[BluffTHIS!]

I admitted the impact of racism on the historical situation which has partially led to blacks not being able to particpate fully economically in the past. But your statement about taking out cultural comments is just more of the same blame it all on racism position. Defective cultural elements and insufficient emphasis on education are the key to the failure of the black community to thrive economically. Racism is only part of the context, and cultural elements provide the majority of the context and are the things that blacks have control over.

Whitey don't make 13 year old black girls have babies, or 13 year old black boys pedal dope and carry guns, or make black youth in general listen to mindless rap crap that promotes ganster drug violence and degradation of women. And whitey don't keep them from pooling their own resources and starting and supporting their own businesses in their communities.

After they have for years applied peer pressure against instead of providing peer support for the problems I mentioned, then they can look around and see if whitey is still holding them back. Taking personal and community responsibility and forging a business and education culture is the only way that blacks can achieve economic success.

And as long as gangster rap is playing on radio stations, you will know that they aren't making the needed cultural changes because 13 year old black kids instead of black adults are still determining the economic future of blacks in America, while black leaders keep up the same old tune of it's-all-the-fault-of-racism.