arizona ron from tucson

The Government needs to come clean and Make everyone equal

Write all laws for everyone

Remove special interest and make all equal.

Pull the defining terms out of the government, bills and laws. Write them only each citizen.

Each persons needs to do their part, as the government lose the terms, Lose the hyphenated American. All Be American citizens.

Start the wheels in motion. Get the Gears moving in the direction they should be.

Just do it.

Other wise people are going to keep coming up with excuses to use.
Or use the same ones. It should have been long past this stage already.

Only way to do it is Just do it.

Make people responsible for their lives, the choices they make in their lives. Everyone has the same opportunities as the next guy right now, they just do not want to do the work, many want and expect everything handed to them, and many use the same old excuse.

Just Do it!

Now, for the black woman. A great deal of us have you let you down. A majority of us certainly needs to grow a pair and truly be a MAN! But, MaryAnn is absolutely correct. Communication is key. You have to talk "with" us, not "too" us. Lower that impenetrable veil and tell us how you really feel; what 'sends you'; what makes you run and hide; what fills you with joy. In turn, we will demonstrate that we truly understand and appreciate you as a strong, intelligent, black woman, but as your equal partner and nothing less. Now, if some knuckle-head is perpetrating in a man's body, kick him to the curb. You are far more worthy than likes of him. However, please know we are out here... quietly searching for you.

I believe what you stated is more of a woman issue than a black issue. The women that I know tend to be strong, in many aspects of life; family, faith, work, community, education.... I think part of the problem is you're looking for a "black" man. Look for a "man" and don't care what the color of his skin is. Isn't that what you want for a man? A real "man" wouldn't or shouldn't care about the color of your skin. Stay away from the over grown boys – there are many in all races – and find yourself a "MAN." And if you can't, be happy with yourself. (Sounds like you already are.)

As a black woman that has raised a child, bought a home and holds a good job, I do need a man and hold heartedly feel that it is most beneficial for all involved that a loving mother and father raise their children. So don't feel discouraged brotha because there are sistas that acknowledge the Father's desire for us to be a helpmate to our husband. In the interim, we must move on and strive, but we can't do it ALL by ourselves and neither can you. We have to learn to bridge the gap.

The documentary was enlightening to say the least. As for as dating, I believe everyone is entitled to date or love whomever they choose but personally I don't care for the skin color- if a woman or a man does not have a sense of completeness within her/him and awaits for another individual to complete her/him then that kind of relationship is and will always be rooted on the wrong foundation. You cannot offer anything that you don't have e.g. You cannot love if you don't have love within and cannot respect another individual if you don't respect yourself first regardless color/ethnicity.

So if a woman or a man is successful (success is subjective of course), I am pretty sure the two would have a lot in common and can perhaps build a more balanced life together since each appreciation and understands what it takes to earn that status. I think we often forget and fail to recognize that male and female are created to depend on each other but it thus become hard to depend on someone who is inadequate or has zero to offer.

Question: Why are some successful/well-rounded Black men not interested in sharing lives with successful/well-rounded Black women?

I think the solution for Black women today is to really start considering men from other cultures as partners and keep moving on with life.

As far as any white person claiming not to have benefitted from racism you have. It's a theory called the White Privilage and the Black Tax. Look it up in your search engine.

As far as wearing condoms I agree with it. However if you don't and a child is created both the mother and the father have to own up to that responsibility. BOTH!!!

I have read a lot of comments about black women not being submissive and I assume that these comments are coming from those who are in the church. Well there is a type of man that a woman, any woman is suppossed to be submissive to. He must be Godly, he must have a vision, he must not use a woman's body for his own satisfaction and he has to consider her input and emotions. In order to get the submissive woman the man has to be submissive to a higher authority or out of spiritual context "Man up" Black women have to become strong and independent because we can't lean on you. If you want us to play our role play yours.

And yes I'm Black, single, and educated

As an African-American educator, I am curious as to exactly what purpose this programming served. Your experts provided little in the way of substantial information for viewers who know little about black people historically or even in their day to day lives, save for what is
fed to them on "the news."

This program did absolutely nothing to advance our understanding of
what needs to happen in this nation regarding race and economics. For far too long, black Americans have been set up to seem pathological. "They just can't seem to get it together...." Your series only perpetuated this sentiment. Given the state of our nation, there is a growing understanding for more and more Americans of every stripe as to what it means to be economically "on the outside looking in."

"Black in America," the series : a painful waste of our very precious time.

Also, I would have loved to see more solutions. This seemed to be a program less for black people and more about black people. As if we were being explained to white people. If that was the objective that's fine, but only the "Hip Hop School", "Marry your Baby Daddy" and the "Pay Kids to go to School" segments seemed to offer solutions. That's the problem with having a conversation outside the community, we spend more time explaning a lot of well known nuiances instead of moving forward.