silverscreenselect wrote:BackInTex wrote: The difference between you and me, I guess, is I see the glass as almost full and you see it as not quite full.
You see the glass based on your experiences as a white man.
Others see the glass based on different perspectives.
I see the glass based on what I see around me. I have successful people around me (at work and where I live). White, black, Hispanic, Asian, mixed.
I guess you see the glass based who you see around you. Telling.
For the record, there are four houses in my upper middle-class cul-de-sac. Two families are white, two are black. The political leanings are, from left to right, SuperFlock (white), me (white), ObamaLover (black), unknown politics but strong Christian (black). Economic status are (L to R), blue collar very strong work ethic and thrifty to afford the home, me, hit 00 on the roulette wheel, strong work and education ethic. I have a pretty balanced view of success where I live.
My 00 neighbor, while making sure his kids are in school and doing well, does not participate in their education. He and his wife are never up at school, volunteering or even watching their kids perform in their activities. They made one band competition this past year. It may be disappointment that his kids aren't athletically gifted like the father was or they are too busy doing what they do for themselves. I don't think they get it because their parents didn't. They are continuing what they learned. Their kids, maybe, will pick up on how the other kids' parents are always there for their kids, volunteering, encouraging, cheering. Maybe they will be more involved with their kids. I hope so because I believe it matters and is beneficial to their success.
I also see the other side (of the tracks if you will) via my wife who teaches elementary school at a Title I school. My skin color plays no part in what I see. There are poor whites, Hispanics, and blacks that she teaches. No poor Asian, though. She can tell which kids have a chance to be successful based on the parents. Unfortunately most of them don't have much of a chance as their parents couldn't care less about their educational progress. That is culture, not race. It happens in all of them. Unfortunately is is "inherited".
You put race into everything....every....little.....thing. It is really sad.
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)