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Originally posted by Darkblack
You are wrong here. Your parents learned everything they know about raising kids from their parents. They learned everything they know about being an adult from their parents. Your Grandparents learned what they know from their parents and passed it down. They passed down the knowledge they have through parenting. They also provided the opportunity to go to college and get a job. They helped you by setting a good example with their work ethic. The grandparents of today’s black parents did not hold jobs. They were slaves. They didn't read or write, at least not most of them and they passed down little knowledge. Their kids had to learn this stuff on their own. When they finally were aloud to read and write they didn't have parents to ask for help because their parents didn't know. So the skills that you learn from your parents and take for granted were not available to some kids.
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i'm sorry, but the grandparents of todays black parents were not slaves. slaverys been gone for 140 years. even if you give a generation a modest 30 years between each new one, that's still almost 5 generations. my great grandparents weren't born until the 1880's, my grandfathers 1910's, my parents 1940's and myself in '79. So the last generation that could have possibly been slaves were the great great grandparents of todays younger adults (people in their 20's - 30's).
There's been plenty of time for black society as a whole to get their shit together, and many on an individual level have. As a community though, it's been all downhill since the days of the civil rights movements. i could be wrong, but from everything i've ever heard/read/seen, but black society was pretty tight with good family structures back in the day. kids were respectful to their parents and all that.
i think that the breakdown of the family in general is the problem. the nuclear family has broken down for white people just as much as black people. but for whatever reason, white people have handled that breakdown much better than black people, and black society as a whole has suffered and taken 10 steps back from teh days of civil rights.