at heart.

This impacts all minorities...they feel it.

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Until you have walked a mile in their shoes, you have no right to judge.

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King 313 has said it all for me. But I will add in my own words, that just because there are a few black people that have risen to higher ranks in society, there are still others that no matter how hard they work or struggle to make ends meet are still being cast down in society. It's the standard that has been set and has yet to change.

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It's obvious that you don't live in the U.S. Black people in this country DO have it bad! The majority of black people in this country are not living like Oprah, or in leadership positions like Obama! In the black community there is widespread drug abuse, poverty, illness, crime, etc.

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i can't personally answer for them but it may have to do with the fact that throughout history the leaders of countries in africa have exploited their own citizens in order to gain power, wealth and status. idi amin comes to mind. and of course there is the tragedy of rwanda which was led by leaders trying to make a stand. it might actually be that many black folks do have it bad and that no one cares enough to make a difference.

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