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I think that he is getting at the fact that using those be-be kids is inaccurate because there aren't that many of them in comparison to those that work blood, sweat, and tears but just aren't educated enough to drag themselves out of poverty. A demiquote from Barack Obama's book the Audacity of Hope.
That isn't the direct quote, but you get what I mean.
I do understand with what you mean, but I was not using that as an example for the whole, I was stating, and I quote:
Some of them sure aren't helping themselves by having 4+ children out of wedlock and sitting on welfare their entire lives, getting themselves imprisoned for drug charges and generally never trying to improve their lives because the system is "out to get them."
He's simply trying to paint me as a racist in an effort to deflect my point, which is there are people in this world who defeat themselves with their action/inaction.
Ive been on the internet long enough, to know that when people start resorting to talking about welfare and welfare mommas..
In other words.... You're assuming.
I know how they really feel and think about black people.
Wow, you must be psychic! Oh, wait. Your assuming. Again.
Of course, it's not surprising. I knew how you felt about them way back when you said No one alive in this country has been enslaved. No one alive has done any enslaving, yet people still cry about it and use that as an excuse for their shortcomings.
No one has been enslaved, and no one has done any enslaving. This is true. What is also true is that some people use this as an excuse for their shortcomings.
This does not mean everyone, or even a majority.
You obviously have not really tried to understand the plight of black people, or understand why they are disproportionately impoverished. to you, its just because they listen to too much rap music and have too much sex and shoot too many guns and rob too many people.... just like tv says they do.
More assumptions, libel, forced-words and general asshattery. I am well aware of the social problems that exist in this country, thanks. I don't need a lecture from you. My point was that aside from the real hurdles that people face in this country, there are still others who go one step further and needlessly place additional hurdles in front of themselves. That was my whole point in mentioning the welfare mommas, the people in prison for drugs and those who give up because the system is set against them. These are the individuals who aren't helping themselves and who wreck their lives before they have a real chance.
My point wasn't that the majority of black community is like this, and that's their main problem; It's that in addition to all the other adversity they face, people continue to place hurdles in front of themselves and fulfill self-defeating prophecies.