re: Who has it harder: Black kid from poor family or a white kid?

Attitude trumps everything else, and parents instill that more than any other source.

If you grew up with parents telling you that you could accomplish anything if you worked hard enough and taught you to persist through difficulty, you’ll probably do alright.

If your parents told you that no matter how hard you try, The Man will keep you down and the system is rigged against you, you probably won’t try hard at anything.

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Both have equal opportunity to make something of their lives depending on morals and will to succeed. Simple as that.

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They don't. No one can possibly bekueve they've got the same opportunities.

One is a member of the majority race and one isn't. Whites own over 80% of business with at least 1 employee. Even if zero owners are prejudicial, you're still more likely to hire someone who looks like you than someone who doesn't. It's a simple fact.

Can it be fixed? Probably not, but let's stop acting like there are equal opportunities when it's not true.

Did you grow up in SE Louisiana? White children growing up poor in my neck of the woods isn’t something out of the norm.

Discrimination isn’t going anywhere but if you think it only effects blacks then you’re fooling yourself.

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Whereas a poor white kid around his peers is going to be a bit of an outsider.

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Whether you are white or black, poor is poor. Why would a white kid be a bit of an outsider to his peers? The poor white kid's peers are likely other poor white kids.

In reality, I think people get race and class confused. Poor uneducated people commit more crimes.

10% of white kids live in poverty, in the US, which is 4.2M. 33% of black kids in the US live in poverty, which is 3.6M.

There are a lot more white people on welfare than black people... But white people make up 77% of the population.

But again, poor is poor.

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Black kid from poor family or a white kid?

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Which kid's family loves them less and is less supportive?

That one has it harder.

So there are no programs in this country geared toward the advancement of AAs,exclusively?

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ETA - put it this way - how many white people do you know who wish they were black due to the opportunities? 

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Shaun King and Rachel Dolezal

As a poor white kid growing up in a predominantly black school because mom couldn’t afford private, I contradict your point. I had zero advantages, zero.

Ghetto trash and trailer park trash usually end up in the same place in life.... usually a push here

I seriously can believe the OT is saying a white kid from a poor family has it harder than a black kid. Just lololololololol