I can’t remember, was it Thomas Sowell or someone bright and pithy like him who noted that it was virtually impossible to be below the poverty line in this nation if you:
1. graduate high school
2. stay out of prison
3. don’t use recreational drugs
4. don’t have children until you marry
I thought there were five points but I can only remember four.
Anyway, as we all know, the black culture in America fails tragically on all the points above. Kudos to those who break the mold, but sadly, most don’t.
If anyone knows the cite for the above info, I would sure appreciate it. It comes up a lot and I’d like to save it in my files.
Then there is the possibility that the authors of the Bell Curve are right. Even middle-class blacks do not in general match other groups in academic achievement. Maybe the same genes that make blacks the fastest runners —and arguably also the slowest—work to reduce the intellectual ability
of black students. But it is not just a black-white thing. Appalachian whites do no betters on standardized tests than blacks.
Delay self gratification. - Don’t buy a new car until you can pay in cash, etc.