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Quick. Pop quiz. And no cheating. No Googling. No calling the NAACP.
Are there more Black men in college or jail?
The answer may be different than what you have heard.
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of course no one should be surprised by this. the black population in america is around 50 - 60 million, only latino's are slightly more beacuse of high births (meaning big familia's). now 50 million is not a joke, there are many countries in europe that dont even have a total population anywhere near this size. so to say that a vast majority are in prison is wrong. the fact is that here we are some 40+ year's since the march on d.c. and the civil rights movements and black americans today number at least 40% within the middle class. who else does a cable channel like B.E.T. cater to? the black middle class who can easily afford cable tv or sattelite dish. I grew up in a suburb right next to the city of chicago, and its a very mixed town. around my neighborhood you see the emerging black middle class, who came out of the poverty of the west side ghettos of chicago. They are living the american dream. many people prefer to live in my town, because of its proximity to the west side, where many people still have relatives who continue to reside there in the old neighborhoods. and something else that i have been seeing as more recent phenomon. you are seeing economic development in these areas by the black middle class. Many people are even building brand new homes in their old neighbordhoods and are attempting to develop it, because many black people do actually prefer to live in predominantly black neighborhoods. not everyone is like that, but alot of people feel that way.