You have to ask yourself at what point have we repaid our debt to the black community. The white community created Affirmative Action but I guess the small print indicated this would be a program that would last to perpetuity..I'm not sure the authors really felt that way and I'm sure the voters didn't. So, now that we have a black president can we now say that those programs worked and perhaps we should begin scaling them back and eliminating them all together. I really like what Pat says and it's the one concept that many Americans miss anymore (white, black, or any other color for that matter). Personal responsibility! It's easier to blame a group for your problems than have to face up to the fact that the person in the mirror is the sole source of the real problem.