Did you just say being black was a handicap? As I've stated before, remove the negatives like parents attitude towards education and they there are no differences in achievements. That's not say prejudice doesn't exist, it just isn't a barrier to success like it used to be.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dude.. > > If out of a population of 10,000 you have 100 wheel-chair bound men who > excel... > can you argue that men in wheel-chairs have it easy now and there is no need > for special handicap treatment? > > The facts show that it is MUCH HARDER to achieve even mediocrity, far less > excel as a black person than it is for a white person in America. (In the > world actually..but that's another topic I suppose). > > Whether a small % of the black population has excelled or not is immaterial > to the above facts. > > A Black person is more LIKELY to be poor than a white person in the US. > > You cannot argue against this, it is FACT. > > It is better now than it was, but it is no where near parity, and nowhere > near equality yet. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323470 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
