Your opinion on why some blacks are so in need.

Blacks network among themselves, so they learn what programs are avaiable and how to get in on each. Since they know how to sign up for them and have no problem doing it, who'd work for a living? And I think there are blacks working in a lot of government jobs that expedite some claims, too. Last time I was out of work, I didn't even let me family know about it, let alone get on programs. But if I knew about them maybe I'd done things differently.

Personally I think that is crap respectfully. Some blacks are so in need stemming way back to racism, and slavery especially. When blacks were not given the chance to learn, they were made ignorant, and in turn parent passes this down to child, and child to their child for generations and generations. Not to mention the poor schooling, which still exists in many cities such as Philadelphia. It is easy to comment from the outside looking in but I have been on the inside and seen. The person often doesn't graduate school because school is simply not for everyone. Like in early American History with poor whites, some blacks can't afford to go to school. I am black myself, and fortunatley I am more educated than most people my age, however thats just me. I feel that all the problems that blacks face stem way back to oppression of their parents whom were never taught the correct way, and in turn their offspring. Though I agree with teh relationship between parent and child I think we must first examine why the parents are like this. So ask yourself from parent to parent, why are blacks like this?