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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So basically when it comes to negative things like crime and violence and poverty there is this thing called the "black community" - IT DOES EXIST - and it is the sole responsibility of that "black community" is to fix all those problems and cure all those social ills and basically get it together because as its often echoed and propagated, the "black community" is a mess, so there is a great need for black people to get together and respect one another.

HOWEVER...

When it comes to positive things like academic achievement and dream fulfillment and opening doors to greater opportunity there is no such thing as a "black community" - IT SHOULD NOT EXIST - and it is a slap in the face of whites everywhere for black students to try and establish a "black community" to support one another and network with one another and celebrate one another because as its often echoed and propagated, the "white community" is pure paradise, so there is no need for black people to get together and recognize one another because they're already in heaven at Harvard.[/quote]

I'm not sure you're reading this correctly. I don't believe anybody would ever say there should t be a black community. I think the prevailing sentiment is that at some point you also must integrate with the rest i society.  I've read many breads on this board making the accurate observation of how difficult it is for some AA kids to adjust to line in college.  This is a real issue and AAs consequently have lower graduation rate, even from top schools. But maybe, just maybe, if those AA students didn't stick together so clannishly in HS and integrated more with the broader student population, would they have had an easier time in college? I could say the same for the college to workplace transition.  I think organizations like Jack and a Jill are great, but not at the exclusion of forming social bonds with the rest of the student body.  [/quote]

Do you have any facts and stats to support your suggestion that black college graduates who predominantly congregate with one one another struggle with the college to workplace transition.  Show me instances and provide testimonies that support your claim that black college graduates who attend a ceremony celebrating their collective achievements have difficulty integrating with the rest of society.  Ask the multitude of minorities that you're so chummy with - all the black friends and black neighbors and black colleagues you know so well if the reason they so smoothly assimilated into your world and acquired the skills to associate with you so well is because they refrained from associating with other blacks in college.

Let me know what the consensus is.[/quote]

Honestly, the sentiment about POC not feeling comfortable or fitting in is something I've gotten from many, many comments from POC posters to that effect on this board. [/quote]

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