I think it may be more accurate to say prejudice is not as big of a barrier as it used to be.
Prejudice still exists (hell, the shit I hear come out of my brother-in-law's mouth embarrasses and frightens me sometimes), but, admittedly as a white male, would like to think it is better than it was 20-30 years ago. On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:323474 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
