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Both sides on the issue are overzealous!
12Clicks, I can see where you're coming from. There is a lot of hyprocrisy and denial on the part of blacks in America. They do need to take more responsibility for themselves. Like most of us, I am more afraid when I see a crowd of blacks than whites because of the crime statistics. I am also disconcerted when I see blacks wearing baggy clothes and talking slang instead of correct English. These things are a problem.
At the same time, people like yourself have to tone down your biases. You cannot deny the history that has helped to create the current condition of black and white relations. No black person today was ever a slave, generations earilier were and that does play a role in the now. For instance, many of the wealthy people of the world today had nothing to do with their wealth. It was all inherited by a family member who made that wealth long ago.
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