Thank you for your comments Kimberly. I must say I agree with 99% of what you wrote here and I think we agree more than we disagree. The only area of your comment I part ways with is how African American thoughts, ideas and culture are somehow influenced by slavery, subjugation and poverty. African Americans of 2017 are not in anyway influenced by slavery and or subjugation. No more than I am influenced by hand plowing a field with a ox. These things are 5 generations in the past, and anyone hanging on the ideas is tarnishing their own future, by living in the past. Subjugation as well is not an accepted practice in today’s society and it is more often than not sought out more than it is practiced. Poverty on the other hand is becoming the norm for the culture and too few work to get out of it, and our government continues to enslave minority families under the guise of welfare and supplemental support. That in addition to the breakdown in the family is more self inflicted than anything. You can see this now bleeding over into all cultures, not just minorities. People today need to start taking advantage of the opportunities provided to them, be it education, job training, and self determination. The mere is fact is many African Americans today are given far better opportunities than many of their non minority counterparts. If a person or group of persons fails to capitalize on these opportunities they have no one to blame but themselves. And while I apologize for the white guilt you feel, it is your issue. I don’t feel privileged because I get up for work everyday, have my money stolen from me weekly and redistributed to other not so productive individuals. This is August of 2017 and anyone not working a full time job either doesn’t want to work, or hasn’t yet obtained the skills in life needed to be employable. I live in Wisconsin Kimberly and our unemployment rate is about 3.8%. If your not working here, it’s because you don’t want to. What you call white privilege, I call a good family, hard work, and steadfast determination. None of which I feel guilty about.