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Originally Posted by alansmithee
I would like to add something to this example (which I think is very good). The other problem that has emerged from previous discrimination and cultural destruction carried out by "bunnies" against "squirrels" is that after being continuously denied free access to things required to succeed in bunny society (education, literacy, proper speech) the squirrels have largely developed their own culture that decries these things as bad rather than face being constantly not allowed to do them by bunnies. So now, reading or doing well at school is seen as a "bunny" thing in many squirrel areas, and those who do either are shunned in both the bunny and squirrel areas. So essentially, failure has been ingrained into the squirrel culture. That won't be changed without drastic measures.
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I'm a little disconcerted that you feel that you are in a position to decide that black culture will have to be modified for the good of black people in general. Maybe they prefer to have different values than white people. If education isn't a priority in certain predominantly black inner-city environs, why should we feel compelled to enforce a different cultural value system on them?
I'd be mad if someone criticized my cultural values in this manner...
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