Third, most blacks would agree with Loury's positions.
Some other blacks agreed that his roots in the South were a plus, that he had a background in dealing with the problems of blacks.
But while most blacks agreed that relations were pretty much unchanged, 3 in 10 said they had worsened.
But for now, some struggling blacks do not entirely agree.
Whites and blacks also live in adjoining houses, but whites say they still draw the line at intermarriage, and some blacks agree.
While blacks and whites agreed on many issues, they disagreed on the choice of a mayor in the Democratic primary.
On the issues, blacks and Latinos largely agreed.
If there was anything that blacks and whites agreed on here today, it was that things had gone too far.
And by then, exhausted by Sharpton's steady stream of outrage, many blacks agreed.
And some blacks agree.