Black people in prison/death row

[dr.moe]

isoFlux Wrote:You do not choose to live a life of crime, poverty, and inadequate education. Period. I did not choose to grow up in Torrance. Friends of mine did not choose to grow up in Compton, the City of Industry, or Salinas. It\'s not quite a caste system, but in many cases resembles one.

sorta, you didnt choose to start there. you only chose to stay there.

isoFlux Wrote:As much as we deny it, or try to prevent it, there are social strata that limit upward mobility, especially of low-income workers and families. It is possible to move up, but there are many road-blocks that hinder people "breaking away" from the social echelon of their families and moving upward.

as soon as anyone accepts that as fact they are beaten. they limit themselves if they belief they cannot change anything. your life is your life. if you want something, dont stop at the road blocks. look at Michael Jordan: he failed countless times before he succeeded once - more than just getting cut from his HS basketball team. Abe Lincoln spent more than half of his life failing(his bro was a drunk and a gambler, he failed at a lot of businesses, his wife died, he suffered a nervous breakdown, his son was killed, he was a poor attourney, etc.) before he landed in the oval office.

the only thing that happens to you is your birth/childhood. just about everything else after that is all on you.