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Here's another point of view. In my ongoing quest for the truth, I agree with the idea that African American men are maladjusted due to being cast into the domain of Western civilization. They came to America as strangers in a strange land, constrained by the slavery that was incompatible with a compulsion to be free, and this subjected them to the stress that damaged their psyches. Since not a lot has changed down through the centuries and the pressure has never relented, the evolving victimization of black males has mutated the DNA of their brains, making them inherently dysfunctional inhabitants of a country that devalues them. As for black women, I think they're somewhat dysfunctional, too, particularly the fatherless ones who populate the amoral inner city subculture, looking for love in all the wrong places, indiscriminately breeding children they are ill-equipped to rear alone, raising daughters who will replicate their mothers' lifestyles and sons who will either kill or be killed on the means streets of the ghetto. Upwardly mobile black women fare better, In spite of struggling with the image of being angry ball-busters, vainly searching for the "Mr.Rights" who white women beat them out of, left to put on brave faces in an effort to enjoy the independence they'd gladly exchange for the reliability of a good strong mate, they still rise. I think all black people are basically neurotic. I look around and see the lily white crowds of indignant "humanitarians" responding to Trump's banning of Muslim immigrants, and when I compare this compassionate outpouring to the indifference or disgust currently shown the grievances of Native Americans and Blacks, 2 groups who were here before all the European immigrants, it becomes obvious that the mixed emotions and frustration that comes with being black in America makes being neurotic inevitable. I know there are exceptions to my examples, but all African Americans no matter how well off they are, are affected in some way by the burden of their skin color. Can all of their woes be attributed to a System that is stacked against them? Maybe, it could also be due to the randomness of Fate. Jews made it through the holocaust and never-ending anti-semitism, only to become among America's most affluent high achievers. Some folks have all the luck. Arguably...

Me too... and with the government's help if possible - and yes black women have been instrumental to our survival since time immemorial from when we migrated through what's now called Africa and out of it to travel and settle the rest of the worlds. It was then men and women were smart enough to work together. BUT your comment is indicative of the flawed mindset of men in the black community - and men overall, today. Case in point, I've had a twitter account for 8 + years and for the first time my numbers of likes and retweets soared through the roof last night- because I tweeted that Trump now lives in public housing as a result of his bankruptcies and poor credit rating. The trolls went insane... one so far as to tell me Obama sucked D to find financial success whereas Trump made his money from the private sector... Then it hit me; Men are conditioned to believe the worst thing in life is to accept a handout. Even if his surrogate (i.e. baby mama) is accepting an handout then he might as well be dead. No man wants to be reminded of his perceived failure. And before anyone speaks to the psychology of women being a man's surrogate in the market place... tell me you've never heard a man ask or say "is that you, homey" when referring to the man's wife/girlfriend or life partner. (Women may date "projects" but men marry their projection" ) As I wrote in my profile status and blog post " AALBC Discussion| I'm not your mule" patriarchy has been a great disservice to men too. For many reasons, but especially because if you look closely a man's psyche has been severely damaged and it's allowed him to become a tool of oligarchy. Want to know the cause that is producing the undesirable effect in the black community? Y'all (generally speaking) don't recognize help when it arrives nor do you know how to ask for help or accept help when its offered. If you do accept help you make sure to bury the helper's body so deep it can't come back to haunt you. You can't apply a solution to a symptom. It's like applying a band-aid to a gunshot wound, you may stop the blood from soiling the shirt but the bullet remains to destroy the body from within. No the solution is for men to get their mind right. This action produces consequences that benefit us all. Especially because so no one can get you to use your own hand to punch you in the face. That old 'hood trick's time has run its course.

@Frederic http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2015/08/21/the-satan-selling-con-men-are-boring-their-satan-buying-audience-is-fascinating/ How did he get his soul back from the Devil? Did he offer the Devil a Twinkie?

Black women are absolutely not the problem. They are victims of the same oppressive culture. One can argue women have been instrumental in our very survival. I don't however believe Obama did anything the specifiically to benefit Black people. He was the president of all people right? I'd argue for example that white people benefitted more from those changes in the sentencing laws. The laws needed to be changed and anything Obama did to change them was good, but they were not done for the purpose of helping us as a people. It would be nice if the government recognized the profound damage it did to Bkack peole and did something specifically to address it , but I'm not holding my breath. And as Del suggests I'm doing my own thing to help...despite the government.

I read the article Frederic posted (welcome to the forum Frederic), but I don't believe any of it. I don't believe you can sell your soul to the devil in the literal sense. I believe some people will stop at nothing to achieve a goal, but a contact with the devil isn't necessary... you can be evil on your own no supernatural assistance is necessary.

@Frederic that's Dark Magic. He is one type of Magician. Everything has a cost.There is high and low magic, dark and light. If you have defects in your character magic only amplifies them.There are rumpurs that the lost years of Jesus were spent acquiring esoteric knowledge.

I'm not complaining about black men. I'm complaining about the focus put upon black women for the disappearance of some black men. An alleged impoverished baby mama society doesn't happen in a vacuum. Black women aren't equipped for parthenogenesis as are Komodo dragons. Therefore, blaming the woman for the shortcomings of a man will only allow his apparent dysfunctional behavior to continue. We're all experiencing these adverse cultural conditions both directly/indirectly. Maybe it's the nature of a woman to ask for help when the going gets too hard. "I need help" is definitely in my vocabulary as is " Yes, Please and Thank you". Maybe the lack of compassion for some is the "twisted culture" that produces "Disappearing Acts" [see what I did there - always bring it back to black literature] But before one can receive compassion one has to admit he needs help and recognize and accept it when offered. As I mentioned black women fared well under the Obama administration. However President Obama also did what he could to help black men too. Reports indicate prison population was reduced. The Fair Sentencing act in 2010 and other acts, legislation and programs were championed to alleviate some of the pressures on the black community.

A pretty good overview of Asrology.