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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kudos to Jews and Asians and everyone else who has done well in America despite difficulties and prejudice and discrimination. The key thing for many of them was getting out of agricultural and menial labor and being able to own property and own businesses or enter professions that were not controlled by white patronage and have access to good education. You need to understand that it was different for black Americans. Long after slavery ended, the South was an oppressive police state that denied them education, freedom of movement, property rights, voting rights, and really every basic right. Even if they did move from the fields, they were laborers and menial servants. They were only allowed to live where white people did not want to live and only allowed to have jobs working for white people. A black middle class did develop in some cities and states but even they had to be careful to stay in their place. Pretty much every political, legal, financial institution in the U.S. was dedicated to keeping blacks in their place. [/quote]
[b]Before desegregation blacks could not patronize white businesses[/b], so many black businesses emerged to serve the population. People made it work. Where are these communities now?[/quote]

That was SOME white businesses--restaurants, movie theaters, etc.  They certainly could patronize retail establishments.  They were allowed to spend their money--just not sit, I guess.  In other words, they were free to spend as much as they could at Woolworth's, but they could not sit at the lunch counter.

Certainly, this contributed to black businesses.  But, it was not the only reason they were formed.  In other words, you are half right.  [/quote]

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