23rd January 2004, 3:29 PM
Yes, there are plenty of black people who aren't disadvantaged. Same with the other groups AA targets, like Native Americans. But those groups on the whole are definitely disadvantaged... not just economically but, I'd say, in their attitudes -- these groups have been behind for so long that a lot of them seem to have given up... this can't solve that problem, but there's only so much the government can do about attitude.