>>You have normal everyday black people the same as everyday white people, the same as everyday latino people. We are just people going about our business, trying to feed our families and enjoy our leisure time.
Well said. I don’t think color factors in at all. Almost everything is social environment. You grow up either having the same values as the people around you, or diametrically opposed ones if you’re rebelling. Then you choose a social environment that makes you comfortable and reinforce your values. And whatever those opinions are, there will be another social group that has another belief system.
The problem I always run into in wanting people to “do their own thing” is what happens when what someone wants is invading my space. Jesse Jackson took over my apartment at the Divinity School housing because we didn’t have children and had a larger apartment. He put up Operation Breadbasket signs in the laundry room that I used to mark up. At a floor party we had a discussion where he announced that he believed anyone who wanted to not work, should be supported by society. I was dumbfounded because it was the first time I came up against someone whose belief system was taking and not all producing. Nothing to do with his color. All to do with his social belief structure.
> Almost everything is social environment. <
Very true!