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I agree with Peryn on this. As another anecdote, I know someone who essentially lost all his high school friends by going off to college. That's apparently not the thing to do if you're from the black ghetto. It also doesn't help in getting out of poverty when that culture tells you to drop $5k on rims for your rusted out cavalier while you can't feed your own family (another anecdote, but it seems common enough).
First or second generation orientals, east indians and africans (grew up in africa) overall seem to be much more responsible. They often come from awful beginnings (by US standards), and end up very successful.
This probably has something to do with them having the motivation to leave their home countries to seek another life, but the point is that you can make it in this country regardless of how you grew up. Its more difficult if you're poor, but trying to make things equal for everyone is bound to fail.
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