It's my opinion that it's rather sad that this thread is turning into a nonstarter based on a denial of evidence.
I dunno. Maybe blacks in the U.S. are doing just fine. I wouldn't want to be a racist by accepting evidence suggesting otherwise.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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