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[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I definitely don't live in a Kumbayah world. I firmly believe that genetics have little to do with it. Are some people born smarter than others? Sure they are. However the way things work in this country you don't have to be smart to be successful. There's plenty of opportunity if you work for it.

Blaming your lot in life on your parenting or your race is a cop out IMO. Not everyone is going to grow up and be CEO or president or whatever, but the system is in place for people to succeed. I don't care what color you are. In fact, I think it's great when I see someone that shouldn't succeed, be successful.

Hard work comes to mind. There are people that start from almost nothing and no real training that succeed.

[GandD 5,966]

I wanna be the kind of people that wear a weird hat.

I definitely don't live in a Kumbayah world. I firmly believe that genetics have little to do with it. Are some people born smarter than others? Sure they are. However the way things work in this country you don't have to be smart to be successful. There's plenty of opportunity if you work for it.

Blaming your lot in life on your parenting or your race is a cop out IMO. Not everyone is going to grow up and be CEO or president or whatever, but the system is in place for people to succeed. I don't care what color you are. In fact, I think it's great when I see someone that shouldn't succeed, be successful.

Yeah, but so many people cheat the system, its hard not to be disenfranchised.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Asking for clarification on a vague response is not really trolling.

Thanks for the clarification about what is not really happening.

[GandD 5,966]

Oh Bill. Welcome back.

[Karee 4,191]

Hard work comes to mind. There are people that start from almost nothing and no real training that succeed.

Yep. I personally think that saying someone has less of a chance in life because of their race at birth is blatant racism. I think it's pretty offensive actually. I think everyone is born equal at day one. Maybe I'm naive.

[GandD 5,966]

Yep. I personally think that saying someone has less of a chance in life because of their race at birth is blatant racism. I think it's pretty offensive actually. I think everyone is born equal at day one. Maybe I'm naive.

Yep. Some people are more gifted than others, but that occurs in all races.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Yep. I personally think that saying someone has less of a chance in life because of their race at birth is blatant racism. I think it's pretty offensive actually. I think everyone is born equal at day one. Maybe I'm naive.

It is like the difference between free range chickens and chickens that spend their entire lives in cages. Sure, one may taste better, but I doubt anyone could really tell once the feathers are plucked off.

Edited December 22, 2014 by I AM NOT THAT GUY

[Karee 4,191]

Is this really true, or is it something everyone hopes is true as it would make the world a happier simpler place? I think it's a pipe dream to sell a human being that they have the same potential as anyone else on earth. There are just too many variables. The socialist experiment has been tried countless times, but in the end it's the smartest ones and hardest workers who end up carrying the rest. In the end, everyone retaliates.

If environmental factors were the only variable, would it be possible to create a world in which everyone wanted and had unwavering desire to provide the same environmental factors for each and every human? Nah, that won't happen on this earth. Entropy won't allow it, and neither will the inherent motivation of survival of the fittest.

Most of us will help give a car a push to get it started, lend a few gallons of gas, or freely donate a little time. So, what happens when the owner of that car is lazy, and just refuses to use what has been provided.

We don't live in a kumbayah world, but it exists in the minds of some. And, it looks good on paper.

Thinking a bit more about your post, it comes across as blatantly racist. I hate using that term because I think it is overused and when overused it cheapens it's true meaning. I'm hoping the above is just a poor choice of words and you don't really believe it.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Yep. I personally think that saying someone has less of a chance in life because of their race at birth is blatant racism. I think it's pretty offensive actually. I think everyone is born equal at day one. Maybe I'm naive.

Not naive, but it's a different perspective. Like I said to Teddy, there are things I understand you might not because of my experience. Being white or black is not the same. It shouldn't be this way, but it is. Maybe one day folks will learn to see all human beings as equals.

[eieio 1,594]

I think everyone is born equal at day one. Maybe I'm naive.

Yes you are.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Yep. I personally think that saying someone has less of a chance in life because of their race at birth is blatant racism. I think it's pretty offensive actually. I think everyone is born equal at day one. Maybe I'm naive.

I have not seen anyone suggest a "superior race." However, it's naive to suggest that everyone has the same shot in life. Some are tall, some are short, some drool, some slurp. Some folks are mouth breathers, and others suffer traumatic brain disease and physical abnormalities. If one wanted to erase all the environmental factors that stand in the way of folks on the starting line, then, let's just be clear that removing what stands in the way just cannot happen. It's never happened, and just ain't gonna happen no matter how many focus groups you have.

However, people with physical and mental problems can live an improved life with the help of family, advanced medical treatment, and kind people. Not everyone has the same shot. It says that right in the footnote of the human blueprint.

Edited December 22, 2014 by ExExpat

[Karee 4,191]

I have not seen anyone suggest a "superior race." However, it's naive to suggest that everyone has the same shot in life. Some are tall, some are short, some drool, some slurp. Some folks are mouth breathers, and others suffer traumatic brain disease and physical abnormalities. If one wanted to erase all the environmental factors to stand in the way of folks on the starting line, then, let's just be clear that cannot happen. It's never happened, and just ain't gonna happen no matter how many focus groups you have.

However, people with physical and mental problems can live an improved life with the help of family, advanced medical treatment, and kind people. Not everyone has the same shot. It says that right in the footnote of the human blueprint.

I guess I misunderstood you. Apologies if I did. I'd like to think that someone who is born black has exactly the same shot in this country as someone born white, leaving out any environmental factors.

[eieio 1,594]

Futhermore….one of the biggest lies we have all been told as children is that we can become whatever we want as long as we work hard at it.

[GandD 5,966]

I still think excuse making and laziness holds more people back than racism/sexism/whatever does in this day and age. Go to Walmart. Its obvious.

Futhermore….one of the biggest lies we have all been told as children is that we can become whatever we want as long as we work hard at it.

Yeah, I agree with that.

I guess I misunderstood you. Apologies if I did. I'd like to think that someone who is born black has exactly the same shot in this country as someone born white, leaving out any environmental factors.

And genetic brain limitations. Not related to race obviously.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I still think excuse making and laziness holds more people back than racism/sexism/whatever does in this day and age. Go to Walmart. Its obvious.

Or go to parents night at your kid's school. <shivers>