The landmine in labeling someone ‘black’

The Washington Post ^ | December 25, 2014 | Esther J. Cepeda

[MaxMax]

[I want the USA back]

Blaming Whitey gives them an excuse to continue their self-defeating behavior.

[trebb]

Shows insecurity on their part. I don’t care how people label me.

Same here - everyone has opinions but some folks' opinions are worthless...I'm comfortable in my "White Privileged" skin.

[Lion Den Dan]

My black friend says those in the inner city are basically trapped, they need to get out of there, it be LA, Baltimore, Chicago, they need to get out to open spaces. I agree, the biggest trap is the inner city.

Out to the open spaces, right. I live in the wide open spaces and don't want them here. There are not enough money making, tax paying other people to support those negroes.

[Rodamala]

in NJ... and threw in Hunterdon you clarify it wasn’t in Newark.

[383rr]

Inner city a trap? Nope, don’t buy it, we NEED to quit buying it. Let’s say, for example, you and I and a lot of folks with the same mindset live in this “inner-city”. Do you think it would be the same then? No, it would be just like the communities we live in and are a part of now. It’s DEMOGRAPHICS. It’s the people, not the place. Until they decide to join society and become productive members,(and I’ll guarantee thats not on the agenda) nothing will change. It’s absurd to think that concrete, pavement and glass and steel are whats “holding them back”. It’s ridiculous.

[Mariner]

"Well, that works for some. But, for many and possibly most, you can take the person out of the inner city but you can’t take the inner city out of the person."

Language skills are developed very early in life. By the time a kid is 8yrs, they are set.

For life.

Sadly, many black kids are raised on ebonics and that's all they will ever know.

Even if taught proper english they will speak it with an ebonic accent and always lapse to pure ebonics when under pressure or very comfortable.

And everyone else in America equates ebonics as stupid.

I know I do.

[Fightin Whitey]

layabouts

Looks like the back room at the Post Office at about 2 p.m.