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Read this OP, I don't you know how successful some our your fellow African Americans are doing. Quit dwelling upon the negatives and startpraising the positives. Don't let the negatives things reflect on how you feel about your nationality/ethnicity as a whole (ATLien, I got youOriginally Posted by ThrowedInDaGame
/thread,Originally Posted by mco85
Take away Obama out of what you just said and all you really mentioned are actors and athletes and the fact that we are physically (not mentally) respected. I think that sums it up right there
As an African American, I realize that untill 13% of Fortune 500 CEOs are black or leading Scientist,Engineers, and Doctors are getting world recognition turning out useful inventions/patents and research papers many of these "achievements" are essentially worthless.
Leading Actors, Athletes.......who cares. Outside of sliding charity money, what contributions will they make to advance society? A lot of people still see African Americans as entertainers. Hopefully Obama and others will inspire our generation to supersede this stereotype. We need to excel in academic and professional environments.
Please though for sake of being taken seriously, do not use actors, musicians and athletes as a component of your argument for black achievements because from my personal experience, nobody outside the AA community will take your argument seriously. I'm going to do me.