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Originally Posted by Willravel
You're still not putting 2 and 2 together here. Multigenerational poverty along with social inequality has a detrimental effect on the family unit. It has nothing to do with culture and everything to do with socioeconomics.
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PREVIOUSLY OR CURRENTLY FOUND IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
- Black President of the United States
- Black Supreme Court Justice
- Black UN ambassador
- Two Black Secretaries of State of the United States
- Black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Black Senators
- Black Congressmen
- Black Mayors of major cities
- Black Police chiefs of major cities
- Black Fire Chiefs of major cities
- Black CEOs of major companies such as American Express, Citigroup, Aetna, and Merrill Lynch
- Black Astronauts in NASA including a Shuttle commander
- Major Black Multi-Millionaire Maintream Entertainers such as Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Denzel Washington, etc.
- Black Millionaire Directors such as Spike Lee and John Singleton
- Major Black Multi-MillionaireAthletes Such as Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
- Black coaches in the NBA, NFL, and MLB
- Majority of of Athletes found in NFL and NBA are Black
- Black Heads of Hospitals
- Black Presidents of Colleges
- Black Generals in the U.S. Military
This doesn't even begin to encompass the millions of Black doctors, lawyers, architects, business owners, college professors, scientists, airline pilots, policemen, firemen, nurses, being judged by "content of their character" instead of the color of their skin.
You yourself are missing the entire point.
If it is indeed due to "multigenerational poverty" then NONE of the successes listed about would have happened.
And it certainly wouldn't account for the MILLIONS of Blacks currently in college heading for a better life, either.
At some point playing the victim begins to look like the child throwing a temper tantrum because he didn't like the toy he got with his Happy Meal.