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Originally posted by CET
So long as someone is not being deliberately blocked by another, there is equal opportunity. Even then, that does not stop those who truly want to succeed. Case in point Benjamin Banneker.
Benjamin Banneker
Here's another, Frederick Douglas.
Frederick Douglas
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Both of those examples are hundreds of years old and the exception rather than the rule.
People are blocked by poverty, abusive parents, stupid parents, institutionalisation, homelessness, language, disease, disability, prejudice and lack of access to decent education amongst other things.
Every time someone brings up equal opportunity it makes me want to scream.
Equal opportunity exists only in the minds of the priveleged white middle class.