The Next Generation

Watching C-SPAN 2 tonight, I'm reminded of a topic that has been bothering me as of late.

The question remains: Why are the majority of African-Americans still in poverty?

Listening to Julianne Malveaux, Bennett College for Women President, speak, I'm disturbed.
She speaks of the "young people" and the "next generation" and how there should be 0% of student loans and how more "blacks" need a higher education.
We already have Affirmative Action. Have you noticed that Asians don't have Affirmative Action? Yet, Asians are still able to get higher education and many Asians have achieved a measurable degree of success. The question is why is this the case?

Some say that African-Americans were discriminated against and forced to come to America centuries ago due to slavery, thus they have psychological effects and emotional burdens that will prohibit them from ever achieving success or break the cycle of poverty. These just sound like excuses. African-Americans have been discriminated against for ages, and it has only been a mere 50 years since the Civil Rights movement and the true breaking down of segregation in society. But they aren't the only ones being discriminated against.

Have you thought about the Native-Americans? The Europeans came onto THEIR lands and enslaved them, made them sick, killed them off, put them on reservations, destroyed their culture, destroyed their lifestyles, discriminated against them, pretended to help them but really ruined their lives more, broke promises, broke treaties, and lied. So sometimes, I feel that African-Americans shouldn't always play the race card.

Many Asian-Americans came to the United States as refugees. Hundreds of Japanese-Americans were put in concentration camps and discriminated against during World War II. My own parents came with literally nothing from Eastern Asia. They were discriminated against in the Midwest. Yet, here they are today. Out of poverty.

Why is it that Asian-Americans can do this, but African-Americans can't?

I hope that one day they can move forward and revolutionize their culture, and encourage the newer generations of blacks to strive for education, to push past the obstacles of poverty and rise to success! I know they can.

P.S. Look at this quote: "The white folk ain't gonna love you if ...." says Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at Georgetown University. That's really great educated diction. Really.

P.P.S. They need to stop calling President Obama, "Brother Obama." He's only half black.