Do Blacks have few opportunities?

Question

This is a real question. I want real answers so I can understand. This is based on Obama's statment that Black's have few hopes and few opportunities.

How do thay have few oppotunities? Who or what is the cause?

This is for BS. B,

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8PIR9D80&show_article=1

I was really hopeing more black people would answer.

Answer 1

There is hope and there are opportunities for blacks as long as the individual does their own part in creating these opportunities. One must be prepared by getting the best education they can possibly get, give in to what is called conventional thinking, imitating what the white world has to offer and by being the best at what you persue. The playing field has yet to be leveled though.

Answer 2

No. Many of them have just as many opportunities as the typical white person does. In fact, they are helped by the law because companies are obligated to hire some black people. I think that should stop because if black people were qualified, they would be hired, regardless of skin color. However, many times unqualified blacks get promoted because of their skin color. For this reason, affirmative action should stop, and blacks should stop whining about being oppressed or whatever. Instead, they should improve their skills to earn what they get. If they are handed better jobs, not based on what they worked for, they are actually feeding the stereotype that whites are superior. If they want this to stop, then they must improve themselves. It works great in professional sports. In that arena, blacks haven't been given a thing and they have flourished. If they would take that attitude to the corporate world, I believe they would do better than they do right now.

Answer 3

Around here we have two types of blacks. Those who are successful and those who aren't. Many of those who are successful arrived here with military backgrounds, liked this area, and stayed. Many of the natives have educated themselves, worked hard, some have run for offices and when they do, they are elected, not because they're black, but because they're responsible, respected citizens. The second type we have, dropped out of schools, were raised without fathers, have brothers and sisters who don't share the same last name. It's not that the education isn't available, it's that their upbringing isn't great and the peer pressure is high. They are the ones who end up in prison for selling dope, burglarizing, etc. They're virtually unemployable because they've never learned a trade and selling dope is fast money. The two different groups don't interact with each other.

So, how to deal with group number two? The schools are free, mom's on welfare, dad is unknown and they have that peer pressure. Seriously, what do you do?

Yes, they have the opportunities just like everyone else, but what happens when that opportunity isn't taken?

Answer 4

Obama is full of it.

He can line up with Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton who want to keep blaming Whitey for how bad things are for blacks. This is a self-defeating load of crap.

Indeed, poverty is an issue. But this is an economic issue, not a racial issue.

Indeed, the quality of schools is an issue. But again this is not a racial issue.

A better voice of black leadership is Bill Cosby:
"It is almost analgesic to talk about what the white man is doing against us, and it keeps a person frozen in their seat. It keeps you frozen in your hole that you are sitting in to point up and say, 'That's the reason why I am here.' We need to stop this."

There are lots of opportunities out there - hell, there are colleges and workplaces bending over backwards to make special opportunities for blacks. And hope isn't something you get from somebody else - hope is something you make yourself.

Answer 5

Well, there's Affirmative Action, that opens up some opportunities. Similarly, many colleges admit non-whites more readily than whites (or, often, Asians). And, any time you are held back in some way, you can cry racism.

I think it has more to do with economic conditions than race. Poverty is hard to pull yourself out of regardless of race. Some people manage it, most don't. When white's don't, it's because they're stupid rednecks, when non-white's don't, it's racism.

There has also been, in recent generations, a certain rejection of upward mobility, as if self-advancement were a betrayal of your own kind.

Answer 6

All economies need poverty..If all the blacks had great educations they would still be poor.

There is not a country on earth that can sustain a comfortable income for everyone and this is the truth about the American Dream..

There will always be a middle class morality tale to justify all the poverty,

but - like every nation on earth - america is poverty dependant.

Answer 7

In theory, they have the same opportunities.

In practice, the deck is stacked against them (and all other dark-skinned minorities).

Have you ever wondered why, for the most part, you see a color-based system in place in most places?

Go to any hospital: doctors are white, nurses are light-Hispanics or light-Asians, nurse assistants and caregivers are Filipinas, Amerindian Hispanics, etc. and the cleaning staff are Black.

Coincidence?

Answer 8

black have the same opportunities that any other citizen have in this country to said they have less is to demean the intellent of the black community. example Ms. Rice , Alan keys, clarence thomas, those are just few among a large base of blacks leaders that must certainly exclude mr. sharpton, and mr. jackson.

for anyone to said that such stated of affairs exist in our country well lets said i hope other candidates is elected based on his qualities believe and ideals.

Answer 9

It is kind of a vicious cycle. African Americans are disproportionately poor and have a disproportionately high out-of-wedlock birthrate. This leads to children growing up in poverty. These children are more likely to join gangs, sell drugs, do drugs, have children of their own, drop out of school, and eventually end up poor. If you are willing to stay in school, avoid gangs and drugs, and try to make something of yourself, there will always be opprotunities out there. The main problem is people thinking that the government is responsible for solving every one of their problems and serving every one of their needs.

Answer 10

a general lack of education...

really it's not so much blacks as all poor people... it's just there is a higher percentage of blacks in poverty...

ever see the schools in a poor neighborhood... and the VAST majority of students in a poor area never find success...

the few that are very smart or skilled may make it... but it's the vast minority...