From The View point of a young American Male. And No my color should not matter to you.
I would like it if I didn't have to keep talking bout this but for some reason people feel that martins dreams is accomplished but fail to realize that the lines of racial segregation spread deeper than just public amenities but now those lines have been resurrected in the Education system. And that has distorted everything from wage gaps to death rates. Both of which in the worst favor for Black Americans. Conservatists would say that the programs set up in the system are unfair and are socialist ideals. Wanna know what I think. I think the programs in place now that help struggling Americans are necessary in reducing wage gapes, death rates, and poverty. And in reducing those we improve Americas greatness as a country. Now wouldn't you say that any citizen that will not support lowering death rates, wage gapes, and poverty rates are not only hippo critical a**holes, but a partaker in the crime of treason. Now for the strong conservative before you blow your top you should try and understand my view point. The reason for our countries failing economy is a lack of educated Administration and work force. If the number of educated individuals increased the amount of money exported for foreign technology or foreign fuel would drastically decrease. I argue this point to my conservative friends all the times. I attempt to compromise with them but is as if I am taking to a brick wall. It is as if they believe that their way is right and no other way can be excepted. The force a system in which there is no change. No change in personnel, personality, or culture. And sorry to all those conservatives but, it is proven fact that is in human nature to change and evolve into a different structure. this was evidently true in the early '50's when the court case of Brown Vs. The Board of Education was brought to the media spotlight Culture Took a turn in the right way. But Just as always the loyal conservatives struggled with the idea blacks could actually be equal to them and worthy of the same eduction not separately but equal to give the same chance of success. Those as a culture civil rights leaders where able to pick up the slack. And now that the wage gape of whites as compared to both blacks and Hispanics has become significantly large and thats because the system is inherently designated for the success of a very exclusive group of Americans. And I'm sure we all know who that group is.
Don't take my mistake my over generalizations for all scenarios but as a large magority of the situations. Because as we all know that there are just as many poor white men as there are rich black women. But for every 1 poor white man the are 3 poor black wemon. I never was good at math but thats a very lopsided ratio. To me that number is unacceptable and being a son of one of those 3 poor black women and I can empathize with the struggle and will advocate those programs to aid those wemon. And individuals who turn their apathetic shoulder to prevent these life lines are a disgrace to good humanity. Thats why I think that Conservatives blindly and ignorantly Commit treason with every vote against welfare spending, and against Spending for Better education. Someone has to Ask The Questions. And I need the Answers.
Ok, a few things to try to help.
First of all, please do two things for me. Please. 1) break your post up into paragraphs. It's really hard to try to read a long block of text, especially when you scroll down. It's a lot easier to read something that has been broken up into paragraphs. 2) Run a spell check before you post. 'wemon' is not a word, and you make yourself seem less intelligent than you are by making such careless typos throughout your post. So please, do a spell check. If you don't have a word processor that has a spell check, both internet explorer and firefox (and I"m pretty sure Safari as well) has an add-in that you can use to spell check your work.
Secondly, I think you should try to explain some of your ideas more. You say that conservatives having these ideas and plans is treason, but don't explain how. And I'm not sure I see the connection between wanting people to stand on their own feet, rather than use the government as a crutch, and how this amounts to being disloyal to the US government. I could better understand your sentiments if you claimed they were being heartless, or some other such emotion, but I don't see how they are breaking the law by feeling the way they do.
Now, as to the actual content of your post, only one thing really jumped out at me:
There are that many rich black women? Really? I can only think of a handful, and I know there are far more than a handful of poor white men... I guess it depends on how you define rich.
But all in all, I think this is a statistical improbability, merely because a very large majority of the US population is white... something along the lines of 68-73%. Blacks, on the other hand, make up about 12.5% of the US population. I know that not 68% of the population of the US is rich, and I know that not all of the 12.5% is poor.
Your numbers may be true in the South, where the black population is concentrated (though I still doubt it), but they definitely do not reflect the nation as a whole. And I'm not sure I agree that their lack of education is not their own fault. I see several black teens that strive to make things better for themselves. One of my friends even went to Yale, and another to Furman. I don't think that people can blame the education system for a poor education either, because I was faced with the poor education system in many areas, and I still graduated at the top of my class both in college and in high school, and easily have the grades and test scores to get whatever I want to out of life.
That all being said, I do think the education system needs to be reformed, and perhaps the end of the coddling that has recently been implemented is the solution to that. I don't know. I also think that there needs to be reforms in other areas of government, including healthcare (which would presumably help the death rate) and taxes (which would presumably help the wage gap).
~C
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Considering the number of black lawyers and lawyers-in-training I work with, as well as the fact that my boss is black, I agree with you in that a person's (black or white) education or lack thereof is their own doing.
The college I just graduated from even has a program with the "inner city" school district so that students can work toward their Associate's degree and get it the same time they graduate high school. Most of those students, if I recall correctly, were black. There was even one girl who, at the college graduation, was about 8 months pregnant. She graduated with honors, no less.
The only person in the way of your education is yourself.
I am treated as evil by people who claim that they are being oppressed because they are not allowed to force me to practice what they do. ~D. Dale Gulledge
Okay, I mostly agree with what you are saying. Yes, Public Education was quiet lacking making a mockary of America and it's citizen. BUT when you go on your rant about the Black Community and it's opression through educational means, i tend to disagree. Yes you are right the black community has a very poor educational system but the beauty of this country and now many others is that one man can move and strive to better himself (i use man but it also includes women) and in doing this his community. for some reason many celebrities and politicians are not donating to better a poor community but spending money on that 7th car. We need civic leaders and public stars to show maturity and goodness with thier money. that they actually care about people, WE need people to care about people.
also Coming from a young American male as well
Saint O Nothin' Says
Always go FORWARD, going straight will get you no where!
-Greenday