Rich black people


Totally not being racist, just saying what I see. Realistically, are there that many rich black people as this show portrays? The private school the kids go to has a lot of black kids. I've been to Southern Cali many times, and there are plenty of black people, and there are plenty of rich black people too, but the rich black people are in white neighborhoods and are actual minorities.

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Yes. end of discussion

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yeah before some racist person take it ofensive

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Totally not being racist? Sure you are! It's okay to admit it.

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You are totally being a racist. Have you ever been in any other area besides Southern Cali? I live in an RICH MAJORITY black neighborhood and most of my family went to private school. For you to even insist and even think to put up this comment is both racist and disrespectful. If you weren't trying to be a racist then you would not have needed to say that you weren't.

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Its not a matter of being sensitive and he did not ask a question. He stated a bias comment with nothing to back it up on. And HELL yeah I am being sensitive because I am TIRED of people thinking that they know everything. And just like he stated his opinion, I did the same!

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Realistically, are there that many rich black people as this show portrays? The private school the kids go to has a lot of black kids. I've been to Southern Cali many times, and there are plenty of black people, and there are plenty of rich black people too, but the rich black people are in white neighborhoods and are actual minorities.


You ARE being sensitive because the person said Southern Cali which I assume is where the show is supposed to be situated in...and he asked a question "are there that many rich black people as this show portrays"

You are totally being a racist. Have you ever been in any other area besides Southern Cali?
He/she wasn't talking about the area YOU live in because he specifically said South Cali - location of show?

This is not necessarily an issue with Bernie Mac Show because I like it and for the most part I think he keeps it real in terms of his relationship with the kids. I love The Cosby show too and what he did but I think because of his success, a lot of other black comedies that came out after that tried to over compensate for the fact that people think that blacks are poor so everybody was rich. So I think there is a problem with the unrealisitic portrayal of so many rich black minorities when statistics show that that is not the case. Thats why you have a lot of non-whites who believe that racism no longer exists.

Furthermore there are many middle class and lower income families that are just as loving and are real. Thank God for the show "Everybody Hates Chris". I love the fact that his father works 3 jobs.

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Listen this guy isn't being racist he just didnt know a simple fact about black people and decided to ask a question. It's not like he hates black people. Ignorance and racism are two different things.

"I rarely agree, this is just me being sarcastic"- lilcainine2000

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Too true. And it's being over-sensitive about thinks like this is what's keeping racism alive.

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Ignorance and racism ARE NOT 2 different things. Come on now. Acting like one didn't know that African Americans can in fact be wealthy is as dumb and jack-assed as the day is long. It is racist to think that. Does anyone sy the same for whites? How about Asians? Please.

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Yea well there is a neighborhood in Southern California called Baldwin Hills which is primarily composed of rich African-Americans . So what do you call that? An example of Minorities doing well for themselves. I really hate that so many white Americans continue to be close minded and rely on the media to form their opinions about other races living in America.

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U come 2 Atlanta, Georgia, and U will see some rich black people where the neighborhoods are ALL black. they may have a few white people living in them, but for the most part there all black.And yes, realistically there are many black rich people as this show portrays. One of the main reasons u may think this is because the way the media potrays black people as all living in the ghetto or barely making ends meet. There are plenty of white people who are dirt poor, but the media doesnt potray them as that. This show puts a postive spin on black people.

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You are right on point about the ATL!! Starting around the mid to late 90's the ATL became THE mecca for the "new" Black upper middle class and "flat out" rich! Lol!!!

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to be completely truthful, TV seems to portray that there are way more rich people than there really are, whether they are Black, White, Latino, Asian or any other race. it just makes it easier to make a show if everybody on it has a lot of money.

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Mocha EXACTLY! Great point...the thing is so many White Americans tend to shelter themselves from other ethnicities and races. This only harms them when it comes to interacting with other races other than themselves...which keeps ignorance and racism alive. If you don't travel to other places other than Nasty Southern California you wouldn't really know what else is out there huh? People relying on the media for their exposure to the world are so sad to me.

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The black middle and upper classes have always seemed to be invisible to white society. Doctors, lawyers, business men, etc. They existed, but white people rarely heard tell of them. My high school which was 98% white had a black man as the school physician...not some guy in the nurse's office, but the official doctor for school related stuff. So at least I saw a black man in a suit from early ages.


http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/worden/lw072496.htm


In the mid-1920s, a group of black Los Angeles professionals headed by insurance man Norman O. Houston and newspaper publisher Charlotta Bass came upon a 30-acre tract known as Eureka, nestled in the rolling hills west of Castaic Junction between Hasley Canyon and the Santa Clara River.

Originally called Val Verde ("green valley") when Spanish settlers established a short-lived boom town around a gold strike there in the 1800s, Eureka seemed the perfect spot for a resort community where blacks could come to picnic and ride horses and dine in peace.

Nicknamed the "Black Palm Springs," Eureka became just that. Black professionals bought half-acre lots and built weekend and summer homes. Restaurants and inns followed. In 1939, fifty acres of adjoining land were donated to the County of Los Angeles for a park. A clubhouse and pool were built, and the town took back its old name of Val Verde.

Actress Hattie McDaniel and other black celebrities attended the dedication ceremonies. The park became a community gathering place. Children played ball by day, while teenagers danced in the clubhouse at night. The town celebrated the Fourth of July in grand style with a parade and fireworks.

Val Verde sent its boys off to war in the 1940s. In the 1950s, the town selected a "Miss Val Verde," while James Earl Jones raised thoroughbred horses on a ranch nearby.

The civil rights revolution of the 1960s created new opportunities for blacks in Los Angeles and changed the face of Val Verde forever. People who had used Val Verde as a weekend or summer retreat now established neighborhoods where they had not previously felt at home. Val Verde lost much of its special raison d'etre.

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OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! here we go again. People laugh and make fun of black people for stereotypical roles as druggies, whores, gang bangers, murderers, rapists, illiterate and so on, but then whenever there are roles that portray black people as decent HUMAN BEINGS!! as opposed to animals then all of a sudden its not realistic.
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Can I understand the op without getting blasted? The question does not seem to doubt that there are rich black people. It sounds like he is asking about there being a concentration in one area like portrayed in this show. I don't see that portrayed in this show. His neighbors are white like comedian Don Rickles and the one from "Ali McBeal" whose name escapes me. That my reflect that California neighborhood. However, from what the other posters says and what I've heard, predominately Black rich communities are not uncommon in the ATL. And are becoming increasingly common all over the U.S.

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Wealth comes in all colors don't just assume that you have to be white to be rich

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I can't believe someone is actually asking this question in this day and age. It's not just racially ignorant, it's just ignorant all the way around. Even if you are a stereotyping a-hole, you should at least consider all of the professional athletes, actors, song artists, musicians, and famous comedians who have a great deal of money. And if you want to be more educated and not just believe that black people can only be athletes, musicians, comedians, etc.-Jim Crowe South ended a while ago. There was a considerable stretch of time after slavery when black people were forced into self contained impoverished communities and a very small percentage lived outside of those communities and/or made money. But look at Chicago or Harlem, in the teens, the twenties and thirties, when racism was a horribly viscous and tragic reality, and you still had thriving communities of young, affluent and cosmopolitan black families in those areas. Now, with further barriers being broken down by the civil rights movement, there are far more affluent, cosmopolitan black families. Sure racism is still an ugly part of our society, but there are many black families with large amounts of money: bankers, lawyers, doctors, engineers, stock brokers, the list goes on and on (basically the same careers that rich white, or any other color, have). While it may not be common to have mostly black private schools (not sure if this show does, I didn't watch it that much) there are many schools that once had to be all black and have remained so mostly by tradition. You have many young, affluent black children going to certain universities that had been legally blacks only and they remain mostly black, not by law, but because their parents and grandparents and so on went there.

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