[Pollster1]

"persistent poverty and social troubles among many black communities"

The "black communities" part is the root of the problem. I have met people who cared about the "white community", and they disgust me. There is no way in the world I would live near a "white community". I live in a community of successful, hard-working people. My black neighbors have the same race friends as I do, over half white, and nearly 1/3 Asian, and they're only black in skin color not in culture, same for their kids. I don't think it's possible to succeed if you have a built in excuse for failure and you look down on hard work as "acting white". It's time to move past race and "diversity" and just look at the content of a person's character, not the color of their skin, if we want everyone to have a chance to succeed.

[Jonty30]

Thomas knows that, he’s not meaning to make it a racial issue. However, it’s not a racial thing, it’s socialism at the heart of the problems.

Scotland, which owned the twentieth century is in the same mess, with 80% of the population dependent upon getting a welfare cheque.

[Ann Archy]

Whites don’t have COMMUNITIES per se. I HATE that Blacks need COMMUNITY LEADERS and SPOKESMEN!! Makes them look like PETS and incapable individuals.

[dfwgator]

Yeah, but then how are all of the race hucksters, like Jesse and Al, going to make a living?

[allmendream]

Well there is a strong middle class “church going” black culture (think “the Cosby Show”) that stresses family and education. Unfortunately it is being subsumed by the emphasis on the ‘gangsta’ black culture preferred by MTV and pop culture.