Originally Posted by alansmithee

The problem is, it's not up to black people. Black people have tried the "grin and bear it" technique, but it doesn't work. If whites don't want blacks to be equal, they won't. And there's no evidence that whites want blacks to be equal. If they did, they would take real steps to erase the vast inequalities they created. I agree that blacks deserve to have the same things as whites, but it's up to the whites (as the people with the power) to give them up. And that's not happening. Racism isn't something that went away in the '60's, it's just as damaging now as it was then. Every black person lives daily with racism of some form or other. And I've given up thinking that will ever change, so the best thing blacks can do now is improve their economic position as much as possible so they can try to take care of themselves.