without all the baggage.
My parents taught me that if I work hard, I can be whatever I aspire to be, thank God. But my parents, who were born in the deep South during the time of segregation also told me of loved ones going missing only to found lynched later, having to walk by the local public library because they were not allowed in (even though her Daddy paid taxes like everyone else), my grandfather witnessing a black man being burned alive from a hiding spot in the woods. Being black in America means having to overcome the collective memories of you antecedents in order to progress toward your goals. It causes your view to be colored (if you will) by our history. I don’t consider it baggage, it is reality. However, no one should make any excuses.
That said there is a powerful lobby that longs to keep those very real feelings as raw as possible to their own political benefit. Ironically, forced desegregation destroyed much of the Black middle-class who thrived during it. Blacks face a cultural phenomenon that is very different, but is it based on skin color exclusively or the Race Lobby?
The buses, the fountains, the libraries, the police all have one thing in common: government fiat. Think of the devastation government has wrought on Black Americans: First institutionalized racism, next the attempts to rectify it. Public schools that don't teach, the removal of Black fathers, minimum wage laws (50-60% unemployment rates) and the subtle racism of Liberals (which includes those television shows you mentioned - its part of the programming - like the Matrix). The list goes on. Racism doesn't last in a free market society.
Take a look at this video:From Cradle to Grave