The one thing that gets me though is those undercover exposes. A few years back one of the news magazines doctored the records of two guys of the same age. They gave them the same credit scores, financial status etc. The black guy wore a suit and tie, the white guy wore jeans, a t-shirt and a baseball hat, and they tried to get credit, buy a car, rent an apartment.
It still is out there. The black guy was told the apartment was taken. 15 minutes later the white guy came and told he could have it.
That being said, there is hypersensitivity, and excuse making for personal failures in the black community. We need to week out racism from our culture, and at the same time instill personal responsibility.
We need to week out racism from our culture, and at the same time instill personal responsibility.
I agree with that too. I didn't need a news expose'. Before we bought our house, I called an apartment complex about rental rates and was quoted a price and told there were several apartments available. Twenty minutes later when I showed up, by some miracle, there were none available. (I might add that I have terribly standard English and "sound white" on the phone) So, I know from personal experience that racism exists, but not to the extent that every negative thing that happens to me is because of some huge white conspiracy.