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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl
This part I don't get. Why would African-Americans feel alienated by mixed race people creating their own culture from the ground up. Isn't that what the descendants of slaves, separated from land and family and sense of community had to do?
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My personal experience is that it is a threat because the more dilute the races become, the less handouts and ability to live off the "race card" will become more difficult. I already see it among economic differences between blacks/mixed race couples in my neighborhood and those who remain in the lower social-economic ladder. The average home in our neighborhood is between $250k and $350k (this equates to a home in NJ between $500k and $700k). We have 49 homes. 9 homes are owned by Black/mixed-race/mixed marriage families. Everyone of them stand-up neighbors who I would do anything to help. We are a pretty close and fairly isolated neighborhood. Now when they talk about blacks who are on the dole nice things are not said. I think they just figured out how to make good on the American dream as so many other non-black immigrant families have whom also started with nothing when they got here. Differences between and amongst blacks who have become financially stable is contributing to the stress among those at the lower end of the economic continuum among like races. The more successful that people of color become, the more difficult it will become for their like races to use the basket terms of excuses that help them stay trapped in poverty. The sense of family is based on one of a strong maternal figure. Many of them are minus the father figure. I see it everyday at work. Just my opinion.