[tillacum]

Years ago, I read a Readers Digest article about schools in predominately black neighborhoods. In the 1930s and 1940s the children received an excellent education. The teachers wouldn’t put up with hooliganism, and were strict with the children’s homework. They even talked with the parents if the students were falling behind. Most of the teachers were also black and they wanted to elevate the children’s minds and increase their ability to compete. Now, with the likes of al Sharpton, eric holder, jessieeee Jackson, the children have little chance in these neighborhoods. It’s a shame because these students don’t seem to have a chance to assimilate or compete.

[Renkluaf]

In the 20s through the 50s there was a vibrant black middle class in major American cities despite the racism that existed. Two parent households were the norm and out-of-wedlock births were a fifth of what they are today. LBJ's Great Society destroyed all that in the name of the War on Poverty.

What is truly sad about this article is that blacks reflexively vote for the people who destroyed their lives (i.e. Democrats) and in Ferguson, MO vote for those (i.e. Democrats) who prevent their children from attending a decent school.

Keep doing the same thing over and over again, and see if the outcome changes!

[RitaOK]

I agree with you.

I believe, in the 30’s and 40’s, that blacks as well as white Americans supported the Christian traditions of our founders. Now, predominately the secular world view presides over all institutions, but it started in academia and then the churches fell, one by one.

As a result, virtue eventually signed a non-compete with hedonism, and Marx.