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Originally Posted by Mutt
true - skin color is meaningless in and of itself but when that skin color is attached to a culture that is dominated by the glorification of thugs and thug behaviour it's not surprising or wrong to mistrust, dislike, the members of that culture. there are many blacks who are embarassed and saddened by it all.
there are white knuckleheads but for anybody to say that the % of knuckleheads in white and black segments of society is burying their head in the sand.
poverty, no father figure, lack of education and the absense of hopes and dreams beyond delusional ones like making it to the NBA or a rap music career are what's responsible. i bet that if you just adjusted the numbers to black families with a working dad in the home that you'd see kids in those homes commit far less acts like the one described at the theater and worse ones.
i think the situation is hopeless - a small % of blacks rise above the conditions that they were born into but most don't or can't and history just keeps repeating itself generation after generation.
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But alas, culture isn't really tied to skin color -- case in point:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16396343/site/newsweek/
Oprah built an educational institution for girls in africa, this place rivals the rich white prep schools.
Here are some interesting points Oprah had to make about why she built the school for children in africa, instead of children in america:
Oprah also knows that some people will complain that charity should begin at home, even though she has provided millions of dollars to educate poor children in the United States, especially via her Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program. But she sees the two situations as entirely different. "Say what you will about the American educational system?it does work," she says. "If you are a child in the United States, you can get an education." And she doesn't think that American students?who, unlike Africans, go to school free of charge?appreciate what they have. "I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there," she says. "If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod or some sneakers. In South Africa, they don't ask for money or toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school."
I think Oprah has this thing nailed. Entitlement culture kills brain cells, fast.
It's up to american parents to end the vicious cycle of entitlement culture from one generation to the next. Stop buying those sneakers, ipods, xboxes and invest in bookshelves.
