Quote:I am not trying to convince you that your opinions on the subject are wrong. I am sure you have your opinions for any number of reasons (Russell Wilson for example). As I pointed out in my earlier post, to believe that someone holds a certain position due to ignorance is presumptuous and elitist. I believe that in your experiences young black students who study are considered "white" and black people liked Clinton because he cheated on Hillary. I was simply posting in an attempt to say that in my experiences, which include years of working within the black community and almost always being the only white person in a room presented me with different experiences that might present a different viewpoint.
I am not positive of too many things in this world, but I am positive that an individuals experiences (yours or mine) is not enough to paint a complete picture of any issue. I will be the first to admit that perhaps my experiences are the outlier, though not without also considering that yours may be as well. Though, in fairness we can only understand issues through our own lenses.
That being said, the only reason I posted in this thread to begin with, before I made the mistake of arguing over politics :teehee:, was to point out that I think a lot of young black students take jobs like social worker and child care worker because they identify these jobs as playing key roles in their community. That, in my experience, appears to be a more likely explanation (Occam's razor) than some of the other suggestions presented previously in this thread.
As a member of the "black" community i can share my personal experience on the matter. When i was a kid i was told by my friends that i was a White Kid because of the way i talked because i tried in school and because i didnt drink etc. The most profound and formative viewpoint that i had as a child was hoelw stupid it was for a race to self define based on a lack of achievement. I have been told more by other people of color what i could and could not achieve than any white person would dare mention.
With Russell Wilson you have a qb that stands aloof from some of his fellow teammates because he carries himself like the head of a franchise. Think about that.
Bill Cosby was demonized in the black community for calling people to action and taking personal responsibility.
The term POOR BLACK MAN has become a subconscious narrative that is almost universally accepted. One of the reasons you dont see as many black males aspiring to traditional commerce is because we have conditioned outselves to think that we either have to sling crack rock or have a wicked jump shot to be successful and if we are seen as mainstream or working for the man we can be called sellouts in our own community.
