[windsorknot]

Saw my only black neighbor out walking his dog this morning. He didn’t look too concerned to me.

Nor should he be. He's more likely to be struck by lightning, or attacked by other blacks than he is to be attacked by whites.

[cripplecreek]

When he was a kid, his father took the family and fled from Detroit in 67.

[RoosterRedux]

In my neighborhood there are upstanding black folks. They work hard and are accepted as friends and good neighbors by everyone.

They are not worried. Of course, they are also not liberal in that they earn what they get and deserve every bit of it. They are every bit as capable as anyone else and they know it isn't a matter of racism.

Racism is an excuse for not trying. If a person refuses to assimilate, he/she will lose. If they knuckle down and do their best, they will succeed.

Race has nothing to do with it.