Wow!!! You got all that from some stats about the inproportionate percentage of black crime in this country? Because I somehow had the audacity to post some incontrovertible statistics as a means to understand the enormous job police officers in these communities are charged with, I’m a racist huh? Not just a racist but according to your expert analysis, one that doesn’t believe black people have the capacity for civility. That’s more than an epic stretch, it’s slanderous.
Sir, I myself work in the black community. I’m the guy (among others) breaking down the “racial stereotypes” about how white people are. I’ve given out suits, shoes, pants, shirts, jackets, some my own, some picked up at Goodwill (I’m not rich). A few of them still only say hello when other black folks aren’t around (including some teachers).
In my experience, black Americans are incredibly cliquish. Not near so much for immigrants from Africa, Cuba, Jamaica etc., from my experience. That being said, I’ve been to parties where I was the only non black. I’ve had and continue to have tons of friends (primarily tennis related now) of the Black persuasion.
When I was in college I’m one of the kids that imposed on my parent’s Christian ethic so that a Nigerian exchange student had a place to go for the holidays. I once gave a total stranger (big muscular fella) a ride home from a store I was shopping in because he was loaded up with can goods and on the bus. Turns out he was a born again Christian that had played football for U of U then fallen into the life of drugs, alcohol and fast women.
Also one time before cell phones and no buses running on a Sunday, and nothing open, my car broke down in a black neighborhood. A nice but rough looking man in the 711 offered a ride home. On the ride home he gave me his name and I found out that he was a professional boxer. I offered to pay but he refused to take a dime. Afterward I made some phone calls and there was a nice story printed up in the local sports page about this extraordinarily kind Black boxer.
I married my wife to save her from deportation when I was unemployed and out of a career. That was 30 years ago and to this day we’ve never taken a penny of Federal assistance.
People are all the same in my book they just all look different. I’ve always been an idealist and a free thinker. Variety is the spice of life and I’ve always enjoyed people of all racial and ethnic persuasions, but I pull away from any groups of people that have exclusionary agendas.