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As long as some people embrace a "community" mentality and buy into the group think, they'll never break free of the chains that hold them down. If you believe your salvation has to come from external forces, you're already doomed. I honestly think many of these folks believe they are a ward of the state and this is perpetuated by those who profit from that belief, politically. I feel for black folks who see themselves as "Americans" and not "African-Americans" and get chastised for breaking free from the group.