Do humans live in a vacuum? Do you think civilizations would ever advance without the exchange of ideas? Do you think that Einstein's theory of relativity was crafted without even an acknowledgment of Galileo's principle of relativity???  It's like you all are saying that since Americans make and eat a lot hamburgers (a sandwich) as a cultural staple and the Italians like chicken Parmesan sandwiches (just an analogy, don't know if they do), that the American culture must have STOLE sandwiches from the Italians and American culture is not a unique culture.  It's asinine.  If you don't like black culture and find nothing you can relate to, thats fine. But will you seriously claim that African Americans have not crafted a unique culture from the influences around them and still call yourself intelligent? Must you always undermine other cultures in order to revitalize your sunken ego? Myself and others have blown a few of this guys african american cultural contributions completely out of the water already. Blacks trying to claim White cultural contributions and inventions as their own really gets under my White skin.