So the recent comments by ‘Average American’ and my response got me thinking a bit. I started to wonder about the differences between Blacks and Whites here in America. There are many but there is no real discussion on what they are. I mean what makes us think the way we do?
I mean, think about this. Why do some White Americans view African Americans as they do?
White Americans never have to face the issues other minorities in America have to. Lucky them. I mean think about it.
From almost the first day of life things start to take shape. As more and more parents integrate the television as part of the raising of a child, it increases its influence on their vision of the world. 98% of all people on television, virtually without regard of what channel you pick, are White. The same applies to movies, video games and media in general. A sense of being trapped and minimized tends to begin then.
When Blacks go to school, those in the inner cities tend to be taught with substandard supplies. Thus they are steps behind in being able to achieve the American dream, or to even surpass the lives their parents lived. The inner cities pose other problems as well. As children grow up they see an increased police presence, which is rarely pleasant or helpful. Many are different than them, and none live in their neighborhoods. If seen in action they are constantly after other African Americans, and spare little pain in apprehending them.
Add to this another factor, when shopping with their parents children get to observe their African American parents being followed throughout ever store they are in. Not being helped, or trusted or given the pleasantries of other customers just watched with a presumption of planning a crime.
In this world of disparity, the children grow to understand they are different. That they will have to just deal with these and other reactions. There is nothing they can do about that and just deal with it.
In school, those with non-traditional names will tend to have lower scores and be called upon less by teachers. Isn’t all this fun?
In inner city neighborhoods, police officers that patrol the area are seemingly unaware of crack and drug houses, while every junkie, addict, and normal working person does. This creates an atmosphere of constant danger.
Random violence from these individuals, who seem to be constantly around at all times of day and night without police attention and the low-life dealers engage in this violence to protect areas of control to supply local area residents and multiple non-African American clients. Those clients of the drug dealers tend to drive expensive cars, driving from the suburbs to spend 5 minutes in these lower income areas, and back home all without the intervention or notice of police officers even though they stand out dramatically at 4am. Thus another lesson that police intend to protect only certain people from certain actions.
Continued in part 2...
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