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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it requires a paradigm shift in the black community, as many prominent blacks have noted. The legacy of slavery was poverty and[b] then a dependency on government handouts, which bred a sense of entitlement.[/b] But, that's not going to get people anywhere in this life.[/quote]

Not true.  In fact, AA families and communities pulled together and quickly created a vibrant economy which rivaled that of the Asian communities who get so much credit for that (deservedly so, no envy).  AAs used to marry, and raise intact families, and excel in ambition, just like any other American sub-group, long after slavery was over, and in spite of Jim Crow.

The scourge of the AA family is the "Great Society" and the creation of welfare dependency - which demanded the dissolution of families in order to receive financial reward.  Three generations of that disincentive to create a strong family/reward for single parent homes has decimated the AA community.  It's now the norm for AAs to be raised in a single parent household.  [url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/25/AR2006032500029.html]"Marriage is for white people."[/url]  Daniel Patrick Moynihan (yes, the famous and lauded liberal) [url=http://www.nationalaffairs.com/public_interest/detail/how-the-great-society-destroyed-the-american-family
]told us this would happen[/url].

The "legacy of slavery" isn't the problem, the AA community overcame that.

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