In this section of the book I focused on the idea that Wax put forth that it is no longer a cultural problem of race it is a personal problem. She says “without radical change in black’s own approach to their continuing dilemma the problem of racial inequality will continue to resist policy based solution” (36). I find it interesting that she does not find there to be an issue in the country as a whole, but it is up to one race to change their attitude and ways in order to get what they want. I do not agree with the statements she has made. There is still systematic oppression of black Americans in this country. Just in the sense of voting it is statistically harder for black Americans to get out and vote. This is because the times that are allotted for voting in neighbor hoods predominantly black are during times which are not convent. Most people cannot leave work to vote on voting days, so polls in mostly white neighborhoods are open long after the workday has opened. But in black neighborhoods they are open mostly just during the workday. If this were the case in all neighborhoods, then the voting turn out would dramatically decrease. There are many other examples of this oppression like profiling of the police and recruiters for jobs. It is not just up to black Americans but also white Americans. The ones who can change the outcome are the ones who think it is someone else’s job to do so, and that is why the system keeps failing black Americans.
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