In your scathing analysis of your Black countrymen, you clearly fail to include the historical suppression of Blacks by White Americans.
Because it is irrelevant. No blacks are suppressed, legally or else, today.
The actual liberation of the Black American was not the liberation of the slaves.
The legal liberation is the necessary first start. So you are wrong here.
It was the recognition of Blacks as humans entitled to equal rights under the constitution.
And did you know that a lot of whites believed that back then ?
Once suppressed and relegated to the status of an animal, any human being will lose their confidence and moral values in their endeavors to survive against the odds.
Is that how American blacks sees themselves today ?
The irony is that White America cheered on and supported apartheid South Africa right until the election of Bill Clinton since they wished that the United States could militarily suppress its Black communities in the similar manner which apartheid South Africa did.
Absurd considering how many whites supported the civil rights movement.
In any community which faces the obstacle of being subjected to a servile status and being deprived of equal economic opportunities, moral degeneration is bound to happen, which will include dysfunctional families. The rioting by the Black communities of the United States is a message to that nation that something is wrong when it comes to the perception of nationhood by its Black communities. Disregarding these protests as being "nothing more than looting by savages" is a mistake. It is ignoring the burning wick of a powder keg. Having a Black President does not mean that racial imbalances have been met either. South Africa which has a 79% Black majority population is often the joke of neighboring nations who refer to its Presidents as the "Black President of a White nation" since the majority Blacks are yet to be economically liberated.
Going on a little tangent here...
In the first
Iron Man movie, the co-star was paid more than the star. The co-star was Terrence Howard, a black actor who played
Iron Man's sidekick, Rhodey. When it turned out that the star, white man Robert Downey Jr, was at least the equal actor and actually pulled off the character, and that he was going to get at least the equal paycheck as his co-star, Howard demanded more money. In the end, Howard was cut and Don Cheadle got the role.
A black President could not come to be unless other blacks made themselves stepping stones for Barack Obama. It is said that the most powerful tool a US President have is the appointment of Supreme Court Justices. Not as Chief Executive. Not as military CINC. But to appoint Supreme Court Justices. Clarence Thomas, the Court's only black Justice, was already there to serve as a stepping stone for Barack Obama. In the entertainment world, Oprah Winfrey is reputedly the most powerful woman, let alone a black woman, and she also is a stepping stone for Barack Obama. In the military, Colin Powell, a black man rose to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, then National Security Advisor, retired to serve as SecState, and he served as a stepping stone for Barack Obama.
Here is a list of past black presidential candidates...
List of African-American United States presidential and vice presidential candidates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Believe it or not, black Republican Herman Cain was equally qualified as Barack Obama in terms of approval from whites and other racial/ethnic groups.
The point here is that American blacks proved themselves the equals of everyone else in every field when the individual black set his/her mind to it. As time passed and blacks gained headway in every aspect of American life, Americans voted themselves a black President. But what you missed is that Barack Obama did not campaigned as a black man trying to liberate other blacks from white oppression. He convinced enough Americans of all racial/ethnic groups that he was for him/her and for his/her well being. He could not have done it even 20 yrs ago.
So what do you mean by racial imbalances ? Imbalances of what ? By what cause(s) ? Under what metrics ? Everyone knows the detrimental effects of single parent families. Is the %70+ rate of single black motherhood the result of white oppression ? In Los Angeles, black gangs are so violent towards each other that the LAPD discovered many blacks grew up within a few miles of the Pacific ocean and yet never seen it because they dared not cross into each other territories. How is this from white oppression ?
John W. Thompson: Black Entrepreneurs, Black CEO, Black Executive, Black Billionaires, Entrepreneur Profile
According to the streets, Mr. Thompson would be considered 'white'. The man's CV is impressive by anyone's standards. But to ordinary blacks, he got successful by 'acting white'. In other words, many street blacks believes that studying hard, earning a college degree, dress appropriately, calling people 'sir' and 'madam', work hard, and provide good service to customer is white oppression. Do you agree ?