Originally Posted by
GHOST
A certain demographic of this country was given a 240 year head start. Minorities help build a country that wasn’t designed for us to succeed.
LMFAO. If you can’t achieve success here then you’ll never achieve it anywhere. Spare us the BS and keep it at least within eyesight of reality, please. America was built for anyone to succeed. If it weren’t you wouldn’t be posting on this site.
American-born blacks may have a problem with success because a significant percentage of them have been conditioned to be a bunch of bitter, whining, excuse-making crybabies—and like crabs in a barrel they attack those who try to climb out. Why work hard when it’s easier to whine? Bring someone here from a place like Nigeria and they rocket to the top—despite American blacks having their own head start. Triumph of the uncluttered mind.
Everyone has challenges. Trading one type of discrimination for another is just as immoral as the original crime. In the end America is the land of opportunity for anyone of any color. I dare you to show me a nation where blacks have more opportunity than here—even those run by blacks.
GTFO.
And yes, being a minority gives you a leg up over an equally-qualified (and sometimes better-qualified) non-minority candidate. We see this repeatedly. It’s just as wrong as the reverse no matter how you slice it.
Whatever. That’s neither here nor there in my case, I’m sure. I’ll keep plugging away and wind up where I wind up with a smile on my face, thanking God every day along the way for making me an American. Having lived in lots of other places, there’s nowhere I’d rather be than here.