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The Top 5-issues Facing Black Americans

5-Minute Videos | PragerU

PragerU

Self-improvement, History, Non-profit, Business, Education

4.86.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

What are the five biggest problems facing black Americans? Where do things like racism and police brutality rank? What about the absence of black fathers? Taleeb Starkes, author of Amazon #1 bestseller "Black Lies Matter," lists the five. They may surprise you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What are the five biggest issues facing blacks in America? Here's my list

0:04.9

Problem number five the victim mentality

0:07.9

Nothing holds someone back more than seeing himself as a victim. Why?

0:12.2

Because a victim is not responsible for his situation

0:15.6

Everything is someone else's fault

0:17.9

And the victim sees little chance of improving his life

0:21.0

How can you get ahead if someone is holding them back?

0:23.8

All this makes the victim unhappy, frustrated and angry

0:27.9

This is how too many blacks see themselves as victims

0:31.7

So much so that their victim status becomes their primary identity and their ruling ideology

0:37.6

I call it

0:38.8

Victimology

0:40.5

Unfortunately many black churches preached this victimology many black parents pass it on to their children

0:47.2

Any city schools teach it to their students and the black media reinforce it

0:51.8

Meanwhile the NAACP and other black grievance groups fundraise on it

0:56.9

Problem number four

0:58.5

lack of diversity

1:00.1

blacks repeatedly demand an honest dialogue or debate about race

1:04.0

But how can there ever be an honest dialogue about race between blacks and whites?

1:08.4

When there is virtually no honest dialogue between blacks and blacks

1:12.1

It's hypocritical and if a black doesn't think whites are ultimately responsible for black people's problems

1:18.6

They'll label it sell out Uncle Tom or race trader

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