"Black people, like any other people, are successful when they're willing to get up and go to work every day and make good choices."
Sounds like the words of a racist to me.
It's not racist at all. I was simply pointing out to the other poster that black people are no different than any other people in that, if they work and make good choices, they'll be successful. Why do you believe that such a statement is racist?
Because it implies thats all there is to it. It implies that Black people dont attempt to work or make good choices. You are missing an incredibly important point. You can do that all day everyday but that doesnt stop whites from putting barriers in place that other races dont have to deal with.
It's not easy to find good employees. As a manager, all that mattered to me was that I could rely on an employee. Their skin color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc. was of ZERO importance to me. Where I work, productive employees move up.
At what company are white people intentionally sabotaging themselves in order to prevent black people from being promoted? And if they hate black people so much, why did they hire them? I have the impression that you work in government or in a university and not at a place where productivity is a must.