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America's black population, despite the civil rights movement, still has a long way to go in the United States before it is on equal footing. While the law protects blacks from overt racism, there is a litany of problems facing the black community, many of which relate to lack of opportunity for meaningful employment, absence of role models and very little political representation. Also as we will see, even though racism is frowned upon in polite society, it has not gone away. It has simply been replaced by a more subtle form, which is in many ways more dangerous.

It is important to point out that poverty is not unique to the black community.. Poverty is something our government must address despite color of skin if we are to live up to the ideals set down in the constitution of these United States.

Before even digesting the following information we must first acknowledge that if your goal is to seek to make a case that blacks are engaging in more deviant behaviors, and......

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