I wrote a rant on another forum about segregation and the experiences that I had concerning segregation. I noticd that there is still racism in the US like everywhere, but I was wondering if racism comes in different forms. I do. Over 200 years ago, most blacks were enslaved and there were slave code laws. After the Civil War, black men were given the right to vote until that was taken away from them using Grandfather code laws. Then for nearly 100 years, segregation happened, except separate but equal was anything but equal for black people. It is true that there were black "Wall-Streets", black-owned businesses, black churches, and black schols, but to keep us in line, many blacks were lynched and were mistreated in other ways. Thankfully we don't have to deal with that as much anymore. Now black people have to deal with higher crime rates, mortality rates, high abortion and higher poverty rates, higher incaration rates compared to white people despite the fact that black Americans make up no more than 11-15% of the population (depending on the source and not including Africans, Middle Eastern blacks, black Latinos and Caribbeans) and also internal issues amongst the black community such as violence and colorism.
It seems as if no one else respects or ever cared about black people. Black kids compared to white kids have to deal with the soft bigotry of low expectations, seemingly uncaring teachers, media and educational bias, and stereotyping. Now, I have to ask you, what can be done to help the black community? Should we as blacks deal with what is going on in the church first, the educational system, the black-owned media, the political arena, or other issues? Racism is one of only numerous issues that black people have to deal with. As a Conservative sometimes, I feel as if I am not being heard. I think all of them can help. Black conservatives need to "come out of the closet" especially since Black Americans originally come from a rather Conservative culture that started out from Africa to the US. There is a saying in the Bible about people suffering from a lack of knowledge. I think liberalism, communism, statism, socialism, and marxism are bad for everyone, but it will disproportionately affect black Americans.
We are considered at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder despite the fact that at one time, black people originally came from two parent or extended homes and many blacks were upwardly mobile. Most black people were educated and still are, but all we hear is the high dropout rates of young black men, which is true. We read negative things in the more left-leaning media all the time. Black people are seen in a negative light and I don't believe that this is no accident and neither were the creation of the subuarbs and divested black and integrated inner cities. It has been said by the media that 1 out of 4 young black men will end up in the prison system. Yet I wonder how come we don't read or hear about the 3 out of 4 who are in college, in the military, or have two parent homes? It makes me wonder how far we have really come as black people and how much we have to go. Is it wrong to think that way? I certainly don't want to turn back to segregation, but we rarely hear about black-owned business, black role models who are doctors, good role models who are in the political arena, and such period. I think it is messed up that so many in the black community voted for a President whose views I disagree with. I thought that in today's America, character instead of skin color counts. I do wonder what Dr. King, Malcolm X, and Medgar Evers would think about what is going on in America today.
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