The Plight and Remedy of the Black Man in America. Introduction

Dear Glen,

Your letters always make me think and motivates a response.

Over the course of our adult relationship, which is now over thirty years, we've talked of many things, and the heart of the conversation returns always to The Black Man in America.  I believe it is a good conversation.

At times you do push some buttons and yet in many ways, your situation in life is emblematic of the condition of the Black Man in America.  In many ways the African Americans are tied to history far more than any others.  In some ways they, and you tell me is that you are not the masters of your destinies.  Over those thirty years, you have voiced discontent and you've blamed America, sometimes the Jews and sometimes, Capitalism.  At times I ask for specificity and you do address them succinctly.  So, if you can identify injustice, why do you fail to identify the trend.  our situation contrasted with the success of our childhood friends need and explanation.  Why did they succeed if America is so racist?  Your last letter expressed a belief that the Black Man in America is mostly bound for jail.   While you know that you are factually wrong, I believe that your fears are valid.  In my opinion there are too many black men in jail, but are certainly also guilty.   Our black school mates succeeded, because they properly interpreted their conditions.

So, where do we go from here.  What I intend to do is to explain my rational for my ideas regarding the situation of the Black Man in America and simultaneously publish it on my blog  Shay's World . I start here. medieval

The Plight and Remedy of  the Black Man in America.  Introduction

My thinking on the issue of the Black Man in America stems from my observations and in part follows on the 1944 An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy  by Gunnar Myrdal.  Myrdal incidentally was a Swedish economist and shared the 1948 Nobel Prize with Frederick Hayek the Austrian economist.  Both men had witnessed much in their lives, including the rise of communism, Nazism, two major wars and experiments to shape societies "scientifically. 

 All social issues are attempts to rectify a social ill; real or perceived.  Social ills were over time explained as bad morals, evil spirits, bad air, heredity and most recently as "inequitable distribution of wealth".  Social "scientists over the last hundred years, rejected the previous notions and settled upon the doctrine of "material determinism."  This doctrine postulated that the correction of the material conditions, would improve humanity.  This doctrine found a home in Marxism and its child Communism.   Hence, changing conditions required the entire restructuring of society.  A dozen or so countries experimented with this doctrine and everyone failed to live up to its promise. 

With all that said, I believe that there is room for improvement, but it must be prudentially executed, and best left to religious organizations and not government.  But if the government must be involved, who would we help?   It should help those that it directly effected by Governments direct or indirect commission or omission.  The Black Man in America and the American Indian were the primary victims.  One was brought in chains and the other, well the other, his land was taken from him.  All other minorities, in essence, are either political or economic immigrants.  As you should have noticed,  that each of the other groups has traveled the well trodden path to cultural, economic, and political success.  They started as the outsiders, suffered, worked hard and found success.  It is very different for Black and Indians. These groups continue to suffer, even though their "material condition" has improved.  There are other factors that I will address later.

All though there is a number of prominent Blacks and Indians who succeed, the majority have not found the American Dream.  Both of these groups, at one time had federal agencies that look out for them, but they over time these agencies lost focus and complications led to confused issues, politics and money. 

Why am I doing this?  A good many black scholars have shown me the the light, and because, I cannot be called a "Uncle Tom" for what I say, I will often repeat their words, which for too long have been ignored by black elites.


Next: History is a Bitch.