(August 18, 2016 at 11:01 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(August 18, 2016 at 2:36 pm)RobertE Wrote: That I agree with however, you cannot blame the white population for what is happening to the black population today. If there is economic inequality today, then get a job, but to get a job, you need an education, and to get an education, you want to have the desire to succeed. If you don't take that opportunity, then it is not the states fault, it is your families fault for not pushing you to do better instead of playing truant or whatever.
Do you know how schools are funded in America?
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Robert would have a point if all public schools in America were created equal. They aren't even close. Go compare the public schools in inner city Chicago to those in a suburb like Rolling Meadows. My wife was a public school teacher before she became an RN. She worked in some pretty poor schools that couldn't even afford construction paper and general supplies.
There is this fallacy that everyone in America has the same chance to be successful.
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