02-12-2011, 11:36 AM
(02-12-2011, 11:24 AM)IMaDick Wrote: How many generations of oppression? if the opportunities had been present for the same amount of time that the oppressing society has had to reach upward, I think the tables would show at least a more even advancement.
I'm not saying that the pathway to success is not there today for people who have been held down in the past, but in reality they are in the earliest stages of growth into a life where success is the norm and failure is the option.
Dick, it doesn't matter. Education is the great equalizer. We haven't stolen slaves for three hundred fucking years. That is enough time to get a fucking clue.
If you are talking about immigrants, they are the product of, and the fucking PROBLEM of, THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. Only come here if you want a better life. If you want to be fucking pathetic, STAY HOME!
You have that mindset; the defeatist mindset that I am talking about seen with people raised in generational poverty. It isn't a real, tangible thing, it is a fucking excuse to be pathetic. All it takes is about ten minutes of changing your attitude and it is GONE! Poof! It is an EXCUSE. Only the weak are willing to limit themselves to such a pathetic excuse for their lives. It is not acceptable to me.