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u/InfernalWedgie · 71 pointsr/explainlikeimfive

Actually, you will find that if you look at socioeconomic success among black Americans, you will find that black immigrants have greater academic success than blacks who have been in the US for many generations. Academic and linguist John McWhorter writes about this in his book Losing the Race.

u/squeezebuttmagic · 15 pointsr/worldnews

That might be true for a small minority of black Republicans, but the reasons Black Republicans vote GOP are varied, and the vast majority of them are very well-educated people who feel that Democrats are very [subtly] racist, reinforcing dependence and victimhood in blacks and using them to feed their savior complexes.

In fact, if you look at the largest Black church congregations, the preachers heavily endorse Democratic candidates. Over 90% of blacks vote democrats, and most of them are religious.

There are books written on this issue, as well as talks with various members of the black community.

You might want to listen to what they have to say instead of making assumptions for them, which is pretty much what the left has always done.

There is a whole series of these talks.

There are books about this by John McWhorter, Thomas Sowell

Some minorities loathe the victim complexes within their communities and the removed intellectuals in their ivory towers who tell them what they need.

EDIT thank you, for proving exactly what I said by down voting me, and proving exactly what they all express during those talks.

Assuming that all black people are a hivemind who have to vote in the exact same way. The horrifying notion that highly educated black people might have a different opinion, must be religion. They simply can't think for themselves. /s

u/2toneDL · 9 pointsr/jacksonville

was that the "it's a black problem" post? because i disagree with your assessment. the post was worded poorly, but there is certainly evidence the black community eschews education as pointed out in Losing The Race: Self-Sabotage In Black America by John McWhorter. Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams (particularly the former), who i reference in my other response, have written much about blacks and education, drawing upon their economic expertise comparing schools, educational outcomes and reported violence over many years. Larry Elder also touches upon the topic in Ten Things You Can't Say In America, and like the previous authors touches upon other issues currently (a key word) more common to the black community, particularly poor black communities.

i point this out as i intended to expound further, hopefully bringing the user to a wiser conclusion (supported by evidence).

the irony of arguing about someone being banned for offensive behavior in this thread is certainly not lost on me. in fact, i wholeheartedly agree with self-policing within communities. that said, i'm not so convinced accusations of racism are methodically applied as people like to believe and this case missed an opportunity for a more enlightened conversation--despite such comments.

your call; my two cents.

u/VeritasEnVino · 5 pointsr/QuotesPorn
u/SAMMMY_2 · 2 pointsr/news

Every black person needs to read this book called "Losing the Race" by John McWhorter.