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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My theory is that most of the kids who are well off are too spoiled and unmotivated.  Poverty can be a great motivator. [/quote]

Only someone who has Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs fully met could make such a delusional statement. The only reason you're not in poverty is because your parents were not poor. That's it and explains most socioeconomic outcomes.

The vast majority of poor will live hard, grinding, scarring lives. And they will die under the same miserable conditions. Even after being "motivated" and toiling hard for the entirety of their miserable lives.[/quote]

PP here.  My family was very poor in our home country. It was a war-torn country.   So, I'm actually  not delusional about poverty and needs not being met.  The only reason I am not in poverty is because my family, including me, worked really hard after immigrating to this country.  My parents didn't speak a word of English, and they only had a MS/ES level education. I now have two degrees.  I am not an aberration.  There are *many* people like me who came from poverty and was able to come out of it by working hard.

Sorry, but sometimes, people in the US have too many excuses for their unfortunate lot in life.  And as other PPs have mentioned, it's not a strictly race issue since many African immigrants who are poor also value education and are able to succeed here in the US.  [/quote]

Immigrants who actually make it to America are a self selecting bunch. There is already a minimum amount of gumption, intelligence, and hustle to make it to the U.S. So who is left back in your country? The worst of the worst. You can't extrapolate your experience to African-Americans who are descended of slaves and inter-generational American poverty. They are a wider population of individuals - both dumb and brilliant.

And frankly, African-Americans as a people carry much more emotional and social baggage. They paved the way for you to take advantage of the civil rights that you are afforded today. Have respect for that.[/quote]

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