>>152 MLK and his followers believed that a strictly cultural movement would create less controversy and hostility to civil rights. Guess they were proven wrong considering all the progress had to be legalized into action at the whining and violent outburts of those privileged by the status quo.
>>153 "Everyone knows that it was actually Malcom X who was responsible for any of hte progress which we made." Have some sauce with that? I can believe it but I need some support.
>>150 "You apparently don't even have your statistics in order, or at the very least don't know what the hell they mean. I think jumping to conclusions like you just did is based more on your -want- to side with discriminatory policies such as affirmative action rather than actual reason." Again, people who immigrate to America and come from Africa are better educated than any other type of immigrant. Yet it took the Clinton administration to statistically improve the situation for the black community, even though the right-wing congress flawed the welfare reform.
"Laziness, irresponsibility, and lack of ambition." This is a result of behaviorism, in specific the community the people you refer to grew up in. This culture is as it is because of previous discrimination. It is the American culture in general that is at fault; urban black culture would have a better influence and value if black people had a better chance. Urban black culture is a result of a lack of equality. I am partially responsible for my Swedish society that is discriminating and marginalizing towards immigrants. They are overrepresentated in crime and unemployment but they would not be if native Swedes weren't prejudiced towards them.