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The white population is splitting. You basically have upper class and lower class. The lower class exhibits a lot of the same social and cultural dysfunction that has rooted itself in the black community. Fatherless homes, poor education, etc. Basically, white trash culture. The outcomes are the same...
originally posted by: toysforadults
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: Spider879
a reply to: Edumakated
Wow thanks for the link, didn't know that was actually a thing, but yes old line AAs do need rediscover their potential as was thwarted during the early yrs of the 20th century.
I think American born blacks would have followed the same path as Nigerians... however, liberalism took away much of the community drive that focused on education and entrepreneurship. We took a wrong turn I think in the 50s & 60s...
it's really an issue of culture, I've lived around poor black people my entire life and one common factor is ghetto culture
ghetto culture is super destructive
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: toysforadults
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: Spider879
a reply to: Edumakated
Wow thanks for the link, didn't know that was actually a thing, but yes old line AAs do need rediscover their potential as was thwarted during the early yrs of the 20th century.
I think American born blacks would have followed the same path as Nigerians... however, liberalism took away much of the community drive that focused on education and entrepreneurship. We took a wrong turn I think in the 50s & 60s...
it's really an issue of culture, I've lived around poor black people my entire life and one common factor is ghetto culture
ghetto culture is super destructive
Yes, it is ghetto culture. It got normalized in the 70s with the war on poverty.
originally posted by: Spider879
a reply to: toysforadults
I can agree somewhat, schools in the Caribbean and Japan are competitive, in Jamaica for example, your test results are publicly posted, the grade or home RM matched your skills, eg you want to be in class 4 A and among the top 5 , you don't want to be in 4C at the bottom last 5, public shame would cause you to want to move from that lowly position, you have to work to keep your position in home RM 4 A .however when I transferred to high school in the states I blow passed everyone without really trying and was beginning to become a smart assed nuisance who skipped gym or last period and head to coney island with friends, so they sent me to a higher grade and that settled me down.
originally posted by: UnBreakable
a reply to: Spider879
This just proves skin color is not a detriment to intelligence/working hard and/or obtaining degrees in elite professions. Most use skin color as an excuse to be ignorant and lazy.
originally posted by: Spider879
a reply to: Asktheanimals
Yes Brain drain is a problem and Nigeria's lost is Americas gain, but I think most are socially aware and do try and help out in the old country, a recent story about a Nigerian nurse whose money got confiscated at the airport , she was using it to build a clinic.
Nurse who saved for Africa clinic left in limbo after US Customs seized $41,377
www.theguardian.com...
originally posted by: toysforadults
originally posted by: UnBreakable
a reply to: Spider879
This just proves skin color is not a detriment to intelligence/working hard and/or obtaining degrees in elite professions. Most use skin color as an excuse to be ignorant and lazy.
it's not about the skin color, it's about the culture so as my last post and the post I was responding to addressed it's the cultural factor that plays the biggest roll in what's produced
Terrence Mckenna was pretty dern good.
originally posted by: toysforadults
a reply to: Asktheanimals
Interestingly enough Uganda, Nigeria and a few other west African countries are the most diverse in the world.
I've been considering making a move and taking my telecommunications skills there.