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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]As a white male, I ask this of black people -

1.  Can we teach your children?
2.  Do you feel a moral responsibility to help your brothers and sisters living in high-crime, high-poverty areas?
3.  What exactly do you want from whites?  (b/c we can't seem to get it right)
4.  For the many of you with degrees and nice cars and homes and quite possibly private school for your kids - do you feel connected to AAs who aren't as fortunate?  (I can tell you that many of the AAs I know in that category have told me that they chose living in Area A and sending their kids to Private School B in order to keep them away from any negative influences.)

I am certain these are questions that have been raised before, but I don't believe they've ever been directly addressed in a civil manner.[/quote]

I am not black but I can tell you right off that you won't get a single answer because black people are no more monolithic than white people. That's like asking white people if they like smoked salmon. Some do, some don't, some can take it or leave it. The social strata of black Washingtonians alone would take a fairly long book to document, not to mention their answers to your questions. It is important to begin seeing people as individuals, not members of groups.
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And this is the answer I expected.  It goes both ways.  Whites are also not monolithic, yet this is what we see and hear in the news, yes?  Your response doesn't help at all.  It simply continues to mask a very dangerous problem in our society that will continue to divide our country.  You don't kill cancer with Advil.

I've had these conversations with African American friends.  I'm not afraid to ask.  They're not afraid to respond.  They are all highly educated, living very comfortable lifestyles.  Two teachers (older generation) - who participated the Civil Rights Movement, who grew up in segregated communities - said desegregation destroyed the black community.  What they once had as a community was destroyed b/c there were no longer teachers and parents and aunts and uncles and grandfathers and small business owners looking after their children.  I worked with a teacher whose dad was a Farrakhan follower - clearly not as militant as his father, but inspirational and devoted to his students.  I work with kids who see a white face and automatically turn off.  It takes time to break through that exterior only to find some frightened child behind that angry facade.  I have AA friends in NYC who love how Harlem was gentrified b/c the safety issues are slowly dissolving and through revitalization.

I don't view anyone as monolithic.  However, the news does, which distorts people's views.  There will always be whites who hate blacks and blacks who hate whites.  However, you can't get past this stage until you open up lines of communication b/c we don't move forward until the ugly comes out.

You're taking the coward's way out, which only keeps us separated.[/quote]

I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you have not fully awaken yet because this is one of the most incoherent responses I've ever encountered. If this is how you plan to communicate, race relations will be better if you abstain.
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