African Researcher Investigates Cause of African-American Poor Academic Peformance (in Affluent communities)

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shortylickens

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Originally posted by: blackangst1
The solution is to realize we're all human and by perpetuating blacks getting their own sense of community and their own culture does NOTHING but encourage segregation.

Thats what I thought too, but I never had the guts to say it out loud.
 

piasabird

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I wonder if I have any white cultural concepts -- I never thought about having a White Culture. There are so many groups that make up the White community like German, English, Swedish, Irish, Italian, Greek, Scottish, Norwegian, Russian Jews, American natives, etc. I can not every remember considering myself to belong to any ethnic group.

My grandma said her people were Scotch Irish or some such thing. However, I dont walk around saying stuff like them other white people hate me because I am Irish and no one hates me because of my ethnic background.

My wife is asian and I understand the concept of being pointed out because you are different from the other big group. However, what I do understand is that the world is always looking at everyone in a critical manner. If you look hard enough you can find something wrong with anyone. Quit using your special characteristics as an excuse for everything that happens to you. No one cares for people who make excuses. Boo Hoo Hoo! No one cares. No excuses are allowed.