[roylene]

Nothing changes ... when I was in college in the 60s/70s .... the cry was "whitey has kept me down" yet if a black person 'made it' it was because they were a sell out.
Any attempt at stands were considered 'white'.
I scrubbed toilets and waited tables to earn money for college, big deal it took me five years instead of four ... I did it.
The blacks I went to school with seemed to think it was beneath them to work for a college degree.
Ok, I know there must be some who did not feel that way, but .. I never meet any.
When I was in high school in the 60s, the kids I went to school with (very poor community - black and white) did not act as though they had a sense of privilege / entitlement... I do not know what happened in such a short time.

[poobear]

I had the same experience growing up. I remember in high school, those (black students) who were excelling and taking harder courses to ready them for college were all harassed by fellow black students (those who hadn't already dropped out). Very poor area I grew up in. Only a handful of affluent students. I always encouraged those hard working students because I knew the only way out of this poor area was to have the courage and education to get a better job. I'm white, and could never understand this behavior of harassment. After all, we were all in the same boat. What's so hard to figuring out? Just my 2 cents.

[Fred Hayek]

"the cry was "whitey has kept me down" yet if a black person 'made it' it was because they were a sell out."

I have noticed the same thing when I was at New Jersey Institute of Technology (the former Newark College of Engineering). Next door was Newark Central High School. In the 70's, if any student at Central High actually tried to learn something, that student was called "Oreo" "Uncle Tom" "Race Traitor" and even "White bleeper bleeper". By the high school so-called faculty and administration! This was an eye-opener at how the welfare plantation operates.

[KC_Conspirator]

I was talking with my wife a couple nights ago. We were discussing the rash of attacks and allegations against Bill Cosby.

It could be a coincidence. I mean, there could be no corrolation between the recent allegations and charges and the fact that he has been vocal as of late about what he sees as deficiencies in black leadership of their communities.

However, intelligence and cynicism gained through experience tells me that this is happening for a reason.