The Great American Myth About Black People

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The Great American Myth About Black People

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We’re being brainwashed into believing that most Black people are impoverished, dysfunctional, and a burden on society, but that’s not the case. Yes, there are some Black people who are just as they are portrayed in the media, but that’s not just Black people, that’s people of every race, creed, and ethnic disposition.
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There are many people who are just not going to make it, regardless to what we do, so there’s ALWAYS going to be poor people among us - in both the Black and White communities. We’ll never be able to save everybody, because, the fact is, some people are just too ignorant to be saved. For example, how are you going to help a person get to a job in a bank or corporate setting who has tattoos all over his or her body? They’ve made themselves look unprofessional, so they’ve hurt themselves. Thus, their inability to be employed is nobody's fault but their own. So how are you going to hold either the system, or Obama, responsible for their plight?
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But again, far too often we define Black people, as a whole, based on what we see in the media, but the majority of Black people aren’t doing nearly as bad as they’re portrayed by either poverty pimps, or the media. Poverty pimps have a vested interest in portraying Black people as universally destitute to justify their own existence, and the media portray Black people in that way for various reasons, including politics, ignorance, and to promote a corporate agenda.
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But here are some facts that I’m willing to bet most people don’t know. The vast majority of Black people in this country are middle class or above. African Americans are the second largest consumer group in America with a combined buying power of over $1.1 trillion - equal to the gross national product of Germany, the third richest industrial nation in the world. In 2002 African American owned businesses accounted for 1.2 million of the US's 23 million businesses, and 47% of Africans Americans own their own homes. - U.S. Census Bureau.  
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Here’s another fact. In spite of all of the hurdles that Black people have to overcome - including having to compete against White people while wearing lead boots and spotting them 50 yards - there are only 1% more Black people on welfare than Whites. Welfare Statistics: Whites - 38.8%; Blacks - 39.8% (http://www.statisticbrain.com/welfare-statistics/). 
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One of the Principle
Inventors of the PC

So the Black people generally being portrayed in the media are the bottom 10% of the most dysfunctional Black people in America. If the media portrayed White people in the same way they portray Blacks, we would think that all White people were barefoot Hillbillies.  But many people, including Blacks, are buying into this nonsense that we’re being fed, and that’s damaging the image of Black people tremendously. Black people should be lauded for how well they’re doing, in spite of the America’s long tradition of Black oppression, instead of looked upon as a burden to society. It wouldn’t be possible for you to be reading this on your computer if it weren’t for Dr. Mark Dean, who was one of the principle inventors of the personal computer ( http://www.black-inventor.com/Dr-Mark-Dean.asp).
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Eric L. Wattree

Http://wattree.blogspot.com

Ewattree@Gmail.com

Citizens Against Reckless Middle-Class Abuse (CARMA)

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Religious bigotry: It's not that I hate everyone who doesn't look, think, and act like me - it's just that God does.