“It's Not a Race Problem” - The Real Reason Black People Are Struggling

Patrick Bet-David and Bob Woodson discuss the real problem for black people in America, and its not racism.

▶ PBD Podcast | Episode 317

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Patrick Bet-David is the founder and CEO of Valuetainment Media. He is the author of the #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller Your Next Five Moves

[albertogutierrez]

Inspiring. I grew up poor with a single mother. I made it. I worked brutally hard to establish a business. Days of hunger, cut utilities and desperation. Having an education, faith and determination pushed me. I never used my poverty and ethnicity as an excuse. Thank God. May my daughter be proud of me.

[ColonelBragg]

Turning poverty into a commodity seems to be the root cause of near every problem we currently face.

[chellegriggs]

My father who was born in 1931 and in a small town in Virginia tells us stories about how his family lived one block over from the "black neighborhood". He says they played together, fought with each other and he delivered groceries as a young teen to the black families in the neighborhood. I was blessed with parents that had no judgement of a persons skin pigmentation. I have taught my children and grandchildren the same.

[kijohnson]

I don’t comment often but this was absolutely amazing. He couldn’t have explained it any better than this. I’m black and I’ve been black all my life and it’s truly time to “heal” from the past and move the freak on!!! We’re better when we’re healed and not looking for pity. Smh

[kennywynn]

I’ve been commenting about our black community’s for a while now about how our black youth is being absolutely destroyed from within the community and most importantly the home. It’s crazy to see how it’s literally the best time to be black in American history yet the self sabotage is at its highest.

[creativetelcoadmin]

I grew up in a diverse lower middle class neighborhood in the 70’s and 80’s. The most successful financially to come out of the neighborhood is a young black man that became a dentist. We all played ball together and spent more time with each other than we did inside the house. It has not, will not, and will never be inherently skin color that defines who you are. It is and will always be the content of your character.

[my_pronoun_is_your_excellency]

A great interview and a clear minded intelligent leader, we need many more leaders like him, “let’s look at the evidence”, simple and effective, but often overlooked in today’s news media, schools and colleges.

[colleenmonfross]

It's wonderful to see and hear black elders coming forward to discuss these topics and offer their perspectives and work to resolve these issues.

[victory]

When you’re failing it’s easiest to blame others. When you’re succeeding it’s easiest to take all the credit

[ronnie]

Yeah my mom had to lie about my dad being in the house. When the case worker made her visits my mom had to remove all evidence he was there. To this day I can’t imagine how this made him feel. He only had an 8th grade education and did his best to take care of 8 kids. We needed welfare to survive. My dad taught everything about hardwork and being a man. I’ve been married for over 35 years and I am a cpa with a bs In accounting and a mba in finance with a masters in public administration.

[conniefoxx]

I grew up in the projects with one brother and a divorced mom who at least tried to work but had little education. I remember the black woman in the apartment behind us had 5 kids....and the eldest girl came up pregnant at 14. No problem...she told her daughter to drop out of school to raise the baby as they all lived together. Her rent went from $6 a month to $2. I know that sounds ridiculous in today's economy, but my own mom paid only $32 a month for our 3 bedroom (concrete floors, no air, heat only, 1 tub)

[WinterWoolies]

Take a look at music from back then, compared to now in your community. This influence is unbelievably powerful.

[AKGirl-msco]

One of the best interviews. I could listen to him speak for hours. He's so calm, informative, thoughtful... wow. Thanks PBD

[WokeOne]

That was an EYE OPENER!!! I have shared this video with numerous people. His message, findings, stats and mission should be viral.

[LIOTBs]

Is there a way to download just this segment right here? I have been researching and writing the past few years and everything he said correlates perfectly and is a great summary of what I have. Love it!

[robinharris]

I am a physical therapist and I had a patient who was a high school athlete with an ACL tear. He was black and on medicaid. Mom and Dad were very active in his care and came to the clinic regularly. Mom drove a mercedes and Dad drove a very very nice jacked up truck. I asked the doctor I worked with how could this kids be qualified for medicaid. He said the parents although they live together and function as a family they don't marry. Then the mom is considered a single parent and they go by her income to establish if the family qualifies for medicaid. That my friends is criminal. And over the years I saw many many families do the exact same thing.

[black.]

I’m black and doing pretty good for my self . I went through prison and all types of things before I got my act together. The sad thing is most these young black men don’t make it to 21 so they never get to reach their full potential . The way I think at 32 is day and night to how I viewed and thought about things in my late teens early 20s. We have to get these young men at an early age and keep them busy the energy we have especially in our youth must be put towards productive things!

[joebiz]

Bob Woodson's been a hero of mine for years. I hope the black community can finally get to hear him the way they're finally getting to hear Prof Sowell. For too long all the media would allow to be heard were from the likes of Rev Jackson and Sharpton. Thank God for podcasters like PBD.

[jashary]

He's right about the Welfare part in destroying the Black Family. I can remember as a child growing up in the Inner City back in the 1960s and early 1970s when it was considered shameful for a kid, particularly a Black kid to let other kids at school know his family was on welfare. You would have been laughed out of the class, if not out of School altogether. I can remember when two kids, for example, would get into an argument, and one would ridicule the other with the retort "At least my mama ain't on welfare!" and all the other kids would equally chime in in ridiculing the economically disadvantaged student.

Or if you were an adult, you were ashamed to even let anyone know in the community that you were a welfare recipient; neighbors would have treated you with contempt, imagine, the nerve of them getting up everyday to a 9-5 job while you idled around seemingly all day in the neighborhood waiting for a welfare check, they felt you were 'living off their dime', 'ripping off the System', you would been viewed as a "social parasite". Now welfare is viewed as a handout, an entitlement, like a badge of honor. Truly a very sad and dismal situation in today's Black Communities.

[mitch]

This gentleman is 100% correct. Unfortunately, it’s so much easier to remain ignorant, stay in your current situation & continually blame others for your problems while perpetuating hatred. NOTHING good comes from that mentality.