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Black Culture and Black History;Do They Come as a Package?

Clinton Collins, is an African- American who feels that black history is not being appreciated as much as it should be. In his commentary, "Love it and Leave it," he elucidates america's stance on black culture and history. He analyzes that white people have continued to adopt the black culture yet they pay no attention to where the culture came from or who gave rise to it. He points out the corruption that was initiated by America's founding fathers, who claimed equality among all men yet felt a need to supress a black male with the potential of leading an uprising that could be a problem to their unscrupulous system. However, we can deduce that the writer is not paranoid towards white people as he is married to a white woman and he instills the same value to his biracial sons. Last but not least, we can see that the writer and his son both have difficulties being black men in a community that can't handle......

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