What other advantages do black men have in America?

[theboss]

In thinking about GF's contention that Obama has a built in advantage in a presidential contest due to his race, I began to ponder the other advantages a black man has in America.

1. A criminal justice system clearly biased in his favor.
2. Easy access to elite American universities.
3. A positive self-image in the popular culture.
4. The finest primary and secondary schools that America's top cities can provide.
5. High-paying, secure union jobs.
6. Plentiful taxi service.
7. Office enviornments where the assumption is that they deserve every promotion based upon hard work and intelligence, not some other nefarious government-enforced scheme.
8. Fine health care and the best hospitals.
9. Acceptance at the finest social clubs.
10. A word free of pre-conceptions.

There is not a day that goes by in which I am not jealous of the easy life of black men in America.

[papau]

1. no one says 55% AA Dem primaries offset any of that.

[donheld]

2. great post

[Cali_Democrat]

3. Awesome post

Just awesome

[CitizenLeft]

4. of all the ugly things said or inferred during this campaign...

...that one is the most ridiculous.

And yes, great post. :thumbsup:

[LowerManhattanite]

5. Well...

...we are often offered the extra post-coital schnitzelgruben, so I guess that counts for something. :)

[theboss]

6. The sex advantage thing is one cultural stereotype that I wish my people had

I did meet a girl once who told me that Italian American men were great in bed. I immediately told her the story of my great grandfather's emigration from Calabria.

I did not get laid.

[theboss]

7. 11. No one assumes you are good at sports

That burden is never carried by a black man.

[FrenchieCat]

9. It is a burden nevertheless, when a Black man is not good at

sports.....and there are many who aren't.

It is a stereotype, but not an advantage, as it doesn't pay or open doors for people to think one is good at sport if they really aren't.

[theboss]

12. I think you need to carefully re-read the thread

Methinks you are missing the spirit of it.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. Police cruisers who stop them when they're driving in rich neighborhoods

just to make sure they're allright and having a safe journey to their mansions in Bel Air.

[bhikkhu]

10. Automatic election to any public office they want

Don't forget that one!

[theredpen]

11. White liberals don't act like the blacks owe them anything