[AKA_Monet]

I am unsure what you want the Black folks in American to say... We have had this drilled into our heads since...

I dunno what I think about this report?

I think that full on integration brainwashed the minds of most Black folks in the 1970's that they lost they dayum minds and all that was fought for during Civil Rights before MLK was shot... That's my opinion...

My parents are PRIME examples of that... Highly educated, end of Vietnam, had a small child (me) and made the hard decision to either purchase a house in a predominantly Black neighborhood in 1970 for twice as much as what they had, rather than a newly constructed house in the suburbs of Southern California... And back in that day, many Black folks without education dared not enter into these "new constructions" because they were NOT meant for "US"--and that was BLATANT in California before the nondiscrimination laws in housing were passed...

A few others families like mine did the same... Highly educated parents, well to do in careers (i.e. doctors, lawyers, dentists, engineers, etc.), that purchased newly constructed homes in predominantly white areas...

And the children reared in this environment... Alienated from EVERYBODY--both Black AND White... There were no teacher's that were sensitive to the needs of ethnically diversed student population... They were down right racist... I experienced that first hand... Fortunately (and unfortunately) my brother did not experience that because my mother made sure that would not happen to him... And I am talking about some major bullshit that a teacher should NEVER do to a child... EVER... Meaning, FCUKING with the child's chances to succeed at learning the material... I.e. giving poor grades when the work merited a high grade just because "I" was "bussed in" (an ASSumption made by a silly biatch teacher)... Think how an 8 year old interprets those actions and what is done to her psychology when she has little expectation to do better--like what's the point? And then think about the level of intelligence of her parents and how they would NOT let that happen--if only they knew...

The folks the article discusses are some of those of the "Black Bougeousie" that are incarcerated...

I can count on MY hands how many of my friends that were reared similarly to me that DID NOT make it out of the dregs of ghetto-fabulous impoverished mentality life--like drugs, thugs, jail time, etc... Much like the PWT in trailer parks... But this is NOT suppose to HAPPEN to the Black Bougie's... We are the one's that are suppose to "take over the world"!!! That is what the Civil Right's folks keep exclaiming...

And how old is Uncle Jesse now?

The ONLY Black folks that make sense of their situation are the one aggressively pursuing their heritage identity similar to that of WEB DuBois and Kwame Ture... That is why Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta were very intrigued with the actions of these two individuals and the intelligesia they displayed. But even that is getting mocked by those who are abased with supremacy...

So THAT in my opinion is part of issue... And these kinds of discussion (spelled: rhetoric) keep rolling on and on when the group is ONLY African American... At least that has been my experience...