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Originally Posted by Willravel
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There's no such thing as "white america" and "black america". That's where the trouble is. We're all the same red blooded Americans, but some of us happen to be born into a system that deprives them of the same basic necessities. If everyone started from the same place, if we all had equal footing, then the exceptional among us (regardless of skin color) would succeed. Unfortunately, many exceptional people are born into abject poverty through no fault of their parents, have to go do crappy schools through no fault of their own, and are surrounded by drugs through no fault of their own. That shouldn't happen and you know it. We should all have the same opportunity to excel. That's actually how free market capitalism works, the idea is that each player starts with the same amount of chips, it's just the smart, ambitious, and capable that end up with a lot more in the end.
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I'm really tired of this type of argument. We all start out on the same foot. We are born free in America. And the exceptional do succeed. If you take a set of black twins born into poverty, they are both given the exact same education, one decides to make something of his life and finish school, either go to college or start a business right out of highschool, move out of the "ghetto" and start a family. The other twin decides thats not for him, he decides to drop out of school, start selling drugs, robbing the local 7 11, and join a gang. Please will explain to me how two people with the same opportunities in life can have such different outcomes...I know it's hard for you to believe but people really are capable of making their own destinies wheter it's good or bad