Problem is, to succeed means “acting white.” Black pride doesn’t allow that.
But until they get over that pride issue and assimilate (which doesn't mean being White, it just means being American), they are doomed to this kind of prison and poverty of spirit.
D@mn shame, but that's reality.
There’s a lot of truth to that. You may very well have put your finger on what needs to the focus of any “honest discussion of race in America.”