>secondly, what was the point of the civil rights movement? to >just march and protest and preach forever? at what point do >black folks enjoy the fruits of their labor? my father still >remembers "colored only" signs growing up, he was in alabama >during the civil rights movement...thats pretty fucking >arrogant to look at a generation that experienced those types >of things and say they failed us.

You said it. Look, the generations before us fought a war. It embarrasses me to hear their college-educated children, my peers, sigh 'what have you done for me lately'. Just so shortsighted..

At some point we need to enact change ourselves.