I don’t care the IQ of our individual citizens or of subgroups, the problem is you have groups that are generally less smart and then blame racism because they have less members in top jobs. I’ve had relatives who are dumb as dirt and I love them, but they never blamed anyone else for their job status.
In the very beginning I wish we had been smart enough to call out the leadership of certain groups when they began to lay the blame everywhere but on the individual. Not only the leadership but politicians, and the media when they put the blame elsewhere. Should have nipped that right in the bud.
The thing is now we have so many that have been told all of their life it is all some other group’s fault they are not successful. They have been told by their family, friends, church people, community leaders, politicians, and the media. It is no wonder they believe it. Even those that are themselves very successful believe some other group did their best to keep them down.
I know what you are saying but your relatives have not been told over and over they would be successful if not for “those” people over there.
I have no idea how to turn this around and get people to understand just how far personal responsibility will get you in life. Blaming others is not the key to success of any kind.
I was raised even if something truly is someone else’s fault that does not let you off the hook because you are still responsible to get past it somehow and still amount to something. That was really drilled into my head by my dad after I was divorced many years ago.
Some people are taught their lack of success is some other group’s fault, and they are not taught that they should deal with it and move on. Double whammy setting them up to fail.