The relationship between whites and blacks should base on mutual understanding but not agreement. Our African American ancestors have lost their culture during slavery, and therefore we have only the culture that we shaped for ourselves. We are also a part of the white culture that we can't shape without major disagreement. White has a culture that has faced many years of trial and error. You need a strong foundation to become successful hence Barrack Obama, but if you are raised by ex-convicts, then what you will learn is not self-sufficiency, but grand piracy.