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Originally posted by TonyB06
We make these decisions individually based on our own criteria...who asks us for help? who reminds us of "us" back-in-the-day? I think the means of how we do it is less important than not losing the collective sense of "community."

I understand your not feeling embarrassed when a black person says/does something stupid, but do you not feel a vicarious sense of "pride" when someone who looks like you achieves greatly?

I think how we do it is important because some methods can undermine "community."

I rarely feel a sense of "pride" when someone who looks like me achieves greatly. I am extremely biased in what I call an "achievement" and I tend to look at the success of the collective as above and beyond the success of the individual.