Who would have thought America would one day have an African-American President? The fact that this still came as such a massive surprise and does indeed seem as an earth-shifting change to many of us shows racial equality is still not achieved in America. Although a black man just became president, many African-Americans are still earning a lot less than what’s expected. $30,000 is the median household income for African-Americans, while that of a white American stands at $50.000. Although many of the huge efforts made to aid young African-Americans in school have indeed paid off, many are still not interested in performing at ‘white’ levels and get dragged into gang-life and crime, thinking it’s cool to be dumb and tough. What Obama could accomplish is a certain mentality change, showing what one could achieve, of only he tried.
Dimitri Martens
Source: The Economist
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