[Ian-S]

I disagree with most of these, especially the conditioning arguments. Although I am white myself, my understanding of history is that older black folks were brought up in a time of Martin Luther King Jr, a time of peaceful riots, of non-violence and public discord. And they won the battle, these young black students through peaceful ways won the right to eat wherever they wanted to, to sit wherever they wanted to. While they were still more repressed than contemporary black americans, They fought a non-violent battle and won. Of course they are friendly, happy people. They are far better off today than they ever were in the past. Meanwhile, the current young black generation has never known the same racism their fathers felt, but they have grown up with the same economic desparities. Unlike their fathers, where any step was seen as a step forward, these blacks feel that since racism has been abolished they by all means should have the same socio-economic status as whites. Unfortunately the hundreds of years of racism has created the black ghetto, and the ghetto is a sort of blackhole.. once you get sucked in, it’s very hard to get out. So younger blacks are angry at their positions in the world, they see that the whites claim racism no longer exists, but then they also see that whites are far better off than blacks. I would be angry in the same sitatution myself. Their parents saw racism out in the open, it provided a reason for the economic discrepancies. Younger blacks see it that the racism has gone underground, which is a much more frustrating situation. This is clearly reflected in black music. Look at the black pop music of the 60’s… it was motown, soul, good feeling music. Blacks were doing good then, they were making advancements in white society. Look at contemporary black music, rap and hiphop. This advancement has stagnated, and music shows the anger of this.

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Name : Ian-S, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, Age : 19, City : Portland, State : OR, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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