“When I was growing up in Florida (in a town that was maybe 40% black) I saw that if a black kid did well in school, the other black kids would attack them for “sucking up to whitey”. To me this seems to be the root of the self perpetuating problem.”
It does not change. My daughter’s best friend is black. She’s also a medical student on her last semester before becoming an MD. Her family calls her “white girl”.
“My daughter’s best friend is black. She’s also a medical student on her last semester before becoming an MD. Her family calls her “white girl”.”
So she goes and betters herself and becomes a doctor, and rather than hail her achievements, her family trashes her.
This whole thing is perpetuated by modern education, and black’s attitudes towards anyone that does well. It’s prevalent all over the US. I haven’t noticed that here in Canada, at least not in western Canada. We don’t have that many either, but the ones I know, their families all encouraged them to succeed.
There’s a sickness amongst the blacks in the US, and it’s not a civil war or racism.