[tcostell]

All of the research from Thomas Sowell's "Ethnic America" backs up exactly what the teacher is saying. His assertion (meticulously documented) was that it is the minority culture of victim hood which is hurting Black people in America, and not racism. And that those minority groups who hold values like education and hard work as their core values (like the Japanese minority in California for example) continually out perform those that do not.

One particularly compelling example he sites is the example of the Japanese minority in California, and the Mexican minority in California. Both groups arrived in the States at approximately the same time, doing (for the most part) the same kind of work (agriculture) but now, the Japanese minority makes approximately 127% of the average annual income, and the Mexicans only 87%. It's very difficult to attribute this to racism.

I'd highly recommend the book.

[mafree]

All of the research from Thomas Sowell's "Ethnic America" backs up exactly what the teacher is saying. His assertion (meticulously documented) was that it is the minority culture of victim hood which is hurting Black people in America, and not racism. And that those minority groups who hold values like education and hard work as their core values (like the Japanese minority in California for example) continually out perform those that do not.

Bingo.