[SkyPilot]

I was out of the country recently and witnessed the behavior of black people there (yes, black people, they were not Africans and they were not Americans, so we can dispense with the PC hyphenation). These folks were respectful, hard working, well mannered, well spoken, and well dressed. Many were overtly Christian. I saw men and women reading Bibles on the bus. They greeted you and each other with wishes for blessings. They were polite and kind. They were diligent and serious about their work. They respected the law, and had little tolerance for lawbreaking. Their children were well behaved and respectful. They corrected their children and held one another to high standards of proper behavior.

The United States has produced generations of people who are the complete opposite. If you dropped American blacks into the society of the country I just visited, their citizens would have been aghast and ashamed of them.

[DaveA37]

I too have visited and lived a short time in a country with a large black population, you have described them correctly both foreign and domestic American blacks.

[dfwgator]

It’s the same with the Nigerian friends I have. They are hard-working and cannot stand American blacks.

[Wolfie]

It occurs to me the most useful thing an American could do with a time machine is go back and kill the first slave importers and owners.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Where were you, Sky Pilot? To me it sounds like Costa Rica.

[JimRed]

These folks were respectful, hard working, well mannered, well spoken, and well dressed. Many were overtly Christian. I saw men and women reading Bibles on the bus. They greeted you and each other with wishes for blessings. They were polite and kind. They were diligent and serious about their work. They respected the law, and had little tolerance for lawbreaking. Their children were well behaved and respectful. They corrected their children and held one another to high standards of proper behavior.

There are a number of names for folks like that (and there are a lot of them) in this country. Uncle Tom, Aunt Jemima, House Nigga, Sellout...and lots of others less polite. And only hung upon them by "their own" people.