Letters to the Editor
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debaser: Class not as important as race for Blacks in dealings with whites
Bill Cosby and other rich Black folks still encounter racism. You live in Canada which has it's own issues with regard to First Nation peoples so therefore you lack the depth to really understand America's race issues.
In real world regardless of venue colour matters . A person's external costume always plays a part.
With regard to I/Q tests the only reason it has so much value even today is primarily becuase it is one area where whites score higher than Blacks and as such it allows whites to posture and leverage Blacks.
Whites will not engaged in power plays when the playing field is level. In other avenues of life where whites are at best average they do not have the same clout nor do you witness them being as race conscious. However when I/Q tests and results are in play white folks play the game at our expense of course..
Black folks in this country have always understood the power of the majority especially a majority which has been immoral, unethical, and racist. Folks like you and recent immigrants to our shores lack this understanding. After 9-11 many Arab-Americans were in denial and shock at how quickly they became the new "niggers".
Latins and Asians to a degree understand this matrix and racial shorthand but because they are not Black their relations with whites overall has not been as confrontational and combative..
Truth is since blacks created civil rights in America and made humanity as important as any other first tier nation building component Blacks will always be at this explosive junction in the USA..