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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in SF. When I go to the main library in the children's section here's what I see:

white parent: sitting somewhere, texting or reading a magazine while their toddler runs around the children's area playing with the toys

asian parent: sitting at a kiddie table next to their toddler practicing puzzles over and over again

I'm white. The first time I saw it, I did a double-take. [/quote]

In the end though don't they come out the same because whites get ahead with white privilege and don't have to work as hard?[/quote]

Not exactly. I would never knock hard work. But there are a lot of ingredients to *success* besides hard work, such as:

- willingness to take risks,
- thinking outside the box, and
- good social skills

None of these is linked to either work ethic or race. Please, don't let's make this into a discussion about which races have which qualities.

But I think it's undeniably true that thinking outside the box, being ready to take a risk on your idea, and then having the social skills to sell it to investors can get you at least as far, maybe further, than working hard. You'll never be mayor if you can't convince people to support you. You'll never get tenure at a top university if you can't think outside the box. You'll never be CEO if you aren't willing to take risks. And on, and on.[/quote]

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