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| Re: How stable is the 3card to 4card upgrade ? [message #57928 is a reply to message #57927] |
Tue, 06 September 2005 16:01   |
EK Sound
Messages: 939
Registered: June 2005
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gt;But of course, equal opportunity does not always give equal results.
>And that offends those with socialistic bents. Unfortunately for
>them, the methods of providing equal results always fail, and
>pretty much everyone knows it.
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>Why do African immigrants do so much better than many black
>americans? They do. Better grades, better jobs. It clearly is
>not the genes.
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>Racism isn't just sinful, it's stupid.
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>It's the damn culture, not the people. Read Thomas Sowell on this.
>That culture, derived from slave owners, has a history all the way
>back to england, scotland and ireland, and every group, white or
>black that embraces it, sees the same phenomena that black
>american culture currently suffers from.
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>I spent most of my life in academia, and I have done more than
>have black friends. I have mentored and led young black men.
>Today, nearly all are succesful and many are professionals, and it
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| Re: How stable is the 3card to 4card upgrade ? [message #57929 is a reply to message #57928] |
Tue, 06 September 2005 19:14 |
jstolpe
Messages: 7
Registered: November 2005
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>all started with changing the way they think. Racism is not the
>issue. It's like "whack-a-mole", we need to hammer it wherever it
>pops up, but that won't change things. What made the change
>is a sense of ownership.
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>Young man came in my office one day to apologize for being late.
>Said he was in jail. Turns out he was in McDonalds late at night,
>just "eating while black" and a couple of Fontana cops rousted him.
>When he simply asked them why they were hassling him, he ended
>up in jail with a summons. He was so mad he was nearly shaking.
>He felt beaten, and like a victim of a mssive power structure that
>hated him for his skin color. He was set to pay the fine, but the
>hate from this expreience was palpable in him. I said "to hell with
>that, don't pay a damn thing". You are an AMERICAN, you own
>this country as much as anyone else. Don't react to this like those
>racist cops expect you to. You go in dressed well, and plead
>"not guilty" in a loud and clear voice and explain what happened
>as if you expect to be exonerated. Be righteous, be strong.
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>The judge threw out the case and chewed out the cops.
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>Today he helps run a restaurant. Has a nicer car than I do.
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>The reason I reacted so strongly to Kanye West's nonsense, and
>Jason repeating it here, is tha
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