I am currently writing a book about the live of black trooks in the US Civil War. One thing that characterized virtually every black soldier that joined the Union Army was their thirst for education.
These guys would spend their off-duty hours learing to read, write, and do arithmatic. They brought books with them on picket duty, so they could work on learning. They stayed up late nights learning. They wanted something that they had been denied as slaves so badly that they would sacrifice just about all of their free time to get it. Not just the kids in the units, but men in their 30s and 40s.
(The other universal characteristic was their pride in their appearance. Black soldiers took great care of their equipment and uniforms so as to appear like soldiers -- like men of war.)
Wha'happaned? Why do black kids today wish to realize every stereotype that the slaveocracy wished to tag blacks woth in the 19th century. It is enough to make me weep.
For Trooks read troops. Coffee hasn't sunk in yet.
Good luck with the book.
"Wha'happaned? Why do black kids today wish to realize every stereotype that the slaveocracy wished to tag blacks woth in the 19th century. It is enough to make me weep."
Because they have been brainwashed by a certain select type of white person to behave that way.
The Democratic Party successfully put blacks back into slavery, and they never had to pick up a gun to do it.
They simply used the government welfare system to coerce and entice them back onto the plantation (so to speak).
Oh well.. it's within their power to change their futures. Always has been, always will be.