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[–] TheKFCNyanCat 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Full Disclosure: I'm black.

It's the African American culture. Despite black celebrities' best efforts, black culture STILL sees intelligence as something to be frowned upon. For some reason, they all want to live the lifestyle of the gang banger or the rapper (the former is entirely awful, and the latter isn't inherently bad but it's an unrealistic dream.) Even for the ones who want to not be on welfare, the fact that their parents are poor coupled with the fact that schools in black neighborhoods are awful and the bad job market means that they often can't get out of poverty.

You'll also notice that most of the really successful blacks that you'll meet outside of the entertainment industry were born and raised in Africa. This is because African black culture does not frown upon intelligence like American black culture does.

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[–] primaryappellation [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I'd like to argue for something racist, but I've met young intelligent black men and, without fail, they were mercilessly targeted by their peers.

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[–] TheKFCNyanCat ago 

To be honest, that happens with teenagers in general, but intelligent blacks have it the worst.

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[–] parrygrin 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

First, this isn't just anecdotal.

On the other hand, though, we now know the war on drugs was literally started by Nixon to put black people in jail. Then there's the prison corporations. Don't you think those play a big fucking role?