Kid, your paranoia is showing. I was just referring to my own ethnicity as an example. Am I aware that Negroes are a minority? I was born at night, but not last night. I am quite aware of it. I was attending a high school that was 40% black before you were even a twinkle in your father's eye. I don't need a lecture on the plight of the black male in American society. How about black women? They have to contend with anti-black racism AND abuse from angry black males. Trying to raise children in an environment of drugs and gang warfare.
I marched in numerous civil rights protests and also served eight years in the US Army from 1963 to 1969. I remember separate water fountains for white and 'colored'. I remember growing up poor. Our street was paved and had sewers but a block away the streets where the blacks lived were nothing but dusty roads without 'waste management'.
I can see the progress made in race relations since the Selma marches and the civil rights movement. I am optimistic because I believe humans to be intrinsically good.
How can conditions improve for ALL Americans? Education. Education. Education. Jobs, Jobs. Jobs. Hopefully time will heal all wounds and future generations will be more color blind and there will be more opportunities for all. Lot's of hard work ahead for EVERY American.
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If I might join in...

What's with 'the other N word you guys call yourselves'?

When they use that word about each other, it doesn't stand for degradation, as it does when you (we) use it. Get over it...don't use it; don't even refer to it.

The white man abducted these people 400 years ago, and deprived them ever since. There was no chance for their decent education until about 1965.

We destroyed their family unit for our own commercial convenience, and even now, we try to keep them from voting.

You wouldn't want to go to those sh*t holes, but you don't mean to insult--just his entire culture and heritage.

Pardon me for barging in, it just seemed so uninformed, and so unjust.

I'm gone new...

Like I said, it doesn't matter what you call me as long as I am treated fairly. If I feel that Black people in America are denied access to the economic and social benefits of this country, I have a responsibility to express it. Contrary to what you think my friend, slavery is not gone; not as long as there is no official apology for it. The indigent people of America have been apologized to, the Japanese have been apologized to for their WWll detainment, why not the Americanized Africans? Slavery is a crime and if it is not recognized as a transgression against an ethnic group victimized by it, then slavery and its mentality still exists. Africa was not always a s*hole, at least not until the West tried to carve it up and exploit its resources. That is what has made it undesirable and inferior to being somewhere better. It is no chip My friend of the Great White Way, it is a yoke and your only solution for resolving it is to send us back. 150 to 300 years ago I would agree with you but today I reject that solution. I'm staying and saying.

Well, lets see--I think Negro is a lot nicer than the other 'N' word you guys call yourselves. American is American is American. "against their will"--yep agreed but you weren't so it's really not a argument--slavery is gone and no one owes anyone anything from 150 years ago. You're the one that said dark skin made you feel less an American so that says you aren't that happy here therefore go where you will be is the thought that comes to mind. Can't blame anyone for not though---I wouldn't want to go one of those sh*t holes either. Also I never said you were inferior or undesireable. Lose the chip on the shoulder.

I understand how those of your situation come to the conclusions you do but I refute your conclusions. White people in the US today accept any acceptable black person. What is an acceptable black person? The same as an acceptable white person but with darker skin and to many with perhaps more desireable and attractive physical attributes. Many whites and blacks are integrating and enjoying life together and raising children together. Many top corporate CEO's are black today. Your take is not fair. I truly believe the white community embraces our black citizens and will strongly step forward to make certain they feel comfortable and share affection with us. It is unfortunate you do not share these feelings and instead dwell upon our rejection of the scumbags of your race among us. You forget that we reject the white scumbags just as readily while jealously trying to protect the dignity of those like yourself. I reject President Obama's shopping trip bullshit hallucination as his problem. Not mine. He is demonstrating paranoia even though millions of whites have proven their acceptance of him.