Black and White America: No Middle Ground

CARTOON BY  BOB GORRELL

IS THERE A BLACK AMERICA AND A WHITE AMERICA?  YOU BET THERE IT.  LET'S FACE A SIMPLE TRUTH---ALL RACES ARE NOT THE SAME.  IN AMERICA FOR THE MOST PART BLACK SEEM TO LIKE ONE KIND OF MUSIC AND WHITES ANOTHER---NOT SO SHOCKING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT RAP AND COUNTRY(BLACK AND WHITE FOR SURE)!  HOW ABOUT AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING.  IF YOU'VE SPENT MUCH TIME AROUND BLACK PEOPLE AS I HAVE YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THEY KEEP THEIR HOME MUCH WARMER IN THE WINTER THAN THEIR WHITE COUNTER PARTS AND CONVERSELY WHITES TENDS TO KEEP THEIR HOMES MUCH COOLER IN THE SUMMER MONTHS THAT BLACKS.  OK, THESE ARE MINOR DIFFERENCES AND CAN BE OVER LOOKED.  BUT THEN THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS, AND AS MUCH AS I HATE TO GENERALIZE---BLACKS SEEM TO BE MORE DEPENDENT ON GOVERNMENT AND IN MANY CASES FEEL THEY ARE OWED GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE---ALMOST LIKE THEY HAVE EARNED IT BY SIMPLY BEING BORN IN THIS COUNTRY.  WHILE WHITES FOR THE MOST PART ARE ASHAMED TO TAKE GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS AND GENERALLY DON'T LET THEIR FRIENDS KNOW THEY ARE ON THE GOVERNMENT DOLE.  OF COURSE THERE ARE MANY EXCEPTION TO THESE POSITIONS.  BLACKS WILL TELL YOU QUICKLY THEY DON'T LIKE TO BE STEROTYPED BUT WHITES ON THE OTHER HAND DON'T SEEM TO CARE.  YES, THERE IS A BLACK AND WHITE AMERICA AND I PERSONALLY DOUBT THE TWO GETTING TOGETHER IN THE NEAR FUTURE.