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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, all our lives would have been different - better or worse-- with different skin or different grandparents, different health and different talents.

I don't see the value of blaming others, who through no fault of their own, got a better deal in life.

I guess I could hold a grudge against all the people who could afford braces and nose jobs and sailing camps and tutors and stays in europe where I could have picked up a second or third language.

I don't see the point of it.[/quote]

Of course you don't see the point if no one questions the opportunities you receive, or your opportunities are not under attack, and you don't have to constantly defend and educate others as to the circumstances of your people. [/quote]

Many AAs aren't taking advantage of all of the opportunities that are open to them.  Again, many AAs in DC won't avail themselves of the library - friends who are teachers say moms won't even read kids books to their toddlers, I'm amazed to hear from AA parents that they have never been to the world-class Smithsonian museums, the job opportunities here in DC draw people from all around the country.   At this point, it's not so much about opportunities under attack or opportunities not open, it's about being stuck in the perceptions of the past and not pursuing anything, based on those perceptions.   Obama was able to rise to  become an attorney, professor, senator and President because the external barriers did not prevent him from doing so.  It's not the external barriers out in society holding AAs back, it's the internal barriers.[/quote]

Are you amazed when you hear these same things from/about white parents? I don't have any AA friends who don't go to the library, frequent museums,e tc. In fact, many grew up with libraries in their homes. [/quote]

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