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The participants were put before science for some reason, whether from a eugenics mindset or just arrogance.
On Social mobility,
I think much of the reason the US sucks here because there was a great increase in wages post WW2 as the US had a healthy and intact industrial base and strong unions and a robust economy once the depression was ended. But once international competition picked up in th
e 70s wages started to stagnate.
Black men have continued to close the gap though.
I am not saying that there is no racism in America. There definitely is. I am just tired of the continued focus on the negative.
I heard Obama reading some of his book on the radio yesterday and some of what he went through was pretty shocking and made me understand a bit more why he chose to identify himself as black even though he was raised by whites.
But I also have a friend that grew up in Englewood, CA that is white but grew up in a mostly black neighborhood. Some of his stories are pretty depressing too.
I may write more on what I was trying to say about growing up poor in America later, but I may not.
Equus, I liked your post.
Statistics: Posted by Beavis68 — Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:20 pm
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To deny that cultural differences are responsible for any of the disparity is ignoring the root o the problem.
Statistics: Posted by Beavis68 — Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:51 pm
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Jim Crow laws aren't ancient history.
Lynching of black men by white people while the cops look the other way -- not ancient history.
The Tuskegee study -- not ancient history.
This is recent history. Within the lifetime of a lot of black people who are alive today. You think this stuff didn't mark them for life? You think it doesn't affect how they raised their children?
Check out the links and then imagine if you thought that those sorts of things could happen to you, and the government would either look the other way or actively participate, just because of your race.
Statistics: Posted by k3nt — Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:05 am
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