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Since most of you reading this are White and each of you have a different point of view, what would make some of you think all Black people are joined at the hip?
Black folks are way more conservative than you think. Watch for a Black middle class voter shift in the future.

Middle class Blacks have been mad about this for a LONG time. Imagine if you were defined by the stupidest segment of your race. How would you feel? One of the reasons middle class Blacks dont speak out about this because we dont want to be "outted". You know, called Uncle Tom, told you are acting White(whatever the hell that means),or even worse, you aint black enough!!!!! To be kicked out of your "Clique" is a prospect most people dont want to deal with. What would you do if you got ostracized by all your White friends, where would you go?

Most Black folks agree with Mr. Cosby but we are not ready to discuss this out in the open yet. This debate has been raging for a long time. This is just one of the first examples to be heard by non-Blacks

Regular Black folks dont get the same press time as Pooky, Ray-Ray and LaQuieta. You have to admit stupid/crazy people are more entertaining than regular people.

For those with a short memory, the Irish, Italian, Chinese, Pols and Jews all went thru this. Look at a newspaper from 1900 and read what was said about the poor or any of the ethnic groups mentioned. You would swear they were talking about todays Blacks. One of our problems is that we cant blend in with the majority race because of our skin tone. So even if you are above adverage or just adverage, you are lumped in with Pooky and Ray-Ray. If I could escape being defined by my stupid cousin, I would. No, that doesnt mean I dont want to be Black, it means I dont want be judged by anything but the content of "MY" character.

It will change because we are only 12 to 14% of the population and Hispanics will become the dominate voice on minority issues. We will have to leave the blame "Whitey"/everything is slaverys fault/Jesse Jacksons Al Sharptons of the world behind. Even to a Black person that line of thinking is getting old.

On the Dr. King subject, most if not all comments about him are true. It still doesnt negate what he helped to accomplish. All of us will be lucky if we are measured by the things we've achieved not by the dumb-a** things we did to get there.