On Black Culture: And It's Advancement

A short essay recrying racism and our lack of solutions it.

April 30, 2001

Albany's Race Problem: People like to blame guns, because it's easier then being realistic about race.

An Alternative Look at Slavery: Andrew says black slavery at the begining of our nation, isn't the great evil we sometimes portray it to be.

Analysis of the Southern Ideology on Slavery: A short paper discussing slavery and it's rationalization.

Another Essay on Tolerance: Exploring the meaning of true tolerance and what it means to accept deviance.

Average American: How stereotyping and prejudice hurts us all.

Blacks in Pickup Trucks: The trouble I have with seeing blacks driving trucks.

Civil Rights Act of 1965 Didn't End Hate.: Thoughs on Civil Rights Legislation, and the need for a steppast legistlation..

Considering the Silent Majority: A Label Playing Off Class Conflict for Political Gain: A short paper written for Introduction to Sociology on the silent majority, and use of this label for political gain.

Growth of White Power Music: Thoughts on growth of racist music, social alienation, and youth rebellion.

Is Feminism Dead?: The fate of feminism is tied to the Democratic Party.

Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King: Hillary’s remarks on President Johnson ring clear on this holiday.

Martin Luther King Day: Race as we remember MLK.

Politizing Cultural Diversity: Andrew complains about the liberal-bias in the Cultural Diversity class he is taking.

Racism or Urbanism: Do we dislike blacks or just the culture they too often represent?

Racist Symbolism: How I still associate blacks with certain bad things.

Trent Lott and the Black Lobby: Andrew disagree's with some black's lynching of Trent Lott...

When Fairness Becomes Racist.: Discussing the need to treat all the same.

On Black Culture: And It's Advancement

What is the idea of supporting the advance of the negro race, some people might fustratingly point out. Even with all the advances in ensuring equal protection under the law, blacks aren't equal to whites.

How can you say they are equal under the law? Much more blacks are in prison then whites. Much more blacks are in poverty.

Some of it probably has to be blamed on the government. Poverty and racial issues have barely been touched in the past 30 years. There is no war on poverty anymore. Racial profiling has only been sorta delt with.

Then there is black culture. Giving blacks and whites equal protection under law is one thing, but that should not, and does not mean they are free from critcism.

Very few of the black icons have had postive rolls, most have been negatives. The drug culture is almost all black. Rap music is primarly black. Intercity is mostly black.

Then again, maybe I'm just racist.

Dance Stage
From the Clearwater 2008 Series. Added 7/7/08.