If you are black "African American", what problems do you see that exist predominately in black society?

Question

You don't see it as a race issue? Do you not know that racism still exist? More so than most people will admit?

Education? Education? Education?

Anyone can get a great education. Libraries are free.

It is easier for a poor person to get a college loan than anyone else. You can start at community college. They let anyone in to those places.

Answer 1

I don't see the problem as having to do with any specific race, rather, it is a problem of economic class.  People with more money have more of an opportunity to become educated and contribute to society.  Those with less money receive a poor education, and are thus unable to live comfortably in a rich society.

Answer 2

I don't understand why it's anything to do with the colour of your skin.

You can suffer racism what ever colour you are or where you come from. People seem to think that if you are white you don't get racist remarks when you do. So that could be classed as racism it's self.

I come from a predominately black area but no-one cares if people are racist to me because I'm white.

I'm not racist but I just think what ever colour you are doesn't matter.

Answer 3

poverty is a B***

Answer 4

If you are black "African American", try looking for solutions not problems. Whitey owes us nothing, so there's no sense waiting for it.

If you feel that  problems exist, blame only yourself for not overcoming them.

Slavery is a thing of the past, let it lie.

Answer 5

I don't know what you are trying to accomplish Peter. This subject has been hotly debated for over forty years by learned thinkers who have failed to identify them to the satisfaction of all folks concerned. But since you asked--let us take a metaphorical walk down a different path. Think about these three C's--color, class, and control. And by class, I mean social standing. The first problem we have as a community is the fallacy that all brown skinned kinky haired people of color share the same experiences. The catch phrase "street cred" meaning street credibility or a "ghetto pass" if you will, is the vernacular used to denote a validation through suffering. This "trial-by-fire" has, in the past 25-30 years, been used to define the essence of Blackness in America. Sadly, those dark skinned folk who do not fit the mold that the media is comfortable with have become alienated--a college educated Black person with good credit and a well paying job is  considered an oxymoron by the standard "defination" of Blackness. This lack of unity leads to the expressions of concerns that we see in the Black community today. Children who see "gangstas",  rappers, and "pro athletes" as role models are critizised as having unrealistic expectations, but if the life styles of those people are glamorized and they are told that an education is a sign of weakness, then what should we expect? When we allow outside sources to define us then we lose our ability to set our own standards. Interestingly enough, Barack Obma and Dave Chappelle are both Black by scientific definition, but Chappelle's anticts are more inline with the connotation of Blackness in America.

Therefore, these percieved problems are not the result of the state of Blackness in America, they are more closely linked to one's sense of self and societies comfort with the expected behaviors of those concerned. That being said, anyone should have the freedom to think outside their environment--without being critized. Once we move past the issues of poverty, lack of incouragement with formal education, and fear of change, then we can see that the Black "African American" has the same problems as any other "American".

Answer 6

Black people are not judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their charactor. That is the way all people should be judged by.