I don't think so...there is still a big economic and educational disparity. There is also a disparity when it comes to imprisonment with blacks more likely to be imprisoned for a crime then whites for the same crime.
Is it all race or racism though? Some of it is (prison statistics and death penalty statistics seem to support that), but I don't think all of it is. I think poverty plays some role and. But I think attitudes also play into it - for example not just having an education but valuing it as a way out. However - the dark side of that is that education in poor areas is poor quality, riddled with violence and drugs. I also think sometimes there is too much "victim" mentality or entitlement mentality (and that occurs throughout our culture) that inhibits self-determination. People like Bill Cosby, Barack Obama and others accused of being "sell outs" recognize that. On the other side you have the Al Sharptons and Jessie Jacksons ready to turn any incident into one of racism - and, as in the case at Duke, even when they were wrong - and had ruined lives and reputations in the process - they never even apologized or offered to make amends.
I don't agree with Condi's politics but what does her being rich have to do with anything? She's intelligent, driven, has worked hard, and has broken through some ceilings both as a woman and as a person of color - and it's not through any "birthright" but her own efforts.
....why just $? I set my priorities and what's important to me changes with the current conditions but usually environment, healthcare, education rank pretty high.
deology.
Don't say, "I don't think so", because although you are right about those other things contributing to high black unemployment, that doesn't mean that racism didn't have something to do with it too.
Do you deny that an overwhelming number of white managers in almost every company for decades refused to hire black people?
This is why AA came to be, and rightfully so.
Condi being rich has everything to do with her position on issues, and rightfully so. She's smart. I may call her a sellout, but at least she's voting in her own financial interests.
If you vote GOP because of their positions on god, gays, guns, war, or any other bs wedge issue then they have fooled you into voting against your own best financial interests. Example, who gives a fuck about abortion if I go from $30 hr to $15. Or if the GOP were to become the pro choice party, do you think rich social conservatives would rush to the Democratic party? Even if it would cost them another 10% on their investments? Wake up.
Sex, religion, age, black, white, mexican, jewish, gay, straight, etc. None of this matters. These are just the things they use to divide us. Wedge issues.
Without these wedge issues, the GOP would have to stop catering to just the top 1% richest and instead they would have to start catering to the upper middle class. But ask many upper middle class people. There is no difference between Bush and Obama for them.
The GOP take for granted that many upper middle class people THINK they are rich, and then they usually solidify their support by using the wedge issues I mentioned above. Plus the conservative message sounds good, whether they put it into practice or not. On top of that, they have made liberal a dirty word. Just look at how you guys feel about us. And you're all broke as hell.
You don't realize you are voting against your own financial interests because maybe you aren't in a union or maybe nafta hasn't hurt you, YET.
Or maybe you didn't own a home that dropped in value or maybe you don't have a 401K.
Or maybe you've been a republican so long that Rush limbaugh has convinced you that it was freddy/fanny/carter/clinton/pelosi who fucked up the economy. Isn't it funny how they have made a case for why/how it is every one of these people's fault? Don't you sense that they are lying to you when they got an excuse for everything? Wasn't Delay's fault, or Bush's, but it was Carter's fault? Wasn't Newt, wasn't Graham, but it was Fanny May?
And if you weren't stupid enough to buy that, then they told you that, "everyone is to blame for what happened".
Yea, ever know the GOP to accept any blame for anything unless they were flat out guilty?
Hell, they even convinced you that the Democrats should share blame for the Iraq war.