Is it racist to point out to someone that they are choosing to engage in behaviors and cultural values which run counter to productivity? I don't believe it is, and as I stated before, there are several well-respected BLACK columnists who are stating exactly the same things.

Here are the facts: In the 1950's, the black divorce rate was the same as the white divorce rate and rate of out-of-wedlock births was similar. The crime rates per capita for each sector of society were also the same. What has changed in the last 60+ years? The black society has seen a steady rise in their unwed motherhood (currently 72%!!!) and they have seen a corresponding rise in incarceration rate. See http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39993685/ns/he... Good grief, even the liberal Huffington Post had to admit that it merited attention: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/26....

Societal studies have confirmed that having a father present in the home is a HUGE factor in whether or not a child ends up in the prison system. There is a definite causal link and empirical evidence. If you want to ignore the evidence and play the race card, that's your choice. It doesn't change the facts. And I would challenge you to listen to some actual rap music for even a couple of "songs". Look at the artists and then look at their audiences and then look at the lyrics and tell me that these are irrelevant and have no influence.

I would also point out that in no other part of society are there race hucksters like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, etc. You don't see Chinese Americans segregating themselves from society and continuously stirring up their "racial" heritage or going off on how they are continually being singled out because of their skin color. They had abominable treatment here in the US that was on par with anything the blacks had - especially in the Western US. You don't see Mexican Americans clamoring for it either - neither Vietnamese Americans nor Irish Americans nor Japanese Americans, etc. I would also highlight the example of the Congressional Black Caucus, who rejected the membership of black Republican Tim Scott (South Carolina) and accused him of being a sellout or Uncle Tom. Mia Love (newly-elected Republican Congresswoman from Utah) was treated similarly. I view this as more evidence that there is a strong culture of self-segregation in the black community.

Do all blacks agree with this mentality? Of course not. The aforementioned examples demonstrate this. But a large portion do and continue to think of themselves as black first, and American second. We see them in their videos about "Obama phones". We see them in their passionate defense of Obama just for being black. We see them at Ferguson and New York City. We saw it in the race riots in LA.

I choose not to ignore the evidence in front of my face. I choose to look at how to solve the problem, and that is through elimination of the victimhood mentality which unfortunately pervades black culture disproportionately when compared to every other portion of US society . If that is racist, judge ye.