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I think you are going to see in about 30 years that the whole black/white racial issue has gone out the window. It is already starting to happen. Michael Barone has written about this issue by comparing the black community to the Irish during the second half of the 19th century. During that time, the Irish were generally despised by Protestant Americans, and Irish-Americans largely returned the favor. A funny thing happened though as Irish-Americans became prosperous. As that happened, they also become more Republican in their outlook to the point that nowadays the enmity between Catholics and Protestants in this country is largely a relic of the past. The same thing is going to happen as blacks become more prosperous. As they do, they will become more Republican in their outlook and certainly much less willing to listen to race-baiters like Jesse and Al Sharpton. Every immigrant group that comes to the United States goes through the same process. In this regard, blacks are no different than the Irish, the Germans, the Poles and the Italians. It is just human nature. When you become more prosperous, you become much less willing to give up your independece and your God-given freedoms.