[thejellymill]

Not all of us in here are "immigrants." Shadha and ittznotme are at least part black and I think dreamdeferred is full black. I don't know about the others but I at least have hung around a lot of black people in my lifetime and read enough about the issues to have some idea of what I'm talking about.

Yes I agree there are lazy people in every group. I went to school with girls who were black and didn't think much of having 2 kids by 12th grade...they would bring the babies to school for 'show and tell' while the dad was off making more kids. My mom works in the public aid department of the government and deals with so many black people who are on public aid with 2 or 3 kids, trying to get their money out of their "baby daddy." Drug use, prostitution, crime, teenage pregnancy...all seem to be more prevalent in the black community. But why? Because a large majority of black people are not even at the "middle class" level" and a large number never complete, or even start, higher education.

Over the centuries the treatment the black community have been subjected to in America has taken its toll and produced this sad pattern that many young black people have fallen into. It is a result of slavery and oppression, directly or indirectly, and whether you want to admit it or not.