[Natasha20101]

Floyd L., I disagree with your statements. You seem to forget that Afro-Caribbean people (like me) are descendants of slaves, too! Slavery and colonialism tried to hold down blacks and native Indians in the islands. Only traces remain of the Indian tribe called the Caribs, from whom the Caribbean gets its name, and little is known of the people called the Arawaks, another Indian tribe that was in the islands when Columbus ‘discovered’ them. There are today some Caribbean islands that are still colonies of Britain, France and Holland. But we, Caribbean people, do not let that hold us back; we come to the States (and Canada) to make it. U.S. blacks are born in America, so they should ‘make it’ even better than us if they put their minds to it. Look at Colin Powell, the U.S. Secretary of State – he is black and holds one of the best offices in U.S. government. I hear that he’s of Jamaican-descent, by the way.

So don’t tell me that U.S. blacks are always being held back by whites. Yes, sometimes, but not always. If anything, nowadays blacks are being more held back by their own lack of hope. Some U.S. blacks are so accustomed to looking back over their shoulder for the white man that they can’t turn around their heads to see the gold mine in front of their faces. What goldmine? The U.S. economy. Meanwhile, other U.S. blacks, like BET’s founder, have become billionaires. The current U.S. Surgeon General is black, too.

Slaves struggled for freedom and got it, and then their descendants struggled to topple Jim Crow and did it. But Floyd L., your generation is the first free generation of U.S. blacks, and what are you making of it? I highly recommend that you read Robert Kiyosaki’s book, Rich Dad, Poor Dad. It is a book to help you triumph and prosper in the U.S. economic system. The book is to benefit the poor and middle class, regardless of race. You are a free, educated black man, so go out there and prosper. The slaves in the old days, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1950s and 1960s and others today have already paved your way. Get up, pave some more way for your grandchildren, but first read that book. You said that second-generation Caribbean people and Africans are not as successful as first-generation ones. That’s because they start thinking like some black Americans: negative and defeated.

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Name : Natasha20101, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Afro-Caribbean, Religion : Christian, City : Capitol Heights, State : MD, Country : United States, Occupation : administrative assistant, Education level : Technical School,