Slavery in the western world still exists today

Originally posted by GuardianSlanger
reply to post by DEV1L79

 

With all the supposed facts associated with this thread, what is your honest opinion as to why their is a greater black or minority population in prison? Is it because "white" people are more intelligent and know not to get into trouble? Is it really your opinion that the reason for blacks being in prison is soley resting on the shoulders of the media claiming that it is cool to be a G-DAWG, drug slangin', gangster? If you really believe that, I feel for you.

You are not seeing it as a whole, it is the news, the music, the media, the films, all rolled into one, then being on a street where everyone is on there last dollar and just trying to survive, you opinion is coming from your little world, it isn't coming from someone who is on the cusp of survival every minute of every day.

Most whites even if there really really poor, will get more sympathy and help from other whites, when black person is in real poverty, everyone is like "oh just another black loser he will probably mug me if I try to help"

reply to post by DEV1L79


Let me let you in on a fact. I grew up poor as my parents were not the most mature people at the time to take on the responsibility of raising kids. I was in and out of different homes as we were evicted constantly due to the fact that it was more important for my parents to support their drinking and drug habit than to pay the rent. I've moved into my grandparents home on 2 or 3 occasions as well.

When I graduated high school, I immediately got into the job market and began to run my own business. I don't have a college degree because I am a white male and there are just no grants that were available to me, coupled with the fact that I did enough in high school to get by( clearly a result of my social life as a teenager being more important than my lack of intelligence), and my parents and I did not have the money to pay for my tuition.

I am now married, have 3 awesome children, and I run my own business still. I work in a field that is clearly dominated by people that have college degrees. I was given the opportunity to work in a field that usually doesn't give somebody of my background a chance to even try. It was only the result of my experience, willingness to learn, my dedication to work hard, and ambition to succeed. If anybody was set-up to fail at life, it is clearly me. I didn't want that kind of life for myself, so I put my head down, did what was right, and I work my butt off everyday.

If that is my "little world" then so be it. I am speaking from experience, not my own misconstrued box. Get a clue.

Originally posted by GuardianSlanger
reply to post by DEV1L79

 

Let me let you in on a fact. I grew up poor as my parents were not the most mature people at the time to take on the responsibility of raising kids. I was in and out of different homes as we were evicted constantly due to the fact that it was more important for my parents to support their drinking and drug habit than to pay the rent. I've moved into my grandparents home on 2 or 3 occasions as well.