to black americans?

Question

I believe black culture is in trouble for a few reasons:
-lack of role models
-lack of education
-breakdown of religous morals
-lack of authority
-being told they need special standards becuase they can not make it otherwise by there black leaders
-a general lack of class
-common decencey
-a sense of being owed something

know hold on!!! i am speaking in generalities all black americans do not come anywere colse to this list, but even though I have met and are friends with many black gus and girls that I hold in the highest regard. there is this growing culture in yor community that should scare anyone. I do a lot of work for the poor and incarserated and more and more i see a lack of work ethic, heart, and morals every day. grandmothers raising there grand kids and young women having babies at 14 , drug use, crime, drop out rates and violence statistics dont lie.

Does this concern you?
why do you think this has happened?
and what can be done to fix this problem?

agian to those people i said i was not making a this statement about the whole race or every balck perosn in america. I said a growing trend!! yes these are problems that can face any person despite there color. but in america in the black community this is a growing problem if you look at the jails, the courts, abortion lines. there is a large majority of black youth. yes other races too but largely black. Im not racist that is a lazy persons insult to hard facts and tough discusions. i was looking for insight answers and ideas on the matter and if anyone can go down to the projects or a jail and sit and tak with these young people and not see a problem that needs to be addressed then you are ignorant!!

ok just keep telling me im racist... I work with these kids all the time. i know there problems they tell me. also i understand what it is like I grew up very poor my father worked two jobs we were on govt assistance i was approached by gangs, my mother had a mental illness. It is possible to do better then your surroundings. this is a problem and i work to help, i hear there cries and see there tears don't you dare tell me i do not have the right. and there a plenty of strong men out there like bill cosby saying the same thing but everyone wants to yell racist or uncle tom if a problem is discussed or looked at instead of blamed on others. yeas there are massive problems but I was asking for solutions

Answer 1

First of all,I will not conclude that you suffer with a lack of education as I read your question, though as a former writing teacher, I would give fail you if you'd turn this piece of writing into me. Let's deal with statistics because as they say: "figures don't like, but liars figure." The vast majority of the 38+ million African Americans in this country have received and use quality education and practice profound religious morals. For example, the nation's oldest predominantly African American Christian denomination--The African Methodist Episcopal Church--has more than 2.5 million members, most of them in the US and more than 98% of them African Americans. According to George Fraser, a well-known African American author and nationally known networker, the African American Gross Domestic Productive Value (GDPV) totals more than $10 trillion when you consider the collective education and training this people have amassed just during the past 75 years.
Let's put this in historical context. In 1868 when the nation ratified the 13th amendment that outlawed slavery, one historian estimated the African American national net worth at about $10 million. Last year, 147 years later, this people's net worth was almost $700 billion, the most unprecendented economic growth in US history.
African Americans have proved themselves capable, competent, confident and committed in any endeavor to which we've set our minds, from athletics to science, from acting to research, from the assembly line to sales.
This is not to say that this group of Americans, like all Americans do not struggle with gargantuan issues that include crime and incarceration, shattered families and a sense of entitlement. These issues, however, are neither ethnically motivated, nor exclusive to any ethnic group.
Does it concern me? Yes! Why do I think this has happened? The late Martin Luther King answered that question best when he said: "We shall either learn to live together here as brothers, or we shall perish together here as fools."
What can be done to fix this problem? We can begin by learning to help rather than hinder; and do this individually and collectively. We can learn to support, rather than suppress, to provide opportunity, rather than oppress; to search for the best in each other rather than the worse and realize that as long as any one of us seem unable to enjoy the "American dream," all of teeter on the slippery slope of our personal and collective nightmare.
Have a nice day!

Answer 2

You work for the part of society that is given practically no chance. If you look at where these drug addicts, incarcerated people and drug dealers live you would understand why they choose this path. I just saw a newscast yesterday and they released a VIOLENT sex offender into a community. He has a history of sexual abuse, mental disability and recurring pedophilia. Yet they do not release first time black or brown drug offenders into the popluation, they release this very white, crazy man instead. Why? Does it have anything to do with color and privilege?

It is difficult to live in a community and culture where the options that are given to you are very limited. For those successful black Americans, they have worked harder than most white Americans in every way possible. There is still racism out there, even though it may not be blatant it is still out there.

I suggest you try to see it from a black perspective instead of your own. Imagine growing up poor, low performing schools with little or no money, a single parent household, living on government assistance, police always in your neighborhood, and you being constantly told from the government and your school that you are not worthy enough for the real world. Then tell me how you feel and why you chose drugs and gangs, groups that try to bring you up from the gutter, that embrace who you are and don't try to smash you down. It takes a radical to invoke change in their own lives, and how many radicals do you know?
Next time try not to say that you know black people, it makes you sound ignorant and apologetic for being stupid.

Answer 3

I believe, simply by skimming questions on Y! Answers that this is the case for the latest generation, in general, spanning all social/ethnic/cultural groups. Also, statistics may not lie, but they can certainly be misleading. The same statistics that show black youths as having babies at 14 fail to show youths from other ethnic groups who can afford to have abortions, who then do so, allowing them to remain off the "factual" statistics list. I also believe that blacks and hispanics tend to be more religious than other groups. A good education seems to be failing many of today's youths, who appear to be more interested in sex and MySpace than in learning something, as can be seen by their spelling and grammar. I see an astounding lack of authority in most of today's youths. Especially in white males aged 16-25, who feel like the world owes THEM something. Drugs and alcohol are everywhere, not just among blacks. Lack of manners and decency are rampant, as well. I was never told by anyone that I cannot make it on my own without "special standards". In fact, many black youths are taught that we have to work five times as hard as people of certain other races just to be taken a little seriously. So, I'm concerned for ALL young Americans. I think society, as a whole, has let them down and doesn't expect much from them. I believe that if more parents spent time with their children and set realistic goals for them, then teachers would have an easier time and enjoy imparting knowledge. There are already lots of youth groups and youth centers that are doing very well in keeping today's youths off the streets.

Answer 4

Black people are strange and maybe misunderstood

I will never understand them

And they will deny everything you put on this list even though it is all true

When I was in highschool in 1993 1 out of every 4 black girls was either pregnant or had a baby already.

They have the same opportunities as normal americans yet they always complain that we are racist.

I WISH WE CAN ELIMINATE RACISM IN AMERICA IN ALL ASPECTS

Black, BLue, red, white shouldnt matter. But in todays society dont wish it will change because mankind is cruel and will never change.

White people arent any better if you ask me. I wish humans would face reality and stop living in the stone ages.

Answer 5

first off you if you ain't black then you shouldn't speak on black issues. There are the same problems in the white, Latin,and other races communities. this is why there is so much racial hatred because other ppl wants to speak on things they no nothing of first hand. I see every day on Jerry, Maury, Tyra, Oprah, the news, JackA** and every other televisions show white ppl with the damn problems as blacks. the problem is not just a black thang but a universal and human problem and every person on this planet needs to come together and help save our kids, culture, race, friends, family, and strangers. Nothing will ever get saved if the blame, finger pointing and stereotyping don't end.

Answer 6

Well, I believe you just listed everything---and left out a few---of all the problems concerning all Americans, not just the black race. When religion is touted from the White House press conferences while corporations are raping our country, that may be a sign of the whole country's demise---not just Black Americans.

I'm afraid our level of intelligence landed in the basement when education, social programs, children's head-start programs, and other necessary educational and development programs were put on hold as soon as the Bushes took office again. It seems the surplus we had in the treasury with Mr. Clinton---and his concern, participation, and attention to the social educational programs---were not welcome to Mr. Bush. He cut so many educational programs for children, that "Head Start" is just a memory. He cut educational grants and government loans for students, music department budgets, art education budgets---but the sports programs remain in tact and getting more and more funds every year.

So, if you would like to address these issues with the person responsible for cutting all the education monies for all Americans---especially low-income families of all races---I suggest you start in the bushes-----because that's where it went.

Answer 7

I am white, but I would add "Alienation from their own country."
Too many blacks are still feeling resentment about slavery. It was wrong, yes, but blacks were selling blacks to the whites. The "Go back to Africa" movement was a stupid result. If they stay in America they will have more freedom, a better education and health system, and a higher chance of just being alive. Sure it is tough and they still face prejudice, but it is getting better.

I agree with Whoopee Goldberg when she says she is not an Afro-American, she is an American.

Answer 8

I agree. The black society needs some real leadership and role models to follow.

Answer 9

you probably havent travelled, welcome to UK, and see how many brits(whites) having babies at a very young age, and at a very fast rate, so many kids in europe are spoiled, on drugs, dropping out of school, and doing all sorts of God knows what the hell....., so just coz you happen to do some charity for blacks in states doesnt mean you should generalise, are all blacks in states like that??
are all whites in states, educated?, no young galsgetting preg? no whites drop outs?. they are just coz they dont advertise their problems like tha blacks. you should travel the world, and after that you will stop that question to black americans.

Answer 10

I think its our enviorment and many kids think they can't be anything in life because they usally don't have much support or a single parent house hold