I feel the same in many respects. But I knew it would happen. I was reading a book on Black history, and in one section it talked about how cyclical (sp?) the cycle is for Black people. Example: We had more Blacks in government (local and federal) over 100 years ago during Restoration, than we do now. Due to Jim Crow, and plain out racism, we were shoved back into a slave like lifestyle. Then came the Civil Rights movements, and we got to where we are today. It's scary that it has taken us 100 years just to get back to the level of prominence that we had right after slavery.
Many of our people had money then to. But it doesn't seem to make a difference for long.
