[Texasforever]

This is so Liberal I don't even want to talk about it any more this is just like those who say blacks born in middle class families that if you fail it is ok because the "man" and society are to blame and that they are after you.

Oh give it a rest. I could give you a "pulling up by the bootstraps" story that would reduce you to tears. Hell I was eating "soul food" before the term was ever thought of. You on the other hand are demanding some kind of moral pass because you succeeded in a "white man’s world" while at the same time saying that a white guy from a prominent family has no excuse not to succeed and when he does it was just because he is a white guy from a prominent family. THAT IS CLASSIC LIBERALISM.

[Afro_conservative]

I didn't say I succeeded in a whites man world and thus want a pat on the back. You said that. I said I was blessed by the situation I was in and did what I was suppose to do. Do you comprehend that? I wrote it like 4 times. My father told me that no one in America has an excuse for not making it.

We are in the greatest country in the world and to say that someone didn't make it even if they where given all the necessary tools is ok, is not okay. Given the tools we all should succeed this isn't liberal, this is conservative to the bone.

If I came home from school with the argument you set forth that man o man I just didn't make it even though I was born and raised in a nice home in a good family and community I would be half killed by my father. You should expect excellence not just passing along. What you said is classic liberalism.

This world is dog eat dog. Deal with it.

[Afro_conservative]

I like stories, intrigue me. I doubt it will reduce me to tears as the stories passed down from my family involving economic depravity are kind of depressing yet inspirational.