5th November 2003, 9:42 PM
Look, most everyone is disabled in some way. Does that mean that in some ways they are limited? Yes. But does that limit what they can accomplish in their life? Not really. Everyone has some strength and will try for it if properly motivated... you seem to be implying that because they are impaired in some way they are inferior and not worthy of your help. You couldn't possibly be more wrong.
Oh yeah, and often they can't just help themselves as its part of the disability... you need assistance and prodding to do that. Your bizarre idea that anyone who doesn't do everything possible beyond reasonable expectations is a lazy bum is one of the craziest I can think of.
Oh yeah, and Asian-Americans prosper because 1) there aren't that many of them, unlike the less advantaged groups 2) the ones here came here for the express purpose of advancing themselves -- the less motivated ones aren't here in nearly as large numbers. Blacks of course have a totally different experience... and as for Hispanics, they just are coming in such huge numbers that its a wide cross-section of their various societies. Also, many Asian societies have a very long history of having a good work ethic... and we really only get the most motivated ones to immigrate here. You simply cannot with any sanity expect blacks or hispanics, with their vastly different heritages, to be like that... and of course also Asian-Americans are mostly middle to upper class while most blacks and Hispanics are poor. That is quite possibly the most important factor, actually... poverty. You understate its impact so greatly... as I said its extremely hard for most people to actually get out of poverty. Hard work just isn't enough for most all people... they often work two, three jobs and its not enough. You simply cannot always better yourself by yourself! When you have to work all the time just to feed your family doing much of anything about making more money is so hard that for most its just not possible... unless you're either really smart or a good athlete and get a full scholarship. Otherwise... you're stuck. And that is exactly where you abandon them with idiotic calls that they are slackers...
Oh yeah, and often they can't just help themselves as its part of the disability... you need assistance and prodding to do that. Your bizarre idea that anyone who doesn't do everything possible beyond reasonable expectations is a lazy bum is one of the craziest I can think of.
Oh yeah, and Asian-Americans prosper because 1) there aren't that many of them, unlike the less advantaged groups 2) the ones here came here for the express purpose of advancing themselves -- the less motivated ones aren't here in nearly as large numbers. Blacks of course have a totally different experience... and as for Hispanics, they just are coming in such huge numbers that its a wide cross-section of their various societies. Also, many Asian societies have a very long history of having a good work ethic... and we really only get the most motivated ones to immigrate here. You simply cannot with any sanity expect blacks or hispanics, with their vastly different heritages, to be like that... and of course also Asian-Americans are mostly middle to upper class while most blacks and Hispanics are poor. That is quite possibly the most important factor, actually... poverty. You understate its impact so greatly... as I said its extremely hard for most people to actually get out of poverty. Hard work just isn't enough for most all people... they often work two, three jobs and its not enough. You simply cannot always better yourself by yourself! When you have to work all the time just to feed your family doing much of anything about making more money is so hard that for most its just not possible... unless you're either really smart or a good athlete and get a full scholarship. Otherwise... you're stuck. And that is exactly where you abandon them with idiotic calls that they are slackers...
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