“The intellectually lazy way to view the problem is to simply view millions of people as sub-human when reality dictates that statistically you would be no different had you been born there.”
I have a degree from Balliol College, Oxford University and eight generations of my family have graduated from Oxford University.
So tell me, how many African imports have University degrees? How many millions of the African imports have not only passed University entrance exams but have then graduated with a full degree?
Why are so many African imports on welfare and food stamps? Why are so many black Americans on welfare and food stamps? Why are so many black British on welfare and food stamps?
Why are more black people in our respective prisons than white people?
The list goes on.
It’s culture - not genetics. Changing a culture is very difficult, but defining the worth of the individual based on their phenotype, genotype, or “where they are from” is the antithesis of conservatism which values the individual.
It takes generations to change a culture, but the individual potential in each child is undeniable. I see evidence of that daily with my youngest (who is adopted and statistically -genetic history - should not measure up to my other two).
I don’t know if theirs (or my youngest) will go to an Ivy League school or not, but that is not the measurement of success in life for me - being productive and contributing to the world around them in a positive way is my goal for them. I have a hard time being impartial with my little one because she is the apple of my eye, but she is every bit as sharp as my other two kids who come from stock you might be proud of given the academic success of my family. She proves my theory every day (as do our friends children) and our lives are better and richer for the experience.
Some look at Africa and express disgust at the people. I look at Africa and I am disgusted at the culture that fails on so many levels, but I am truly heartbroken over the children. I truly wish we could save them all because their success would not deprive you or me of anything. Much like our own inner-city problems, we can’t seem to break the cycle from the outside, but I know plenty of successful people who grew up in that environment that are great people. The common denominator for them was a good upbringing that pushed/nurtured them outside the cycle.
I don't know, truly, what that is a barometer of, other than possibly coming from slightly better stock than others.
The door is held wide open for them. It's free. They'll rarely, if ever, be failed.
Conversely, THAT alone will tell you all you need to know about the cultural rot of their communities. Some leftist do gooder will virtually fill out the paper work for you and practically drive you to your first class and still most never go.
Also, if you are a first generation African, my god, that is like gold to the preening and pretentious academic elite. How do you think Obama got so far? Take it back a generation and why do you think his mother was so enamored with the idea of having a half African child, Indonesian husband, etc?
My country is sick. A good chunk of it anyway.