Do We As African Americans Have A Culture?

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Originally Posted by pinkies up

Why do you think that we have subjected ourselves to lower standards than the generations before us?

We don't have lower standards than before. We've just allowed the ignorant to overshadow the plethora of non-ignorant. There have always been the ignorant but previously we had informal social control that kept the community in order and told the idiots to sit down and shut up.

By "ignorant" and "idiot" I'm not talking about the poor. I'm talking about anyone who uses excuses and wallows in negative circumstances. Black people have traditionally been working poor and there was a segment of middle to upperclass. But regardless of the social class, we were always taught to be a prideful and hardworking people. Those of us who remain prideful and hardworking need to be at the forefront.

Sidebar: And, no, I don't believe that all of the images on BET are negative as some people believe. The negative part is the lack of balance between the BET images and other images of blacks. Everyone's looking for ONE THING to blame and fix but there isn't just one thing.

Originally Posted by pinkies up

Also, who do you guys think are the new black leaders?

We don't have or need "black leaders."