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"Again, if these two men represent African-American culture, then I have major concerns with my culture. "

Not only these two men, but it seems that every African-American who has a microphone thrust in front of his/her face, attempts to re-define the Black culture in American, in his/her own, personal definition.

Just like the white culture, the black culture is divided into many groups, from the rich, to the ne'er-do-wells. The only problem is, our media lumps all of them into one big category, for their own purposes.

There are many self-described "black leaders", but they usually wind up being just another "Jesse Jackson", the poverty pimp we all know. It seems that the main purpose of a "black leader" - as we know it in today's society, is to cry "discrimination" and extort as much money from companies and the government as possible using this age-worn ploy.

There will ALWAYS be pockets of discrimination in the world, it goes on every day, between races, religions, national origins, sexes, and even between age groups. It's a natural, human, (and other species) phenomenon for people to gravitate towards people who are similar to themselves, or have similar interests.

In my experience - in the workplace, for instance - in work-social situations, such as parties, picnics, etc., it is more often than not, the black people who tend to "group up" first. They seem to prefer to be with each other, rather than group with the white people. This is perfectly normal, and, it shows prejudice runs both ways.

Defining the Black culture?

Why?

They don't need "defining"...they are alreay DEFINED...they are AMERICANS. Until we all start acting like Americans, as a united group, NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE.

Defining the "Black Culture" is a wedge between already strained race relations, and it just segregates even more. As, as human nature would have it, a culture defined as exclusive unto themselves, will only cause other race-based cultures to re-define and become more exclusive to themselves...thus widening the divide.

I think the question should be, are we all going to be Americans...or will the 48 contiguous states eventually become another "Europe" with 48 little countries, each with its own etnic population?

Defining the "Black Culture" is a wedge between already strained race relations, and it just segregates even more. As, as human nature would have it, a culture defined as exclusive unto themselves, will only cause other race-based cultures to re-define and become more exclusive to themselves...thus widening the divide.

I think the question should be, are we all going to be Americans...or will the 48 contiguous states eventually become another "Europe" with 48 little countries, each with its own etnic population?

The LIBERALS penchant for grouping people to manipulate them, has grown old. Maxwell is one black American, among many, calling for an attitude adjustment regarding education because of its effect on quality of life.

....Defining the Black culture?......

Within the broad American culture there are numerous subtypes.

How about noting some Black cultural attributes?

From TV news I see:
There seem to be two very noticable black female political subtypes..... those with very short hair, and those with very large hats.

I Have occassion to visit with black male and female truckdrivers. They frequently wear T shirts celebrating a large annual family reunion.

These identifiers are fairly common, specifically black and intended for some reason to differentiate the individuals. They seem to have some cultural subtype identification purpose.

I think the question should be, are we all going to be Americans...or will the 48 contiguous states eventually become another "Europe" with 48 little countries, each with its own etnic population?

Actually, allowing people to associate into different groups with laws that suited them was the purpose of Federalism. Pennsylvania was Quaker, New England was Protestant, Maryland had large numbers of Catholics...

Very good post, BTW.