Hardly any of my friends are black..

[ancianita]

10. Yeah, I don't, either. Unless it's coming from people engaged in bad faith baiting. But that has

to be proven over time.

Seriously, in the same way that most whites think we've been living in some 'post racial' America -- using that claim to justify removing all affirmative action standards and/or voting rights -- I think, now, that African Americans have "given" as much consciousness raising time to whites as can be reasonably expected.

Now, whites have no excuse for not knowing about the realities of African American life. So they should admit it and ask for help. If they're met with derision, they need to just go study up on it all. Do their own damned homework. Which is what these polls show.

There are lots of good books out there on African American history and current issues. One good book that answers a lot of questions for anyone familiar with African American history, is Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum's "Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria?".