mrstickball said:
There are a lot of statements made by others that usually make the same claim. Even Thomas Sowell states that black culture embraces anti-intellectualism. That is, if you are well spoken and intelligent, you are 'acting too white'. I've read a few blogs from school teachers at almost all-black schools stating the same scary thing. |
Well, i mean it is a widely accepted phenomena, it's just not something many people outside the US might not know about.
Clearly though, such a sitaution does show that race does matter. Just not in the way most people think. Same with sex, but even more extreme.
I mean as a little kid, if I'm a girl and I'm bought girl toys constantly... that's going to effect me a lot, before I even hit the world as a whole and cause conflcits at much sooner age if I want to join the military or be an astronaut.
Or vice versa with a Male Nurse or House Husband.
Matters should be taken to change such things... but it's extremely hard because a LOT of it would involve directly challenging thoughts and ideas... which is often hard... espeically when it's a minority groups thoughts.
For example, for the above... government run initatives will just be seen as well... "White."
While black people who challenge that are categorized as "like being white.
Culture can be a real bitch to change, even when you want to.
