Posted on 04/16/2006 3:26:13 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
So? They are finally starting to catch on? It's about d@mn time.
It's amazing that the vietnamese and other asians that came here 30 years ago, without language skills or money, have surpassed blacks in education and work productivity. You're right--it's not color--it's work ethic.
When you are taught from birth that you have been cheated out of your heritage by Whitey and that Whitey owes you a living, you go into life believeing things are owed to you and you shouldnt have to work.
If anything blacks have a head start in this country with Affirmative action, but fact is without education at least a decent high school education you arent going anywhere,.
Black parents have to stop teaching hatred and the Jiminy Cricket syndrome and instill in their childen the fact that they have to go to school, learn , and earn their way. When that happens black children will catch up plenty fast.
Immigration itself is a self-selecting process. It takes tremendous wherewithal to pack up your possessions and family, learn another language, and settle in with people totally different from you. I've heard many comments about how well Indians do in this country, yet India itself has so many problems. I wonder if Indian-descent Caribbeans (descendants of imported laborers, as opposed to immigrants) have the same economic status in their countries compared to those in the U.S.
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