The blacks are not being held back by lingering racism as much as they are being held back by their own culture. Broken homes,booze,drugs,domestic violence, and the mentality that they are owed something by society has caused them to be left in a cycle of failed generations. Just compare them to the Hispanics. Hispanics are just as likely to experience racial profiling and discrimination as blacks and yet they are rapidly succeeding in all areas of American society. Before the Hispanics were the Italians and before the Italians were the Irish. All started out poor and on the outside looking in and all climbed that mountain and claimed their American dream. I realize the later three didn't start out as slaves but, neither did any black in American today.
My point is that black America isn't being given any favours by being treated like a spoiled baby who just skinned their knee. They need to pick themselves up, ignore the pain, and make their own way.
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