Wow. What a joke. Who would have thought a simple scientific term like, "Black Hole" would generate so much controversy. The good thing is this will get people to converse about race, the bad thing is that John Wiley Price and Judge Thomas Jones are going to need to attend grade school science courses.

If I was black I would want to beat those clowns for being ....well clowns :hmmm:

I can see how some people would have a positive view of Affirmative Action. However, I think the best practice is to hire the most qualified individual. Race shouldn't be a factor. Using race to select or disqualify an applicant is racist in and of itself. I know that there is a, "good ole boys" club as you stated, when it comes to CEO's and upper management. Getting admitted to this club has much more to do with social status and wealth than race. Also, as many of us already know, it's not what you know, it's who you know. Frankly, I think there are many ways one can improve employment opportunities in the African American community.

First off it starts with education. Many black and white inner city kids don't get a shot at a decent education. Inner city schools are filled with out dated textbooks, teachers who only work there as a last resort and drugs/violence. These children go to schools that resemble prisons. So what is the answer? It is quite complicated. More funding would go a long way, but these impoverished folks need to want to rid their communities of these negative elements and to improve overall themselves. It would do no good to pour millions of dollars to improve the aesthetics of the neighborhood and school system if people don't want to change.

Another problem facing too many children of all races, is being born into single parent households. Many men are failing to live up to their obligations (insert Travis Henry joke here) and are skiping out on their responsibilities for whatever reasons. Sometimes it is imprisionment, sometimes death, sometimes they just don't give a damn or want the responsibility. Studies show that kids who are the product of single parent households are more likely to be poor students. Kids will be more apt to act out and let their grades slip without their parents taking an interest in them and their school work. It is extemely difficult for single parents who have to work a full time job and raise children on their own.

Finally, I think role models play a huge part in one's success. Studies do show that black children are more likely to idolize sports figures and entertainers. While white children are more likely to idolize doctors, lawyers, and politicians. The problem of course lies in the fact that it is much easier to be a lawyer or doctor than it is to be the next Jay Z or Michael Jordan. Just my thoughts.

Fair enough, thanks.

Seems that U have lived a great life then.

I have experienced racism personally.

You state that you do not care about it? I call BS.

I believe you do as witnessed in this thread.

I believe it needs done away with to become a better society.

I've always stated everything you just wrote.
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Great fugging post.

Correction... Do I care that there are racist people? Not really. Do I wish it were rid of? Yes.

I don't necessarily care about it because I don't feel it's a roadblock for me.But I do feel like it can or has been for others. But even though I'm the type of person that thinks of other ways to bypass issues I still shouldn't have to because of my color.

Other people may have a different view and want to buck the system while I prefer to think that there's more than one way to skin a cat.

You're still a racist "The Man". /sarcasm

I guess it is OK to stereotype white people though. :shake:

EDIT:
Apparently crackalacka now meeans "The Man". :)
BTW, I agree with all of your sentiment completely. fuck entitlements.

Good, then start working on it yourself first.

oh, it's not alright to stereotype ANYBODY. but, if they can say *****, I can say cr@cka :p

As long as there are laws in place that dictate how an employer looks at a potential employee based on race there is racism. Period. AA sounds good but it is perpetuating the problem.

Yep. As long as AA carries the torch, racism will be alive, and well.

World Population Shifts from Europeans to Africans and Indians
 

Global White Population to Plummet to Single Digit—Black Population to Double

The big population story of the 21st Century is shaping up to be the status reversal of whites and blacks and the Indian baby boom
As a percentage of world inhabitants, the white population will plummet to a single digit (9.76%) by 2060 from a high-water mark of 27.98% in 1950.

Using 2010 as the base reference, the big gainer in the population derby will be blacks or sub-Sahara Africans. This group will expand almost 133% to 2.7 billion by 2060. By the middle of this century blacks will represent 25.38% of world population, which is up dramatically from the 8.97% they recorded in 1950.

The other groups measured in the study were the Central Asians (Indians), East Asians (Chinese and Japanese), the Southeast Asians, Arabic (North Africa and the Middle East), and Amerindian-Mestizo (Mexican and Central America). All these groups will experience a population growth. The Chinese/Japanese and Indians will trade rankings and the relative global presence of the other groups will remain more or less constant.

The big population story of the 21st Century is shaping up to be the status reversal of whites and blacks and the Indian baby boom. A side bar will be the single digit minority role that whites will assume. Of the 7 population groups studied, only whites are projected to sustain an absolute decline in numbers.

In 1950 whites and blacks were respectively 27.98% and 8.97% of world population. By 2060 these figures will almost reverse as blacks surge to 25.38% and whites shrink to 9.76%. From 2010 the white population will decline while blacks will add 1.2 billion to their numbers. In this time frame the the Indian subcontinent will gain 1.2 billion people. These groups and their governments will be looking for elbow room, and the diminished presence of whites in Europe, and especially in the relatively wide open spaces North America, will provide such an opportunity. Specifically, countries like Canada, the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, and Russia can expect to be pressured to accept collectively hundreds of millions of refugees from India, and sub-Sahara Africa.

(Click on link below to get your free copy of the report)

http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.o...p?b=population

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