[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by cantdrv55

This is going to end up in PARF.

I agree with you guys so far. Asian immigrant here, came to the US in 1974 along with my three brothers. I was 10, my big bro was 15, my younger brothers were 8 and 6. None of us spoke a lick of English. My mom moved here first to start a new life without my dad whom she divorced just as soon as the courts allowed her. She sent for us two years later after saving enough money from her job as a typist at the BofA world headquarters in SF.

Fast forward twenty five years years later, my Mom retires as a VP at Bank of America. My brothers and I have all graduated from college, a couple of us did not have a student loan to pay back because we worked all through school to pay for tuition and books. My big bro is an accountant, I am a sales exec, my younger brother is a Kaiser MD and my baby bro, well he did OK in real estate until it went bust. Anyway, we are living the American dream but it all started with a dream and a lot of hard work.

This is an example of what happens when you don't blame others for your misfortune and instead WORK to improve your stature in life.

It amuses me how anyone born in America can complain about not having opportunity, regardless of race. In some instances I would argue that minorities have MORE opportunites than whites. Despite growing up poor, I did not qualify for any scholarships when I went to college because I was white, but were I a minority I would have qualified for hundreds. Until the black community is willing to accept the fact that their problems lie within and are not due to the influence of "da man", nothing will change. Slavery was hundreds of years go, get over it. They need to cultivate a culture of hard work and success, as opposed to glamorizing the thug life.

I know I'm painting with a broad brush and this in no way reflects many blacks in this country. There are many who came from nothing and made something of themselves, these are the individuals that the culture should be glamorizing.