Acknowledging the complexities of cultural change within the Black community is essential. While it won't be easy, fostering open dialogue, challenging stereotypes, and embracing diversity of thought and behaviour could be steps toward shifting cultural norms.
Read MoreThe strong correlation between culture and race in America has allowed the term Black to be used interchangeably to describe both. Since it is generally accepted that race cannot be altered, it, in turn, encourages the delusion that Blacks are pawns in a hopeless fate that lies in the hands of structural forces just beyond their reach. It fosters the perspective that nothing can be done within Black communities to change their relatively poor social and economic outcomes.
However, if we can…
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