Is white America to blame for African Americans stuck in the ghetto.?

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It should be noted and remembered that the

VAST MAJORITY of the people who are members

of the African-American 'Ethnic' grouping do *NOT*

live in (nor have they *ever* lived in) inner-city ghettos.

For accurate information on this group --

people are advised to read the book entitled:

”Don’t Believe the Hype: Fighting Cultural

Misinformation about the African-Americans’”

(-- by ‘Ferai Chideya’ – Harvard University

graduate; Newsweek correspondent;

and Meet The Press anchorperson),

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in my opinion from what i've seen and learned, i think there is a possible roll from back in the day when black people were slaves...and then there was the "white only" issue before people like martin luther king jr stood up for the african americans and help make a change. a lot of families are being affected by their ancestors and in return act upon their offspring. but it's only up to the individual of how they want to live. There is plenty of black people out there who is successful and some of them even came from the ghetto. Now a days people are just lazy and black people who grow up in the ghetto rather be that way - hoodlums - crackheads - theives - gangsters. But thats like that everywhere in every nationality.

For example - I'm from Hawaii. Because of the history of white people bringing drugs and new diseases and a different culture to the islands a long time ago - it really affecred the native hawaiians and forced them to go into poverty, rape, drugs or move etc. There are big big areas around certain parts of Oahu that are ghetto with ghetto people (which i will be not specific on) who do nothing all day but drink or smoke weed. A lot of people are homeless and live on the beach. Dumb kids skip school, have too much sex, get into drugs steal cars etc . And the environment they live in has a big role in it. The government here is barely focusing on cleaning up these cities and more concerned about the tourism. And the reason why it's rough and ghetto there and people are they way they are is because of their parents living in the same place with the same experiences and be4 them and be4. And then they go and blame James Cook and the mainland for taking away the land blah blah blah bringing white people...which is true sadly, but America also brought lots of good things to Hawai'i and theyre just ignorant to see it.

And there is still racist people in this world sadly...but yeah it shouldnt matter if theyre black - if the "white man is keeping us down" then they should prove them wrong and work HARDER.

I'm a white American and it is not my fault, I'll tell you that.

Whatwouldyodac pretty much sums it up. Blacks in the ghetto get longer sentences for committing crimes and for drugs than whites. Are they forced to commit crimes and do drugs by the white man? CIA? Don't do crimes or drugs.

Sex education is not up to snuff. Are we to believe that black teenage boys and girls don't know that sex causes babies? And that babies cause poverty for teenagers? Stop making babies that can't be raised and afforded.

Don't even bring up the Viet Nam vet thing. I am one and it didn't cause my kids or grand kids to use drugs or do crimes or have kids when they were 12. That is an insult to every vet black and white and every other color. Don't talk that trash to us.

Whether schools are underfunded doesn't really matter when you can't get the kids to attend, and pay attention to the teachers, and to leave the drugs and rap crap at the door. Learning to speak intelligent English is required to get a job. Forget the Ebonics.

The worse thing white America did to black Americans (they are no more African than I am), was to make them dependent on hand outs to live. Compare the town flattened by the tornado in Kansas. It is almost rebuilt. Because everyone jumped in and worked on it. Not the government, the people. And New Orleans, still a mess because the residents there refuse to lift a hand to help themselves. Still waiting for the white man to fix it.

Sorry, whatwouldyodac, you are just making excuses that don't hold up. Like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton do. And excuses are not helping the black nor the brown race, nor for that matter, the white race in the ghetto. It's time to stand up and take advantage of the hand outs and succeed, instead of biting the hand and whining.

This is no racist rant. This is the truth. And it applies to all races. There are more white welfare queens with criminal, drug using boy friends, than black ones. And they can break out of the poverty the same way.

To some extent, yes, but for the most part, no...You have plenty of people that want and strive for a life out of the ghetto, it is all about the mentality and way of being raised...

And Africian Americans are not the only ones stuck in the ghetto. America doesn't realize that African Americans are a minority-- what about all of those White Americans who live in poverty? What is their excuse?

Trust me, you will get called closed minded and racist. Whenever you say something negative about blacks that's what you get.

What's missing in the ghetto is respect and tolerance. They don't respect themselves, their house, their neighborhood, law enforcement, or anyone that "looks at them the wrong way". With that type of mentality I don't see how they can move forward. There are people that get out of the hood and work on being smart and living a good life. In the ghetto that is looked down on. Either you should become 1. A sports star 2. A rapper 3. A drug dealer. All above don't require much college if at all.

How do you progress when black leaders and your community tells you to slack off because the government will support you? We start cutting off the welfare (started by whites) and start making them responsible for themselves you will see a drastic turnaround.

Anyone that has driven through the ghetto knows that the people in there don't have any respect for anything.

I think that alot of the black people complaining about the ghetto are the ones that won't work their way out of it.

Many poor people all over America work for a better life and seem to go nowhere, its not just the black population. The role models for young black kids are rappers and actors with low morals,(there are exceptions),I have even heard a child talk about a man arrested on TV for drug sales as aCOOL guy, saying thats what I'll do when I grow up, I want a car like that. good white role models are in a decline too. I really don't see the tide changing unless the role models improve. You can't force a man to stay with his family and make a nurturing home. Women will have to bear the burden of raising upstanding citizens, they need our help and encouragement, no matter what race.

Haven't you noticed all the jobs are being outsourced or given to Illegal Aleins? Globalism and re-distribution of wealth will not affect the filthy Rich! Oh just wait, skin color will mean nothing when Globalism fully hits everybody! You're being put into the same situation they are and Whites winked an eye at racism! Racism is just that and has always been about money. The stock market was founded on the slave trade, sugar and rum...Blacks had to be demonized as not human, prostitutes, loose morally, alcoholics and drug addicts, crime prone, mentally deficient and all the other things that make them undeserving in the minds of those who want to still control them....Now the Illegal aleins are going to make the USA into a third world country with no rights just like what happened to the socio-economic situation with Blacks..With Jihad Joe coming through the Borders with them to subdue everybody! .Not everybody is uneducated, stuck in the ghetto, have uncivilized children on drugs etc....Have a Good evening with that Nightmare scenario!

There is a lack of parenting because of a lack of education and better schooling. People say the white man because that is all they see when they look at the white house. Instead of more prisons being made, more schools and money should be given to places for blacks to nourish their minds. As the saying goes, "We perish from a lack of knowledge." You cannot stomp on a person for not knowing the right way. In my opinion, whites look out for their own. Everybody else just better get in where they fit in.

You hit on a couple of key things:

1. you admit you are simple-mided, and

2. you say "important black figures" . . .

. . . as if the the only important black figures are the ones who say the "white man is keeping us down".

The media apparently has you brainwashed. Yeah, there are Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons and any other number of victocrats out there who wanna hold prosperous America's feet to the fire about the plight of inner city America and other poorer segments of society. And racism does still exist in America, though not to the degree it was even 20 years ago.

But what blacks are you running into who continue to insist that the "man" is holding us down? There are too many prominent black economists, businessmen, politicians, and academics whose focus is so rarely on issues of race that I can't see how you would even bring up a "white man keepin' us down" issue in this forum. Personally, I haven't heard much from Jesse and Al lately at all as much as I've heard from Obama, Oprah, Condolezza, or J.C. Watts, or Justine Brown.

By your own admission, you are not qualified to present this observation about the "parenting issue in the hood".

To answer your question: No, white america is not to blame for a lot of what goes on in the hood. But institutional racism still exists for us, and the "invisible knapsack" still exists for you . . . and historical racism and the very existence of mentalities such as the one you display today say we still haven't come far enough.

Oh, and there are poor white neighborhoods in America as well as there are rich black neighborhoods.

Do you want to remain simple-minded or are you willing to expose your brain to something that might shake it up a little bit?

Open up. Something may just fall in.

I don't take it the wrong way. Although this might......

No Whites are not to blame for African Americans lack of initiative or lack of work ethic. People are where they are and that includes whites, blacks, asians, indians, germans, and any other race. If someone doesn't want to take charge of their lives then they will sit where they sit. No one to blame but themselves (even though they do).