Demboy08's Blog

Many blacks today who are "so far down on the economic ladder" are there, not because of the color of their skin, but because of many other reasons. Many did not avail themselves of the free education available in the public school system. As a consequence they cannot read, write or even speak correct English. They can't do math, science or other subjects. They don't know where New York or Germany are except that they can get there by purchasing a ticket. They dress in a manner that makes them look like thugs, they talk like thugs, they disrespect women and old people and they listen to music that would scare most people away and they have "in your face" attitudes. I have worked with many black people who got their education and who act in an acceptable manner towards other people both black and white. I live in a mixed neighborhood and many of my black neighbors are better off than me. I think that discrimination in the workplace will always favor those who have prepared themselves for work and who can get along with their co-workers. Those who haven't prepared themselves will always end up "far down on the economic ladder" be they be white, black, brown, yellow or red.
I believe that most blacks who lived through segregation, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement would roll over in their graves if they saw the waste that many of today's black youth have made of their freedom and opportunity!

Define yourselves? Black business owners and managers also want people who have prepared themselves to earn a living. People in this country and any country get ahead and move up the economic ladder by hard work. No matter what the color of your skin may be the principles of business and work still apply.

I think that all people should define themselves but when they do and the results aren't what you expected be prepared to be unhappy or change your definition!

Im shocked because i have never done ANYTHING personally to any black person. I never owned slaves, I've never fired anyone because of their color,I never gave a less qualified white person a job over a more qualified black person( I wanted people that could work hard and smart)I would never withhold help from a person based on the color of their skin(just ask the 2 black women that I rescued at 10pm at night in Independence-I repaired their car on the roadside and didnt even charge them for a part I was lucky enough to have with me-I did it free of charge and felt that it would come back to me ten fold and it has.That night it wasnt 1 white guy and 2 black women-it was three Americans comming together in a time of need.
Im absolutely shocked that the black community has the AUDACITY to claim they cant make it in this country when I see many others that are doing just fine.

Though everything is illogical about race being a determining factor in judging someone the fact is it is no matter how much you don't like it or it is unfair. We are identified as part of a racial group just as we are identified as a nationality or culture. We now haveracial division but with economic differences instead of blatant racism. People feel more content with people of their own race. Naturally a racial divide is formed. Blacks tend to reside in cities with less money so the public schools are much worse than in the suburbs. Therefore they do not have equal oppurtunity. The handful of affirmitive action programs do not come close to making up for what is still a huge income gap both individually and for communities.

Agreed odessacon. I posted something very similar to your post, but it isn't showing up for some reason. I'm not going to re-type.

Basically I'm tired of people trying to make me ashamed of being white. *I* didn't kill Indians, *I* didn't own slaves, *I* didn't fire someone for being the wrong color, and I AM NOT THE MAN.

anyone who says any of the above things is just as guilty as any white racist. Not all whites are racist by default.

Have you not seen the afluent black people in the malls in overland park,lenexa etc?The black people that wont better their situation suffer from their own issues-whatever they may be. You,demboy,should be ashamed of yourself. you are promoting the falsehood that the white man keeps them down and therfore make it easy for the blacks to use this EXCUSE for not suceeding. You bare responsible for perpetuating this myth that a black man cant make it in this country.

We have a black secretary of state, a black supreme court justice(both appointed by republicans I may add)We had a viable black canidate for the Presidency until he screwed it up by attending a racist anti-white church for twenty years.

We do not have slaves in America-slavery is still rampant in Africa.

Who was the first nation to spill the blood of their countrymen to abolish slavery.

Where can you find the freedom and tolerance that we enjoy in America? Name it?Where is this magic land that is better than us?

I'm also waiting for some acknowledgement of my comments.

The Kansas City School Districts spends enough per student to put them through an IVY League college for a year.. You can lead a horse to water.. but you cant make him think!

Wow. Remember the statement, "United we stand;divided we fall"? Why does anyone have to be called anything but an American! Demboy, I was curious as to where you got your information about that blacks "tend to reside in cities with less money"? Hmmm...Are there no blacks in New York? LA? Houston? How come Martin Luther King, whom I greatly respect, devoted his life to equality, and a great number of blacks are trying their best to be different. I guess it is just a sub-culture I suppose. I just don't get racism.

Yenrab, Allright I am probably going to make a number of people mad but here is the thing. In larger cities the centers tend to be poorer and blacks tend to live in the suburbs this is just racial dacts not prejudices. The inner parts of both NYC and LA are poor. Harlem anybody.
Odessacon, Europe banned slavery long before the U.S. did and the civil war was not really about slavery any first year history major could tell you that. It was more about the tariff and economics of the north and south. Slavery is not legal in Africa but we still profit from it. Our companies like Hersheys and Nestle buy much of the cocoa beans harvested by slaves so we can have low prices!