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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Well, damn, okay then.
LOL--and I'm not to blame for the turn of this thread. I'm just riding on coattails after the fact.
There's a lot of inconsistency in this post.
No, African American males are not destined for worse. People confuse disproportionate involvement in crime, lack of education, and unemployment to imply destiny. For instance, the average African American male is not involved in crime. Therefore, being an African American male is not a "plight" nor is it ridden with hardtimes and negativity.
With that said, personal choices matter but it's more than just personal choices. We are talking about aggregate effects here. But, I sense that I'm typing to a brick wall right now.
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THANK YOU! This post is brilliant.
I'm sick of hearing people talk like black people are designed by nature to self-destruct!
People who have worked in very poor black communities have seen first hand the heartbreaking "conditioning process" that has lead to the way things are today...and whats sad is that its a cycle that will take some real work to stop.
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