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Originally posted by ktsnake
Are you saying that blacks in the 60's and 70's had an easier time making it, getting their educations and becoming wealthy? What do they owe today's generation of blacks?
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No I didn't say that at all. But when those people had support groups coming up. I'm talking about older people in their neighborhoods who made sure they were going int he right direction and was getting that education. These people gave them contacts/money/support that they needed to survive. Kids today are thrown out to the wolves. Just right here in DC where the head of the household could be a 10 year old boy hustling to feed his baby brother/sister or both. The blacks of the 60s and 70s didn't have it easier but there were people their to teach them how to grow up to be men and women. People sacrifice time and money to make sure that they didn't have to face what they faced in the 30s,40s, and 50s.
Now to answer your second question, they owe the people who helped them along the way to turn around and help today's generation to make sure they're not lost, just like their elders made sure that they wouldn't be lost. The struggle doesn't stop just because somebody makes a speech and a few laws are passed. IT ends when we finally are able to do what Bro. King said in his speech.
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