“Most African Americans believe the government response to problems is one of benign neglect rather than forceful action.”
It would be very interesting to see what the conditions of Black America were on Jan. 20, 1993, when the good Democrat, Bill Clinton took office after collecting over 90% of the black vote. And then, to contrast what “progress” if any, had been made in the black community by the time Bill and Hill left the White House on Jan. 20, 2001.
Depending on what’s being looked at, the black community does have some problems. But in terms of equality of opportunity, openness of society, enforcement of anti-discrimination laws, etc. Blacks may be better off in the year 2007 than ever before.
Yes RR, it is indeed a doozy. The recent African American response to problems is a travesty. They failed as leaders and as citizens in New Orleans during Katrina.
Five trillion dollars of reparations in the last forty years and they still can't get their sh*t together, even though the black middle and upper class has quadrupled. I think they better start listening to Bill Cosby and company now. The old victim game has about run its course..