In other words, you are saying African-American culture is the sole reason for all the problems blacks face in the U.S?
I'm sure that's helpful to the 6 year old child when he is given the book that explains the two different culture choices he has in life, and that he should select one, and it will automatically become his.
The six year old born into poverty doesn't get a choice, regardless of race, because the chances are very high that he's the son of a single mother who either has access to a support network (grandparents, aunts/uncles) and works day and night OR who does little and relies on assistance and disability.
The cultural issue is that in spite of (or because of) government intervention, the African-American family is in shambles. Public assistance essentially requires that able-bodied males get out of the picture, which is a large contributor to the fact that a two-parent household has been the exception for several generations. At the same time, society has become more cruel to the poor -- factory jobs don't exist, you need a car to function in society, and tax policy encourages the decay of cities in favor of suburbs, which are segregated by class. (no car, no life in suburb)
Most people in technical fields don't get this. The vast majority are from middle class backgrounds and got started with computers 'on their own' at home. There are no computers at home in poor families with a few hundred bucks a month in income.
If the child is born into poverty, it is exceedingly unlikely that his mother works day and night. Most likely she doesn't work at all and is not even looking for work.
> In other words, you are saying African-American culture is the sole reason for all the problems blacks face in the U.S?
Why---apart from needless snark---should the following thought be necessary?
> I'm sure that's helpful to the 6 year old child when he is given the book that explains the two different culture choices he has in life, and that he should select one, and it will automatically become his.
>In other words, you are saying African-American culture is the sole reason for all the problems blacks face in the U.S?
Let me reword it a little and say I believe African-American culture is the sole reason for the additional problems blacks face in the U.S. today. You're never going to convince me blacks looking for an education or a job have a tougher time in 2010 than they did in 1960.
The destruction of the black family is the reason the numbers are so appalling today. Black people, more than any other demographic, are having children out of wedlock. Whitey isn't to blame for that. Black boys grow up without fathers in greater numbers and then, predictably, fail in greater numbers when it's time to become men. Somehow that cycle needs to be broken, but the break is going to have to come from within the black community. No amount of well-intentioned intervention from white liberals and government is going to be enough.
I'm sure that's helpful to the 6 year old child when he is given the book that explains the two different culture choices he has in life, and that he should select one, and it will automatically become his.